Record perhaps?

[piemma]

I posted before about my 4th of July dead low tide fish at BP about 6 years ago. I still remember every detail. Biggest fish I ever hooked. I can still feel every scrape of the leader and plug on the submerged reef. Plug can back with the hooks straightened and the metal lip bent into an "S".

She knew what she was doing and I, clearly, did not.

[Back Beach]

I've lost countless "records." I've also landed countless "records" that didn't break the 30# mark. Catch them first, weigh them after.

Like many guys, I've lost several fish that I presume were very large, but I really don't know for sure how big(or small) they were.

[Plum Crazy]

I want to cry.


You gave it your all though and there is not much else you can do.
Happened to me once. Spooled. Took me weeks to get over it.
Still hurts.

[Rockfish9]

anybody that spends enough time on the water will eventually have one to "think about" for a long time...I can think of two...one from the surf, one from the boat....

the boat one on that bright September night haunts me to this day...on a night, when only high teen sized bass roamed the beach.. .. I put on the biggest plug i had with me.. a giant jointed Pikie and moved north and south trying to evade the "little guys" that had infested that section of beach... about an hour into my search, a fish grabbed the plug in the white wash on the end of the northern bar... after a long battle and several "death" circles around the boat the fish lay on the surface about 25-30' from the boat....in the moon light, it appeared larger than any bass i had ever landed ( my largest is 61lbs) , a gentle breeze was blowing off the beach,pushing the boat seaward.... as I tried to pump the fish in I walked to the bow to get the net, as I have done perhaps a thousand times before, the noise made by the aluminum handle hitting the boat caused the fish to make one last surge.... you can guess the rest... I sat on the bait tank rubbing my fingers over the leader looking for an answer... a clean cut leaves me thinking the 5/0 hooks on that big jointed came in contact with the leader when the big fish was laying on the surface... it was a long cold ride back to the dock... I'd like to have that one back...

[Raven]

sounds like that fish had been boated once before
and Knew the sound well

Sorry ya lost that one Joe....

so? the barb point cut the Line?

and if you had been running barbless
this wouldn't have happened?

[Rockfish9]

Originally Posted by Raven

sounds like that fish had been boated once before
and Knew the sound well

Sorry ya lost that one Joe....

so? the barb point cut the Line?

and if you had been running barbless
this wouldn't have happened?

No loss at all ... I got her best and she won... .. barbless might have helped, but it also could have cut on her gill plate or on the lip...I'm after the thrill of the hunt.. not the kill.. so in reality.. it's win win.. well except I'd like to have that plug back!

[rizzo]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

I've lost countless "records." I've also landed countless "records" that didn't break the 30# mark. Catch them first, weigh them after.

Like many guys, I've lost several fish that I presume were very large, but I really don't know for sure how big(or small) they were.

This is very true - but when you actually see the fish right at your feet!