Originally Posted by BassDawg
no worries, BB!
hang in there, you will get another Big Gurl!
same-same for me last 9/01/07...........
a day that will live in infamy, and a monstah
that is burned into my cerebral FOREVER, or
at least until i land her, her sister, or her MOMMA on
the same tide, same time, same moon, same PHATTT channel.
didn't get spooled, but i did get schooled when she came to me
and jumped into a trough at my feet as green as she could be
SMACKIN' the water with her tail and head, and that was after she
breeched upon finding a 7/0 stuck in her breakfast eeeel. first time to
set-up with an eeeeeeel, and it was a good hook set!!!
sssoooooooooo, there she is. within two feet of the rocks i'm fishing from, and pissed off that there is this googan (me) applying all this pressure to her maw. i am LOST at this point for the next move, since she is still SOOO GREEN. so, what i did do was to lay down my pole and attempt to grab the leader,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i touched it for a millisecond with two fingers, and when i did ~~she gave a full bodied SHAKE, from tail to snout, that snapped a 4 foot 40# unit-to-uni mono shock leader like it was a popped guitar string and caused about a 100yd backlash on my 25# PLine spool line.
i shook for the next 6 minutes, as i hurriedly tossed another eeel into the fray,,,,,,,,,,,i kept looking at the same SPOT of my ineptitude, breathless from the awe and shocked at the power of that Beast. SHE was AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL and onehelluvalot SMARTER than me that time. i kept looking back while i feverishly worked that eel with no particular presentation as i COULD NOT keep my eyes off of the place where i LOST the BIG ONE............
and i just keep murmuring,
"(deeeep breath) OHHH! that was a big fish!! (deeeeep breath)" this repeated itself about ten times in those six or seven shake-filled minutes, until it was ALL i could take. i had to leave to restore my sanity. the whole 3/4 mile walk back to my vehicle i kept shouting to the heavens (with my hands turned up and thumb pressed to my first two fingers),
"MOMMA MIA!! play the fish, Jess, PLAY tha FEEEEESH!!! MOMMA MIA!!"
i think there were a couple of, "SOLO MIO!!"'s in there as well.
she is indellibly etched upon my psyche, and she always will be.
that one wakes me in a cold sweat as our rendez-vous time approaches................
AND she WILL BE mine!! OHHHH, YES! SHE will be MINE!!
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