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Originally Posted by Back Beach (Post 531006)

Matt,

I would like to have at least one of the two I dropped that night we fished last year, but here's my real take:
Catch the fish first and weight them later. The unknown always leads you to believe that the one that got away was much larger than it actually was.
Case in point:
Last fall at the vineyard I had the derby winner on the end of my line, my knees knocking, ready to :yak: if the fish got off. The thing hit like a freight train and took a ton of line. I couldn’t stop the thing. When I slid the 16# fish up at my feet I nearly did :yak: in astonishment that a fish that small took all that line on me.
Shortly after I returned from the island, I was fishing Narragansett and hooked the RI state record. I couldn’t believe it but when I slid the fish up on the shore, it was nearly identical in size to the fish I hooked on the Island earlier in the week. They were both little buck bass hooked in the hinge of their jaw. Had I lost either of the two fish, my fishing career would have two painful asterisks next to it.
On the flip side, the two largest fish I've gotten recently looked much smaller in the water than they actually turned out to be. This just underscores the catch first, weigh them later attitude I live by.

thanks Mike....I feel alot better...I think:laugha:
I know what you mean though...Ive hook many of those buck bass in the jaw or top of the head and chit when I saw how small they really were.....
I still screamed and swore though...:jester:

matt- saw max today at the swe said you lost a real nice one...

yes. it really hurts.
makes you think though, so you dont screw up the next time. what did i do wrong?
happened the other day, i should have let that fish run much longer with the bait, and i should have been using a bigger hook. im using a bigger hook now, and letting them run longer. ive never had a bass take that much line out...drop before was my 1st 40lber too.. im not letting it get to me though. there are fish however i will never forget those battles lost.

I've got a few I'd like to have back.

2 in the rip at great point, the first leveraged the trebles open, I never even stopped that one. The second was hit by a seal after a 20 minute fight. I had it stopped, it's on the surface out 75 yards-100 and I'm trying to work it out of a humming west tide rip. Along comes a horsehead for the free meal....

2 more in the canal, one got past me in a back eddy and the hook came shooting out when it went past. I could not lift that fish, it was within 15 feet and I could not lift it before it got past me with a 1209 and leaning back as hard as I could. if the line had broken I'd have gone over backwards.

Its all part of the game, and part of what keeps you going back...

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Originally Posted by Pt.JudeJoe (Post 530947)

The freight train run like nothing I had ever experienced .

Ya that's the one that still haunts me,
as i know it will prolly never happen again. :doh:

aww jim thats devastating. im sure you will pick another one up. ;)

Because I don't fish all the hours of some of the guys here and also because I have never caught a fish over 20lbs my 2 drops will NEVER be forgotten. Both happened on a rock in the surf at the same spot. The first one happened when I slipped a couple of feet going to grab the fish on the weed beds below. Line went slack and he sensed the opportunity, shook his head, threw the plug and flopped his way back in before I could get to him. That fish was so fun to fight and reel in. The whole time I'm fighting this fish which took awhile after several runs I'm thinking of all the advise I got from this site and all the info I've read about but never put into practice. The worst part was a guy offered to help me and grab him for me but i declined because of my control freak issues. I was speachless and still think about that fish all the time.

Still waiting to connect with a fish of unusual size...and if I don't find a way to correct my current imbalance btw. work, life, and time on the water, its never going to happen!

i yell, scream, swear, wonder why.. Then i pace around. Then i go home and cant sleep. Start overfishing every night pissing off my family and freinds. Break up with my girlfreind.

I dont take it well.

3 years ago. Off Sandy Neck in my boat. Tube and worm. Still think about it occasionally. Up to the leader, back to the bottom. Had it to the boat at least 6 times. Wish someone was with me that day. Got sick of playing tug of war, pulled the hook. Really wish I never saw her up close. Oh well thats fishin.

Yes it pains me and also adds to my knowledge. The first really large I dropped left me with mangled hooks. I have gone to 3x and 4x hooks ever since. The last "nice" fish I lost, ran my line over some rocks before I could turn her head. I now fish that rip from a different rock that gives me a better shot at turning a fish before the rocks get really bad. The fish in my sig pic was taken from the new rock only 45 minutes after the breakoff.:laugha:

I dropped a fish that made the 52 I got look small two years ago about 4 feet from me. I didn't scream or swear; I didn't cry. I just went home and drank for 3 days! That fish still haunts me in my dreams. What a moster of a bass!! Golden's words were something like "Holy Fu*& dude! That Mother fu$%^& is enormous!" Then the swivel let go. End of story. I have to start drinking again! :gu::bc::bc:

Still HAUNTS me to this day. 3oclock in the AM parked across from the coastguard station. walked down an turned right an made the walk all the way out. was using fresh SANDEELS at that time.a friend would leave them out . so I could swing by an pick them up early. Just befor day break, it HAPPNED this fish ran me DOWN the beach. stopped an never moved. I walked into the water trying to get more line. NOTHING.she would take a few feet then stop. an few more an stop again. I tried pulling different way w/ the rod. an all that did was get her MAD:doh: I had this fish on for about 1/2 hour. My buddy looked at me an said, you going to FISH or STAND here all MORNING! made one more try started pulling an walking back up the beach.That was all it took SHE had enough also. started swimming into deep water an taking all the line I had. pointed the rod at her an said :wavey: BUY-BUY:wavey: Ive also been SPOOLED w/ my FLY ROD a couple time BUT thats another STORY:o
GOOD LUCK GOOD PLUGGIN:cheers: