How well do You deal with getting skunked?

[Catt]

Some days are diamonds, some days are stones, some days ya better off not leaving home.

 

Life is a learning process from the cradle to the grave. 

 

Even on days when I kill em,  all the way home & until the next trip I'm thinking about every detail.

[PhishLI]

2 hours ago, Deleted account said:

If I don't catch fish (doesn't happen often), or lose a fish (also), for the most part it doesn't bother me, though when it does, it really does, with no rhyme or reason. It does bother me

Losing certain fish bothers me. I had a pretty good night during the 2nd week of this past December. I caught the best fish of the night, 6lb+ easy, on a G2 Shellcracker. My buddy saw it jump and ran down to get a pic. The water was deep right off the bank where I was wading, and the bank was steep. I swung her in close to the shore, but overwound my line. I used my grippers to secure her, then held her up with the line,  then handed off my rod and asked my friend to click my thumbar. I didn't want to snap my rod. He did, but didn't thumb release my line. Then he engaged the reel again. Tried again, but still no line. He said he was trying not to blow up my spool. My temperature was rising, so I told him to forget it and went about trying to remove the back treble from behind her eye without blinding her. It took nearly a minute. I kept her in the water the whole time. Problem was that the gripper was clamped over the treble in her bottom lip, so when I released the clamp to readjust it she thrashed hard, and seeya later, so that was that. My friend said it counted, but it doesn't feel that way, and I'm haunted by it. The real truth about it is if I hadn't been so concerned about getting the stupid glory pic and simply dropped my rig in the dirt or dunked it, I probably would've remained calm enough to have executed the catch. I actually had a second pair of grippers on me which would've sealed the deal. Oh well.

[gim]

15 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Because as long as I keep my head down and fish hard,

it's just a matter of time.

 

I stated something like this in the other thread.  If you fish enough, eventually a big bite is going to happen.  There may be dinks and skunks along the way though.  The advantage of going regularly for a long period period is TIME itself.  It can't be poor fishing every time if you go often during the course of the whole season.

[ajschn06]

2 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

Losing certain fish bothers me. I had a pretty good night during the 2nd week of this past December. I caught the best fish of the night, 6lb+ easy, on a G2 Shellcracker. My buddy saw it jump and ran down to get a pic. The water was deep right off the bank where I was wading, and the bank was steep. I swung her in close to the shore, but overwound my line. I used my grippers to secure her, then held her up with be the line as I handed off my rod and asked my friend to click my thumbar. I didn't want to snap my rod. He did, but didn't thumb release my line. Then he engaged the reel again. Tried again, but still no line. He said her was trying not to blow up my spool. My temperature was rising, so I old him to forget and went about trying to remove the back treble from behind her eye without blinding her. It took nearly a minute. I kept her in the water the whole time. Problem was that the gripper was clamped over the treble in her bottom lip, so when I released the clamp to readjust it she thrashed hard, and seeya later, so that was that. My friend said it counted, but it doesn't feel that way, and I'm haunted by it. The real truth about it is if I hadn't been so concerned about getting the stupid glory pic and simply dropped my rig in the dirt or dunked it, I probably would've remained calm enough to have executed the catch. I actually had a second pair of grippers on me which would've sealed the deal. Oh well.

 

No picture, but I don't see how it woudn't "count"...

[ATA]

I really enjoy playing with my tackles and gears, I enjoy each part of them, From researching about them to purchasing them to get them and set them up and do modifications in some cases, Then going to water and use them. I enjoy each of this as much as I enjoy hooking a fish. So for me I take it very easy always. as matter of the fat this is Feb & and I catch Catfish and more than 100 trouts and 100 stripers, But no LMB or SMB yet, But I am going and going to water as many times as I can and I enjoy everything about it, even the driving to lakes  .

[Choporoz]

Completely depends on the situation.   If I don't boat a legal fish in a tournament on one of my 'home' waters, I do not handle it very well.  I agonize over every decision for days and get pretty sullen.  If I get skunked on a practice day, or 'fun fishing day', I take it in stride and learn from it.

[Deleted account]

34 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

Losing certain fish bothers me. I had a pretty good night during the 2nd week of this past December. I caught the best fish of the night, 6lb+ easy,

Yeah, see that's just it, I can have a really  big fish come loose, and I go right on to the next cast with a smile like it didn't happen, and then on a different day, maybe a 2 lber spits the hook, and I'm in full Ike melt down mode, doesn't happen often, but it's bad, not sure what the trigger is, certainly it's not the fish it self. Big bass in LI is one of the world's worst kept secret. A lot of the Nassau cops were our fishing buddies back in the day, so we'd go through the don't trespass again routine until the Karen home owners would leave, and then laugh and plan a striper trip. I have a great pre 9/11 LILCO story that I can't tell in public. 

[detroit1]

When i get skunked, it's the fish's fault.  

[CrashVector]

I just switch to fishing for another species.

[A-Jay]

46 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

Losing certain fish bothers me. 

I can feel that ~

Losing this one 'bothered me'.

#nightmares

https://youtu.be/yfnYSE-HjIE?t=886

A-Jay

[BayouSlide]

Back when I was working, I had a saying: "I don't pay $ (costs of hunting, fishing, shooting competition, etc.) to be miserable, people pay my hourly rate of $$$ for the opportunity to make me miserable." ?

[Columbia Craw]

I’m used to it.

[Captain Phil]

Anyone who claims they never get skunked when fishing is the same person who claims they always win at the casino.  ?

[Hammer 4]

1 hour ago, Catt said:

Some days are diamonds, some days are stones, some days ya better off not leaving home.

 

Life is a learning process from the cradle to the grave. 

 

Even on days when I kill em,  all the way home & until the next trip I'm thinking about every detail.

Pretty much how I look at the skunk. Time on the water, and learning from all fishing experiences for me is just part of the game.

[DitchPanda]

It used to really grind my gears...now days not so much. In fact most days I couldn't care less. That said I'm a much better angler now than I was back when it ticked me off so it doesn't happen often. Usually in the open water extremes...like the week or two before ice up then right after ice out..outside of those times I almost always catch something.

[Jigfishn10]

Let’s see. I work all week, I go to Maine where my boat is moored and an opportunity that I may get skunked that day. I could sit on the beach with my wife during that time of month, so what do I do? 
 

I grab a can of tomato juice before I hit the water in case I catch the skunk’s spray.  

[Mobasser]

I'll say I don't really like getting skunked, but it does happen. Very early spring trips, I've been skunked a few times. As has been said, every dog has his day. I know this old dog will have his day too.

[PhishLI]

3 minutes ago, Jigfishn10 said:

I go to Maine where my boat is moored

If you know where to be up there you'll find some serious chunks. Search Jesse Bassaholic Hall.

[crypt]

it happens, no big deal. I just hope I learned something from it. 

[volzfan59]

I deal with it pretty well. I don't like it but I learned a long time ago that you can't win them all.

[scaleface]

I get skunked all the time when I stop to make a few cast , or fishing a body of water that does not harbor a good bass population . But If the conditions are decent with a good population of bass , No flooding , high muddy cold water or some other unusual  event  , I cant remember the last time I have been skunked . If I put the hours on the water I catch at least a dink or two .

 

  I only tell lies  to keep out of trouble .

[PressuredFishing]

5 hours ago, WRB said:

Some days nothing works you and the skunk shows. It’s fishing and not catching for a reason?

Tom

This, plus we fish fairly pressured fisheries as well

[roadwarrior]

Hmm...

 

I probably caught a good fish last week and expect to catch another next week

A skunk means nothing to me.

 

[DINK WHISPERER]

Simple... I don't get skunked! ?

I know where a certain one eyed dink lives yr round and he doesn't care what I throw at him, he'll take it!

[Way north bass guy]

5 hours ago, Jaderose said:

I honestly don't remember the last time I got completely skunked.  

Same here. Not saying it hasn’t happened, cause it certainly has, but not in a long time that I can remember. Now I’ve had days where I didn’t get too many at all, or it was a grind to catch one good one, but it’s been quite a while since a truly stinky day.