http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/fishing/news/story?id=2901070




check this out, pretty crazy

That is one big fish!

6-pound test line? Wow!

I keep telling you all you don't need 20 lb line.

That thing is a freak of nature... ugly fish.

that might be but i would rather have the rensurence of the big line to back me up plus you try pulling a big fish out of a big laydown tree with 6 pound line its really doubtful you'll get him in

Its not the poundage that affects the fishing....Its the cover your fishing in. I've used 8-10lb line for years, but when i started fishing for bass mostly and in heavy matted grass or lilypads you just need some more power to get em out. :) I've landed a 18lb pike on 8 pound line when fishing for walleye, so yea u can do alot with the line if you set up your reel right. Just a lil more confidence and a lil quicker too. Also i get snagged A LOTTTTT throwin cranks where they shouldnt be thrown lol so the heavy line helps get some of em back.

Dang....34" girth on that fish...that's as big as my.....leg :D

man im switching to 6 pound test line. haha.

Dang....34" girth on that fish...that's as big as my.....leg :D

Yeah, that's what you meant to say. Right.

Yes you can get 'em in with light line. The flathead my wife caught was on 8 pound line. It all depends on where you're fishing and what you catch. I've had some fish snap 8 pound line like it was nothing, then pulled in fish much bigger than what the line was rated for (using a landing net of course).