That’s when the first 3/4 [reel] spool run at 35 pounds of drag started.” Esslinger had some great equipment on board, with his Shimano Tiagra 130A reel able to hold 3315 yards of 150-pound ...

There is a new pending state fishing record in Texas after a Houston-based angler on an overnight trip out of Galveston landed an 884-pound bluefin tuna.