happens more than it should; but it happens to us all. then there are those days when you land the fish after what seems to be an agonizingly long fight, where you keep thinking any second the hook is going to pull free; but it doesn't. the next thing you know, there's a 46" national seashore striper on the beach, or 140# tarpon being revived boatside, and you are victorious. that is fishing... highs & lows.
