Catching a Tarpon on a regular medium action baitcaster with 20lb mono was the highlight of my fishing career. Over a few hours that thing pulled us thru stuff that got us stuck on sandbars, vegetation in the motor that the guide had to jump out of the boat to fix, transfer to another boat because the guide was a dumbass, then finally got it on the boat for a picture and had hold it boatside to revive it while two of us watched for sharkes while one of us held the fish.

Good times!