re: #209 shanec99

Light tacktle… are you kidding… you use steel line, pull the sumbch close to the boat… get a net over the side and entagle the sucker, pull it aginst the stell hull … then whamo with the 10 pound sledge against its head… no fighting.
Fighting is for tv fishermen. I fish to eat.

lighter tackle…we used to charter for steelhead and lake trout…I always used my own tackle, rather that the huge stuff they fished with…lighter the better for sport that is