I may have lost one... so my excuse is probably that I didn't know how to stop it in time to prevent it from getting where it shouldn'ta gone. So lack of skill or experience I guess with handling that kinda fight. I know of guys who have gotten em or real close and said they didn't have much in em. So who knows, maybe I lost a feisty forty under tough conditions. Maybe some night I'll take a 50 under mellow conditions and just reel her in without much ado.
Time on the water, luck, skill its all part of it