We had some fish busting the live mullet we were using for bait but we couldn't connect. The boys kept putting their rods in the rod holders and I told them you better keep an eye on it. When they least expected it the rod bent over and the drag started screaming! Luckily the fish took off away from the dock we were fishing next to. Landed a 23" redfish and then went to another spot and caught a half dozen mangrove snapper.