Thanks for the tips...It was like the twilight zone after the 9th fish came unbuttoned. I have never had a problem losing fish like that. I am pretty good at playing fish and landing them, but I was no match for their headshakes and jumps and quick turns. I was fishing by myself some of the time and I have a pretty darn good net but its in the rod locker most of the time just because it usually gets in the way. Several came off close enough to net and it got me thinking. Alot of them got off before they got that close. I guess I will just do like I said next time, have a super sharp stinger hook soak it in megastrike and hope for the best. I can't think of any other way of doing it. It would have been a trip of a lifetime if I had landed them, but like you said, it was a big learning process. THe first week I couldn't get bit on a swimbait, and I got more bites and the last two days were my best days, so obviously I was pretty much tuning in to how to get bit by the fish I was after.

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