I officially hate bluefish now

[Rockport24]

last night, I lost my fairly new Tattoo Sea Dog to what I think was most likely a bluefish! It would have been the second damn fish I landed on the plug! It was a heartbreaker. Before that I caught a schoolie bass, but I find it highly unlikely that a schoolie bass could roll and cut 50lb test mono..but I guess anything is possible.

[RNC]

At least you lost it to a fish it could have been worse.

[basswipe]

Originally Posted by Fish-Addict

At least you lost it to a fish it could have been worse.

Nothing worse than losing one to a mooring or a pot.

[Rockport24]

I hear that guys, that does really suck when you get hung up and lose a nice plug. You are right though, it wasn't quite that bad because it wasn't really my fault that I lost it... but that kind of makes it more frustrating at the same time

[fish4striper]

Sucks losing nice plugs, once blues show up I use 80 lb mono. Lose less gear that way

[Rappin Mikey]

I'd rather lose a plug to a blue then a seal anyday. Still sucks though either way.

[MrHunters]

Originally Posted by basswipe

Nothing worse than losing one to a mooring or a pot.

aint that the truth

[The Dad Fisherman]

I lost one to a seagull once...watched it fly away in the seagulls mouth

[Saltheart]

Bluefish have saved many a trip for me. Blauefish are bad sometimes but skunks are always worse.

The most disappointing of all ways to lose a lure is to cast it off by screwing up the cast. Its off your line before it even hits the water. IMO that's the worst! I actually talk to myself when that happens. I use the word stupid often while talking to myself in those circumstances. .

[The Iceman 6]

I think the worse is when you are casting and the bail clicks over then SNAP the plug goes sailing. This never happens with the Penns' ss series.

[STREETFIGHT]

my 9 year old son had 2 10lb bluefish on an afterhours pencil last week- when i went in the wash to land them the 50 lb. leader broke about 6 inches above the plug. 1 20 dollar plug vs hand-to-hand combat with 20 lbs of pee'd off bluefish on 1 plug wasnt worth it... but watching them swim off attached at the lip was pretty funny.

thinking i'd be mad my son learned about "the cost of doing buisness"

[Rockport24]

If any of you guy catch a bluefish with a tattoo 3oz sea dog in it's maw, it's MINE and yes I want it back! even if it's in RI or Long Island or something, it's possible the fish was scared and took off so I will send you my address....

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

I lost one to a seagull once...watched it fly away in the seagulls mouth

Last year, I threw a Habbs pencil into a pile of rocks and landed it on a seagull. I hooked the bird in it's back and tried reeling it in to take the hook out with with my long de-hooker. Just like a big fish, it went crazy when it saw me and the boat and freaked out. I actually considered getting it close enough to club it to death, but ended up cutting the line. I figured if the Big Guy Upstairs wanted those flying rats on earth, I wasn't going to mess with my fishing karma by killing one.

[striperman36]

Had the same thing with a pelican in FL
and a commorant at night. Thought it was a bat, that was a 20 min fight.

[ilovetwofish]

I lost 4 plugs yesterday morning thank god they were old and cheep.I have a plug bag just for blues with cheep plugs and another bag just for bass.

[MrHunters]

Originally Posted by striperman36

Had the same thing with a pelican in FL
and a commorant at night. Thought it was a bat, that was a 20 min fight.

oh man, i had a comorant fly across my trolling lines a couple weeks back. talk about an adrenaline rush! I thought I finally had my 50

My drag was sCREAAAAAAAAAAAMming

[Rockport24]

HA! that's great, you thought it was a 50 until the line flew out of the water and headed into the sky!