One way or the other...
 

If he don't want to bite snag him...

I bet it felt like a big one by the way it was hooked.

I snagged bout a 7 lb choupic like that once with my fly rod. he missed the fly and it hooked right in his arse hole man was dat a fight like throwing a rope around the waiste of a jock and telling him to run. For the first 20 minutes ro so Iknew I hadda record bass till he came up it sure was a battle.