I take it you caught the big one before the little one...I see the carrot stix is still in one piece:) It is a good thing you actually got it to the surface and landed it. It would have sucked to not seen what pulled you all over the lake.
Different carrot stick. I broke that other one last month. It was a 2nd one I bought because the first one was fine and still is, as you see on the deck. the broken one was a 6'9" MH gold series. the good one is 7ft XH original.
Yes after all that struggle, I definitely wanted to see what it was. My back was sore after that. I'll tell the story to anyone who will listen :)