Managed to save this one clip from my old youtube channel of the phat redfish in Florida that had me pissing my pants. Reposted to my new one.
I will always wish I would have handled the fish better, but it is what it is.
That's what happens to the animals when you just HAVE TO prove you caught a giant to your buddy.
Lessons learned here and there. Pretty sure she made it off alright. Those are some tough fish. I had a lot of adrenaline. I remember my arms could barely handle the fish. I thought it was going to take my rod with him back out to the ocean through the hot, rainy Crystal River, Florida estuary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmsefTnaIKQ&t=1s
PS there is giant gators in those waters right there lol as I found out later. I don't wade there anymore hahaha
I almost pooped when I found out I had been wading in water with gators for months and didn't know it.