Almost pulled the rod out of my hand. But she choked it! The big hooks tore some gill plates. She died
. I let it hit the bottom and would pause for a second or two. About the third pause that's when she hit it. I even backed off into 30' of water and the plug still reached the bottom!!! That's holding the rod at 4:00 about 2' off the water. This thing is a beast. But you do need some equipment to throw it.