She had her way with me and I can't stop thinking about it

[Rockport24]

great fish!

I had one take me to my backing and rub out the hook in the rocks..funny how the big fish know to go right into the rocks... I knew it was huge, then somebody landed a 50 in the general area a few weeks later..

[Adamfishes]

I lost a 35-40lber next to my yak last year, should have lipped it but I went for the net. I hit the fish with the net, tried again pop hook came out, it layed there a second swiped with the net again, missed. GONE. Could of been my PB who knows. Also got spooled one time after fighting a fish for 15 minutes, cupped the spool, line broke

[bart]

I hooked a fish in the Ditch on a deep shad that took a ton of line on the first run. I got nervous it was going to take all my line so I cupped the spool and the fish came up to the surface out in the middle about 100 yards down from me. From what I've seen this typical of big fish that are hooked in the canal. I got a quick glance and then she dove for the bottom. The tail looked massive even from a good distance out. She came unbuttoned and I almost cried. Brought the shad in and the hook was bent sideways

I probably shouldn't have cupped the spool in retrospect, but I was watching line disappear and wanted to stop her. That's a fish, and a decision, that will haunt me for a while.