05-30-2012, 09:55 AM
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Swordfish
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Raceland
Posts: 6,731
Cash: 3,477
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Originally Posted by MattW
The smaller ones (28-36") fight harder than a red. They like to make a lot of rolls and turns, not just the straight pull like a red. The larger, 20lb fish pull about the same as a red, but the larger they get the less they pull. As they reach 20 plus lbs, they go deep (50+ feet of water), so as you begin to reel them up, they roll on their side and it is like pulling up a log. Here is a picture of an 11lb fish I caught 2 weeks ago. Didn't get to fish last week because I was in Baton Rouge for my wife's law school graduation. I'm going to hit it hard this weekend if the weather holds. The Hewes doesn't cut it in the Atlantic too well. I'm looking for a big one this week. I lost a decent one from shore last night on a 5 " Sebile Bonga Jerk.
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Hopefully you talking about the fishing 
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