Short report. Had my wife, her friend, and my son onboard for a short afternoon trip. Got into a creek I like too late but still managed to miss one big hit and then lost what seemed to be a pretty big (**() red. I let my wife’s friend fight it and she actually was doing everything right yet the 60 lb leader snapped after a long fight. I don’t think it got scraped against anything but I don’t think it had any nicks (sp?) on it either since it was a fresh leader. Had it about 20 inches long (the 60 lb mono leader). Kind of baffled but I guess it must’ve had a small nick on it.
Went to one last spot afterwards that’s been good lately but couldn’t keep a bait on the hook longer than a couple minutes before crabs demolished it. Ah well. No fish but had a good time. Also learned something new at the first spot… I threw more left of it to avoid hanging up and that’s where I had luck.