How many have you lost?

[reelecstasy]

Originally Posted by reelecstasy

was hopin The Specialist was around with another hook didn't see him anywhere

and Bait was there as a witness

[Mike P]

Now, ask me when I stopped using snaps on bucktails

[Bake Mellow]

When?
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somebody was gonna ask...

[bait]

I was there.. It's true.. He cut his finger pretty good too.. Now he wants to go back tomorrow with a rod.. All he kept saying was "I should bring in my 2 piece." and " I'm going to bring more teasers tomorrow.." etc.. They were some nice looking, hungry , fish.. They sure liked bagels and muffins..

[Christian]

ive only lost 1 good one this season, he just simply got the hook out of his mouth. after the run he took, he deserved to get away.

other than that back in april i hooked a salmon. never had an adrenilin rush like that before. fish jumped , and turned , fowled the line on the plug so pressure on the line pulled the hook. o well. i cant blame myself for either.

it would be nice to catch a big fish though.

[schoolie monster]

Every year, I seem to go thru a stretch where I lose a few fish. My uncle and I dropped four straight good sized fish when he was up a couple weeks ago. It was freaky. Fish were hooked solid, fought for a couple minutes and just came undone. He had already caught a fish a hair under 20#, and these fish were in that range.

The next weekend, I nailed a 23#er and then lost the next fish, again, was in the same size range. Lost another fish a bit later... it was smaller, but mid-30 inch range is still one you want to land.

It gets frustrating when you know you aren't doing anything wrong. I'm not breaking them off with bad line... I'm not horsing them in, and I'm not babying them either. Sometimes you just go thru some bad luck.

As for the one that got away... last season on a live pollock. Towards the end of my day, this fish made a run towards a boulder field and I couldn't stop him, or her I guess. Burned the heck out of my thumb too. Finally had the fish turned and the line broke above the water line. Sounded like a fire cracker. I was so pissed. I just had that feeling in the pit of my stomach... that was a big fish, I'm sure my biggest. The line was fresh, but I must have had a nick or bad spot. I still would've liked to just see the fish.

[basswipe]

Originally Posted by schoolie monster

Every year, I seem to go thru a stretch where I lose a few fish. My uncle and I dropped four straight good sized fish when he was up a couple weeks ago. It was freaky. Fish were hooked solid, fought for a couple minutes and just came undone. He had already caught a fish a hair under 20#, and these fish were in that range.

The 1st fish was on for several mins.It never even occurred to me it would come off.

This slump is really bringing me down.More poor fishing days than good ones these last few weeks.I'm gonna head out again later tonight for the high tide and be into work draggin a$$ again.

[reelecstasy]

that I lost that one........... Went back at break and pulled him in 2nd cast ah, toss

[partsjay]

It was last year ( haven't had any good fish this year yet ) , and I was pluggin' with another guy.....fishing was slow so, I was chewing the fat as I fished, I wasn't looking at my popper, when all of a sudden I hear this huge splash...I look and my popper is gone, make a crank on the reel, set the hook, and I'm on with the heaviest fish I have ever had on.....after a min or two..the fish comes to the top and all I could see was the dorsal and the top of her tail....had to be 36-40" apart...( may not be big compared to some of the ones you guys catch, but this was big for me ) fish goes back down, comes back to the top..couple of head shakes, and spits my popper back at me. Fish was probably 10 feet from me at the time....haven't had another fish like that since....still think of her from time to time....going to go cry at my desk now....thanks alot guys, now I feel sick again.


PS....MikeP...That's an insane story.

[Rappin Mikey]

I lost afew that were pretty darn nice this year already. One was the biggest one I've ever had on at the river. Maybe the biggest one I've had on ever. That was the last fish I hooked onto @ my parts this year. Now the big ones are gone and I have to wait til next May to hook another lunker in Western, MA.

[Got Stripers]

Lost what I believe was a 60, only because I'd already beached several in the mid to upper 40's and this fish made them look average, hit right at my feet and I got a good look as she turned with the plug.

I've lost several that damn near spooled me and this is in a boat, with the ability to follow them with a very powerful trolling motor, each time I received straightened hooks for my trouble. I'd estimate these fish all to be minimum of upper 40's probably larger, but one never knows when you don't see them.

Those are the things which keep you coming back for more.