I knew that head tap reference sound familar.
Make sense to me and from the video you can see that it works great in a canoe.
I noticed they didn't net any of their fish either.
So having a way to tell that the fish is worn out
saves both you and it from getting entangled in those monster lures they were using.
I don't target those kind of fish, so for me I got a big kick out of them lowering and dragging that fully loaded canoe thru that wooded bank.
You wouldn't want to do that with a Kevlar/Wood Stripper. ;) ;D