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Also, when using bigger lures, with larger treble hooks and you consider the shape of a pikes long snout, coupled with a bite when you're directly winding, means a slower action rod gives that extra bit of time for the bait to get fully inside the pikes mouth to get a decent hook hold

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One other angler used whiskey as a pain killer and did the dirty work himself, but likely should have made that 110-mile round trip as well