Sick To My Stomach!

[Catch and Grease]

Just hooked a HUGE bass. I soon as I saw it threw that crankbait right out... Had to be 8+... And my PB is 5 lbs.

I just wanna go in a hole and die hahaha

[BassinLou]

I hate it when that happens. All you can do is get out there and try again.

[missouribigbass]

It happens man. We've all been there. I had a good 5lber on this morning reeled him up to tight just rushing and being stupid and he ran under the boat and snapped my line.

[Fish Murderer 71]

Thats why its called fishing and not catching!

[Mccallister25]

Never a good feeling. It happens to every one of us. It used to really irritate me. Now dont get me wrong, I love landing as many as I possibly can, but its still sorta fun for me to see the big ones dance in mid air, even if they do get off. I dont fish for money, so the only tangible thing I get out of landing one, as apposed to not landing one is a photo.

And to be honest with you, the biggest fish Iv caught this year was when I was by myself, so I only got a pic of it beside my rod for a size comparison.

[Catch and Grease]

Im not frustrated or anything I just really wish I could have got a picture with that lunker. The lake I fish isn't know for big bass so a 5lb+ bass is very big there

[geo g]

It happens man. We've all been there. I had a good 5lber on this morning reeled him up to tight just rushing and being stupid and he ran under the boat and snapped my line.

Ditto to that!!!!!!!!!!

[BassObsessed]

Been there many times. It makes you want to fish that body of water relentlessly.

[fishva]

I feel your pain.

 

I went out on Friday. I was fishing a creek in my kayak. Underwater is full of hazards like fallen trees and limbs, so getting hung up is a really common occurrence. Probably 20% of my casts ended up snagging one thing or another.

 

I'd caught a lot of fish that day, but nothing more than a couple pounds (not complaining, just how it was). I cast my line out, and *thought* I saw my line twitch a little bit, but wasn't sure. Still, I reeled in the slack and set the hook. Then there was no movement at all. I gave my rod a few jerks, and decided I was hung up yet again. I actually said out loud to myself, 'how many times am I going to set the hook into a log?'

 

I tightened the drag on my rod all the way, and started to reel in while trying to get myself unsnagged. All of a sudden, I see that I'm not snagged. I'm pulling in what would have easily been my personal best bass, belly side up.

 

It doesn't put up a fight at all, until it gets up near the surface of the water. It's probably 3-5 feet away from my kayak at this point, and I can't believe my eyes. Then, suddenly, it jumps in the air and dives deep.

 

My line snaps instantly, on account of me tightening the drag all the way to unsag myself.

 

I couldn't believe it. I sat there with my face in my hands for a couple minutes, and it's been eating me up inside all weekend.

 

So I know how you feel. 

[Jar11591]

Please just give me another chance!

[Bankbeater]

I've had the same thing happen.  Just go back out and catch it again!

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

I had a similar experience last year. After the initial disappointment though I took consolation in that I must be doing something right to have hooked him at all.

[everythingthatswims]

As long as I don't break the line from having my drag too tight, not re-tying after chafing the line, or something like the fish throwing the hook because I had a bad hookset (I consider these things to be my fault), I can deal with it. If it's something out of my control that causes me to lose the fish, I don't get too upset about it (losing a big fish is never fun though), but if it's my fault, I continue to replay it in my mind over and over again thinking about what I should have done

[Catch and Grease]

I don't believe it was a "bad" hook set but it definitely wasn't perfect and I usually change the hooks on my bomber square A's to a size bigger but didn't do it on this one I was using...

The thing is, you can do every do everything perfect and lose a big one then feel like you did everything wrong...