I thought a “6 lb. test” line means if more than 6 pounds pulls on it, it breaks?
It will not break if you take your time, have the drag set light and don’t jerk the line or let the fish wrap the line around a submerged obstacle. You let it pull the line out then when it pauses you tell the line in, and this goes back and forth until the fish tires enough not to suddenly thrash when close enough to net or capture. The lighter the line the more patient and careful you have to be to respond to the fish.
“ I thought a “6 lb. test” line means if more than 6 pounds pulls on it, it breaks.”
Sort of. It means that the line has been tested up to six pounds of tension before it snaps. It is possible to land fish weigh much more than the test weight of the line. This is proof of that.
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