lol fair question, he had his micrometer with him. The whole fishing report write up is iffy. Like who breaks off on smallies, let alone 3 times in an outing? I fish 6lb braid on my conventional tackle and have never had a break. I just dont see a pa smallie breakin 8lb+ line. Cool boat nonetheless.
I saw something similar quite af few years ago in the Wrightsville area. It was a man and his son. Thought it was pretty cool. Great way to fish the susky.