Hit the beach at daylight, not much going on, then we saw a ray swimming in the swash about 20' from shore, must have had a wing span 4-5'.  I tossed a red tailed hawk about 6' in front and bam it was right on the jig.  Fishing with a 7'6 Hurricane Redbone rod 10/20 and a stradic 4000 reel, loaded with 15# power pro this line held like a steel cable even with the drag batten down to the hilt.  It was pulling in the Queen Mary, I was gaining nice ground only to have my palomar knot break off my swivel after a wonderful battle.   I didn't want to unhook it and drag it back into the water anyway.

I also use 15# Power Pro. I've brought in large fish buried in dense, heavy weeds and had a helluva hard time breaking off when my lure has snagged. I don't know what the breaking strength is, but it's sure higher than 15#. I never felt the need to go heavier.

I too have had good luck with PP. I use 10/2 and have snagged a hook and the hook straightened and came loose instead of the line breaking.

Well 10lb power pro breaks at a little over 20lbs.  So I estimate that the 15lb breaks at around 30 or more.  Definitely strong stuff!

Using your drag effectively one would be amazed at the size  of fish that can be handled on relatively light line. On spinning, which is all I use, I generally palm the spool for drag control instead of twisting the knob down.

I've "accidentally" hooked a 7 foot alligator and beached it with PP. The stuff is purely amazing. Just be sure to either put a little mono or tape to keep it in place on your spool

Now here's a light line story. I saw this on an episode os "Man vs Fish"

http://www.spiritofpilar.com/

Interesting side note... On the same episode, the host was trying to catch a tuna out of a dugout canoe (hollowed out tree trunk) He started out trying to catch baitfish first, which he successfully did by putting small strips of a white t shirt on a hook and jigging them by hand. Some type of mackerel I believe.

Just goes to show ya...65 lb braid and $20 baits for bass...LOL ;D

Those marlin records are insane!

Those marlin catches are awesome.  Enrico is no weekend fisherman targeting crappie from the bank.  This man is a pure professional in every sense of the word, fishing with a professional crew. The captain's expertise at the helm is every bit as important as Enrico's amazing talent, both in knowing how handle the boat as well locating the fish in the first place.

ABSOLUTELY AWESOME !! 

I saw that episode of Man vs. Fish.  Pretty cool stuff.  Would love to try to catch some of those big Dogtooth Tuna one day.

As far as that Spirit of Pilar website goes, cool stuff.  Big Marlin on light tackle is awesome.  Takes one hell of a captain, crew, and angler to land one.  Gotta love the picture of them backing the boat down so hard on the fish that the deck is getting swamped.

   I've got no respect for him killing those billfish and bringing them back to the scales though.  Supposedly over the last 15 years, 90% of the worlds Billfish have been killed.  It's a crying shame whenever one gets brought in to be weighed.  I've caught a bunch of Billfish in my life, and I can definitely say that there are far, far less of them now than only a few years ago.