Well the seas were calm and the fish gods blessed Ye Ol Grinder this morning. Took a local pro out to show this young spry feller how to do it and Ted put on a show. After a few drifts of me catching nothin but rockfish n sharks Mr The Ted hooked into a very feisty 30” linger that went into the the net, jumped out then jumped back into the net. He was hooked like a half hitch, coulda fought this thing to Canada and it wasn’t coming unhooked. A few drifts later and me missing several take downs his line desires to go down and south, very opposite the drift. After several runs this leviathan surfaces enough for the net job and honestly I yoked it…. Luckily it’s still on but dives 46’ on the line counter. Next time, in the bag! Named this one Buttons, cause it was 36” on the nose. Best part it was Ted 2 the Tin Can 0 out there for once