Fighting a fish in a float tube...chaos.

[Janus]

Got out on the water today with some new clear intermediate and a spool of seguar fluoro. Fishing a size 10 wolly worm and got a really hard strike. What followed probably resembled a deer running on an ice skating rink. I landed the fish after some extreme uncoordination and it turned out to be a 9-10" gill that fought like a bull. I got the fish on the reel after reeling up what was on the apron then it came off the reel so I started stripping and the fish came towards me faster than I could strip. Then it kinda took me for a ride it was ridiculous. One thing that I felt was that it is hard to get leverage on the fish sitting lower. Can any one give any tips on fighting a fish in a more graceful efficient manner from a tube?
Janus

[Lotech]

No advise from me, but it sounds like the kind of rodeo where I'd like to be the cowboy. When I first read your post I thought, "what a ride." Lucky you. I'm jealous.

[Clay]

Do you use fins while in the tube? I like to position myself square to the fish. When the fish moves to the side of me, I reposition in my small pontoon with the fins. At first I thought you were going to tell a story of fighting a red fish or something big in a tube.

[Janus]

Ha! yes the title makes it sound like it was a monster...yes I use fins. The positioning is something I need to be more aware of..thanks for the tip

[Mojo]

I'd would have like to have seen that on video.

[Janus]

Ha!
Mojo that crossed my mind while it was all happening..."man I hope nobody is filming this".