Which ONE is more likely to be TRUE,,,,,,,,,,,

[hardbait]

this happened to me in maine. fishing plugs, july 4th,hook a decent fish not huge 35" or so. fighting it the split ring straightened on me.lost the fish. about 10 fish later , mostly maine slot size fish, another decent fish on about a half hour later. land this fish 35" or so. my treble hook is in the bottom of the lip from the previous plug.also caught a 30# with a hook in the gut and line coming out of the mouth, also in maine ,same rocks . so they do hit again .