Big fish tube fighting strategy

[doggonefishin]

This question may go down as one from the "dumb" category but here goes. A few weeks ago, I was fighting a porky channel cat from my float tube. As they will do, he was making some nice powerful runs. I thought my drag was set so he could take lots of line easily, but a few times he actually as towing me in the tube. We're not talking water skiing, but a 4-5 foot tube pull during a run. I have had big smallies do the same thing to a lesser extent during a fight as well. Here is my dumb question. All other big fish fighting factors aside, is it better to allow the fish to tow you a little (it will obviously exert energy in doing so) or should I loosen the drag more if this happens and try to minimize tube movement. Or does it even matter?


P:S: I did successfully land the cat.
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