How many have you lost?

[ThrowingTimber]

lost 3 in a row two weeks ago.. they all pulled the knit one pearl two... on me in a boulder field with ultra high salinity, I was fishing braid.. I didnt get to see any of 'em so I'm telling myself that they were really big smart scup..... them scup bent my 1209 to the reel seat

BW, maybe picking up a lip gripper/ boga or otherwise may help? Maybe even a small hand gaff, you just hafta be ultra cafeful if you plan on lettin em go It hurts when ya lose them.

Lost a fish that inhaled and 20 somethin' inch shad live lining Thing came up head shakin.. I made the mistake of raising my rod... Never make that mistake again I'll tell ya
I got to see it though.. that still haunts me....

Almost got dragged off a boulder 2 yrs ago fishing a lil outta the way cove with blackguy.... Fish hit while I was lighting a butt...

[BigFish]

It hurts too much to talk about!

[Raven]

i was mosquito bit bad...and hungry and tired ....and was about to throw my
last big mackeral chunk out in the water to feed the fish....and said ahh what the hell...and threw it on the hook and heaved it way out there...i had been catchin big ole bluefish all afternoon and was thinkin one more and i'll go.
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well i got the Jolt of my life and saw this HUGE dorsal fin exit the water and head off to deep water in a perfectly straight line......................................
with a wake you wouldn't believe....i tried everything to turn em and couldn't.

that fish spooled me and left me as.........

one of the.....................

Haunted.

[Flaptail]

oke: Too painful to think about.......

[FormerUser]

Originally Posted by ThrowingTimber

BW, maybe picking up a lip gripper/ boga or otherwise may help? Maybe even a small hand gaff, you just hafta be ultra cafeful if you plan on lettin em go It hurts when ya lose them.

Both these fish never got within arm's length.The 1st was close though.