How many have you lost?

[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.