by dahlberg » Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:55 am
Glad you found some cats!
As a matter of fact I just returned from a trip dedicated to catching Piraiba, and caught one that three of us couldn't lift!
I'm sure it weighed well over 300# because it was about 8' long.
It pulled like a truck, and because of many many large sharp rocks couldn't allow it to run very far.
When it came to the surface it looked like a mid-sized barnyard animal. Using a Shimano Torsa 30 reel loaded to half full (to increase the drag tension) with 130# Sufix mono and a Trevala medium action 5 1/2 foot jigging rod it took me a little less than ten minutes to land it pulling as hard as I could physically pull. It hurt.
The episode should be on the tube sometime in Feb.
Thanks for the post, glad you enjoy the show!
best,
L
Larry Dahlberg
The Hunt For Big Fish