Snagged a 30 pound Cobia with a #2 hook and 30 pound mono and landed it.

Caught a 28 pound catfish on a deep diving crankbait. He flat out swallowed it.

Lost 2 rods in one day at Dream Lake Lodge ( when Paul Bracknell was running it years ago). Set the hook and the fish pulled back so hard my rod went goodbye and never saw them again. Caught 7 fish over 7 pounds that day. 2 over 8 and one that I almost netted but got away went well over 10.