Finally!...

[Bliz]

I am finally able to understand what goes through the minds of those who lose the Bass of a lifetime...

Tonight I have graduated to the next level in my understanding in learning a little bit more about fishing the surf of Rhode Island.

I want to thank Steve Fransescon for making one hell of a plug!...

Your work is unbelievable, as is the action of your lures, and you are a sleeping GIANT of a plugbuilder my friend...

I almost messed myself when I saw the bass of a lifetime swirl around and crush my plug and strip off line from my reel while running like a stallion through the water.

I nearly swallowed my tongue as I engaged this beast!

My biggest regret... like most others have... was the "I should have"... and the "I could have"... thoughts that immediately rushed into my mind after losing the battle with this bass of a lifetime.

It was immediately after this that I had realized there was nothing that I could have done to prepare me for the magnitude of this moment when I was left standing there powerless to overcome the instincts of this monster bass in relentless persuit of it's prey...

I gave all the strength I had in trying to turn this beast from peeling away the line off of my reel... and as soon as this fish slowed down and I had thought I had finally gained leverage on it by turning it's head...

This bass proved me to be dead wrong.

I knew that if he had run again on me that I would likely have been spooled...

As I had reached down to tighten my drag a bit while trying to keep pressure on this fish... thinking I may be able to gain ground...

(And boy is that a vulnerable position to be in at that point!...)

This bass turned again and ran deep for the rocks where it scrubbed me off as instantly as it had smashed my lure with it's sheer brute force as when it had hit the water...

In a sudden instantaneous moment it was

GAME OVER...

Defeat and exhaustion were like a two part epoxy that glued my soul to the water and held me fixated on it in unbelief....

What an awesome experience!

My right shoulder is killing me tonight, but the pain feels great!

I wonder if I shouldn't prepare for bass season by working out as to strengthen my upper body.

This bass really wore me out!

So many misconceptions I had about fishing for large bass were totally thrown out the window tonight through this experience!

I was trying something totally different in my approach to fishing for large in the surf.

What a night!...

It is evenings like this that make all of the time invested into this seem totally worth the many nights when I have gone home skunked and frustrated...

But I'll bet that never happens to anyone else...

right?