Why do people pull line out of their reels when fighting fish? 2024
portiabrat reply :
While they're fighting fish, some people use their fingers to pull line out of their reels. I've seen musky and bass guys do it with casting and spinning gear. What's the purpose?
J Francho reply :
Seems overly dramatic to me.
12poundbass reply :
All the cool kids are doing it! ????
Dwight Hottle reply :
They are checking their drag to see how easy it slips.
Troy85 reply :
Seems unnecessary to me. That's what the drag is for.
DINK WHISPERER reply :
Bad habit
Catt reply :
Paul Elias will push the thumb bar & use his thumb for drag. Quite a few crankbait guys do that but they're not "pulling line".
WRB reply :
Most anglers don't set their drags using a scale, they tighten it down to where they feel it's tight enough and doesn't slip under most of the fishing they do. So two things change that, 1) is a big fish that can break off with the drag set too high and 2) is a fish hooked lightly and can tear loose if the drag is set too high. Both these situations require a fast drag adjustment or the angler starts pulling line off the reel to prevent loosing the fish.
I set my drags st 1/3rd the pound test for monofilament line or 8 lbs max for heavy lb test line like braid. Then use my thumb if needed to add more force.
Tom
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
I set my drag "tight" by all standards, but with a big fish I'll click the bail and thumb out some line, then proceed to reel. That's on a baitcaster
Spinning reel I like to hear that reel scream!
Troy85 reply :
On 6/29/2018 at 12:07 AM, NittyGrittyBoy said:Spinning reel I like to hear that reel scream!
Is there any better sound than a screaming spinning reel drag?????
Steveo-1969 reply :
On 6/28/2018 at 11:17 PM, J Francho said:Seems overly dramatic to me.
I'm assuming that's why Mike Iaconelli pulls line out on EVERY fish he catches......
WRB reply :
On 6/29/2018 at 12:14 AM, Steveo-1969 said:I'm assuming that's why Mike Iaconelli pulls line out on EVERY fish he catches......
All you hear is Ike screaming giant bass giant bass....running from one end of the boat to the other, talk about drama!
Set your drag and trust it, you paid a lot of money for it.
Tom
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
On 6/29/2018 at 12:10 AM, Troy1985s said:Is there any better sound than a screaming spinning reel drag?????
Nope, probably not.
Team9nine reply :
Old habit, or some mental peace of mind thing, but totally unnecessary and potentially detrimental...
Glaucus reply :
On 6/29/2018 at 12:10 AM, Troy1985s said:Is there any better sound than a screaming spinning reel drag?????
Nope. Might be the best sound in the world.
WRB reply :
On 6/29/2018 at 2:07 AM, Glaucus said:Nope. Might be the best sound in the world.
So you all pull line off your reel to hear it scream?
Big Smallmouth might be able to run 20' to 30' pulling drag, not a LMB they turn directions too often to pull line off a reel drag. Try hooking fish that can run a few hundred yards at high speed if you want to hear a screaming drag.
Tom
Troy85 reply :
On 6/29/2018 at 2:16 AM, WRB said:So you all pull line off your reel to hear it scream?
Big Smallmouth might be able to run 20' to 30' pulling drag, not a LMB they turn directions too often to pull line off a reel drag. Try hooking fish that can run a few hundred yards at high speed if you want to hear a screaming drag.
Tom
Sometimes I do on a slow day just to mess with my brother. Other than that, it’s usually the fish that’s making it scream. We have great offshore fishing near most of the oil platforms down here, plenty of fish around those to make your drag scream.
J Francho reply :
On 6/29/2018 at 2:16 AM, WRB said:So you all pull line off your reel to hear it scream?
Big Smallmouth might be able to run 20' to 30' pulling drag, not a LMB they turn directions too often to pull line off a reel drag. Try hooking fish that can run a few hundred yards at high speed if you want to hear a screaming drag.
Tom
I've big largemouth pull drag, but you're right, not really far, and they do change direction a lot. Smallies rarely pull drag, unless they're really big, like as heavy as the line test you're using. King salmon will strip a 100 yards or so of line on their *first* run. Nothing stops them.
Arcs&sparks reply :
On 6/29/2018 at 2:16 AM, WRB said:So you all pull line off your reel to hear it scream?
Big Smallmouth might be able to run 20' to 30' pulling drag, not a LMB they turn directions too often to pull line off a reel drag.
Light tackle striper fishing, salmon in heavy current
Arcs&sparks reply :
On 6/29/2018 at 12:10 AM, Troy1985s said:Is there any better sound than a screaming spinning reel drag?????
For me it’s a toss between the spinning reel and fly reel screaming
soflabasser reply :
On 6/29/2018 at 12:10 AM, Troy1985s said:Is there any better sound than a screaming spinning reel drag?????
Hearing the spinning reel drag scream with a big saltwater fish is one of my favorite sounds. Also like the sound a old Penn Senator makes when a big shark takes the bait. Beats catching a bass that's for sure!
OkobojiEagle reply :
From my perspective, because they don't know how to back-reel...
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Steveo-1969 reply :
On 6/29/2018 at 12:25 AM, WRB said:All you hear is Ike screaming giant bass giant bass....running from one end of the boat to the other, talk about drama!
Set your drag and trust it, you paid a lot of money for it.
Tom
Ha-ha, yup! "Oh my God, it's a GIANT!!" Then it's always a 2-pounder.
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
On 6/29/2018 at 2:16 AM, WRB said:So you all pull line off your reel to hear it scream?
No I don't strip line out by hand, I have my drag set loose enough when a bass takes the bait they can pull some line.
Alot of times when I set the hook on spinning reel I'll hold the bail, set the hook, then fight fish, letting him pull drag and enjoy
Glaucus reply :
On 6/29/2018 at 2:16 AM, WRB said:So you all pull line off your reel to hear it scream?
Big Smallmouth might be able to run 20' to 30' pulling drag, not a LMB they turn directions too often to pull line off a reel drag. Try hooking fish that can run a few hundred yards at high speed if you want to hear a screaming drag.
Tom
I don't pull line. The fish does. And the sound is beautiful.
kenmitch reply :
Sometimes braid will get stuck in the reel as it'll sqeeze between layers of line on the initial strike or another hard jolt would be one reason you'd have to do it.
Siebert Outdoors reply :
They watched Wicked Tuna.
Todd2 reply :
On 6/29/2018 at 2:52 AM, Siebert Outdoors said:They watched Wicked Tuna.
I thought of that show as soon as I saw this thread.
Fishingmickey reply :
On 6/29/2018 at 1:45 AM, NittyGrittyBoy said:Nope, probably not.
Two screaming spinning reelS in harmony?
Bankbeater reply :
They want other people to think the fish is bigger than what it really is.
long island basser reply :
On 6/29/2018 at 12:25 AM, WRB said:All you hear is Ike screaming giant bass giant bass....running from one end of the boat to the other, talk about drama!
Set your drag and trust it, you paid a lot of money for it.
Tom
Forget about drama, the guys an idiot.
N Florida Mike reply :
I have been doing it on big fish for years. The main reason I do it is because I believe it gives me an advantage in landing the fish. I know this might be hard for some of you to understand but I have not been able to afford reels with quality drags. I lost more than my share of big fish by " trusting the drag ", despite my best efforts to set it properly.The best spinning reel I've ever owned is a shimano stradic , which has a good drag system.But by the time I bought it I was used to stripping line, so I still do it even with the stradic. I also do a lot of finesse fishing with lighter line, so one little misadjustment, and the line snaps.
I now catch 90+% of the big fish I hook stripping line. I don't do it to look a certain way or to hear the drag. I do it because it's become a habit, and it works for me.
Sam reply :
Letting the fish swim away from a snag.
Letting the fish fight longer to tire itself out.
BassWhole! reply :
On 6/28/2018 at 11:11 PM, portiabrat said:While they're fighting fish, some people use their fingers to pull line out of their reels. I've seen musky and bass guys do it with casting and spinning gear. What's the purpose?
On 6/29/2018 at 12:10 AM, Troy1985s said:Is there any better sound than a screaming spinning reel drag?????
"Hay Pappi, hay Pappi, que rico", popper indeed.
BrackishBassin reply :
On 6/29/2018 at 12:25 AM, WRB said:All you hear is Ike screaming giant bass giant bass....running from one end of the boat to the other, talk about drama!
Set your drag and trust it, you paid a lot of money for it.
Tom
I watch MLF and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard, “It’s a big’un!” Only to have them pull up a 1.5lb bass.
FishDewd reply :
I only pull out line initially to test the drag, but I might also do it if a fish got snagged on something, that sounds like a valid reason to me to do that. I don't see why one would so that to "make the fish seem bigger" since you can hardly pull line out and not have it noticed that you're doing so. That'd be what my generation calls "epic fail".
Paul Roberts reply :
Probably bc people have drag set tight. They then adjust -usually at boat-side, with a short line- by stripping line off.
The only time I do it is when in my float tube. And I do it on almost every fish. From watching my GoPro footage of my catches, I realized that I do it bc, to land a fish when I'm sitting so low on the water, I need a certain amount of line out to reach them. In buckling down on the fish at the end of the fight as they approach the boat, my rod tip is low, and the line is then too short to land them. So I strip out a few feet of line at the end of the fight.
I only do this with casting gear, since I don't use the drag at all on my spinning reels. As a back-reeler, I can adjust line both in and out with a partial turn of the reel handle. I control tension directly, rather than having the drag do it. SO I never have to reset any drag "settings".
lonnie g reply :
I just want the fish on that makes me worry about my drag
Eric J reply :
On 6/29/2018 at 1:45 AM, NittyGrittyBoy said:Nope, probably not.
I don't know..... A monster exploding Topwater hit is like an adrenaline shot to the heart for me! 
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