Worst bass miss

[Ky_Lake_Dude]

What is your worst miss. Mine is a bass that was probably 8-9lbs in a huge laydown on a white double colorodo blade spinnerbait.I made the fatal mistake pointed my rod tip straight at him and SNAP my line broke :'( :'( .Since that day when I was using 15lb line I don't use anything less than 17 in heavy cover normally 20 though.

[BASS fisherman]

The worst time I ever missed some bass was last summer. It wasn't a single bass I had missed that was a toad, it was several smaller ones that I had missed that started getting me irritated.

I had just bought a Poppin Scum frog and got to try it out on a local lake that has some good bass in it. I was fishing what was basically slop, but it had alot of pockets in it. I'd cast the frog out and pop it a few times and pause it. I ended up getting three good blow-ups, and I'd wait untill I could feel the fish on the line, and then I ripped lip, only I didn't actually rip lip. I missed all three bass do to the crappy hooks and the design of the frog. Maybe the weeds played a role in the misses too, I don't know. At the point when I missed all three of those bass, I was ready to heave the frog into the water without a line tied to it, but right then I decided to try a trailer hook on it. At first I rigged two trailer hooks, one off of each bend in the main frog hook, but it weighed the tail of the frog down to far and gave the frog horrible action. I removed one of the hooks, and angled the remaininng trailer hook more towards the center of the frog. On the next cast I had another blow-up, only this time I caught the bugger. He wasn't much weight wise, but he sure meant alot after missing those first three.

[Guest avid]

My first time on the stickmarsh/farm13 with a spinnerbait i hooked into something big I mean B_I_G.  I had it hooked but she got smart real quick.  When she realized she couldn't win the fight by pulling away, she reversed course running diagnally and towards the boat.  She got into laydowns and the rest was history.  biggest bad I ever hooked in all my doggone days.

[rocknfish9001]

Once i was on a lake on my neighbors bass boat, which is a treat because he always puts us on some fish. I went out and missed probably 20 fish through the day on t-rigs, tubes, and jigs. I lost several during the fight, but most on the initial hookset. I was fighting more fish than anybody, but ended up getting skunked. I have never been out-fished by him and my fishing buddy. I always manage a few. Not this time.

[rocknfish9001]

Or the time i tried 10 inch worms for the first time. A couple casts in, i felt a tap, and instentaniously set the hook, which was a no-no when using a 3/0 hook on a 10 inch worm. I was heartbroken, because this is the same water i caught my pb in, and lost 2 fish everyone agreed was 6 lbs. each. I put my worm back on the hook because the fish pulled it off, and casted in the same spot.... tap.tap..... the line moves a little and stops. I normally wouldnt wait this long, but with the size of the hook and worm, i felt that i had to. I reeled in the slack and had a mighty hookset that could have tipped the boat over. I had contact. Except my old beat up "pond reel" which is a 10 year old ryobi baitcaster decided now was a perfect time to fail me. The drag just let out and i failed to get the hook into the fish.........  :'(

[carySE406]

My worst miss was probobly missing 7 fish in one day all on a super fluke.  One was a beast too.  Just gotta remember to reel down and take care of business.

[New 2 Bass]

Mine was in August or September.  Nasty hot out.  Its about 11am.  I throw a Super Fluke that gets hit hard.  I start to get amped.  "Fish on", "Oh Yeah", etc...  The fish jumps.  Its a monster.  Biggest bass I have personally seen yet.  It starts to shake its head on a back side jump.  Georgeous.  Next thing I know the fluke is flying back at me at mach 2.  My hand flies up just in time to deflect it.

I spent the next hour .  I almost threw the rod, but I ain't got a sponsor.

[CyBasser]

What is your worst miss. Mine is a bass that was probably 8-9lbs in a huge laydown on a white double colorodo blade spinnerbait.I made the fatal mistake pointed my rod tip straight at him and SNAP my line broke.Since that day when I was using 15lb line I don't use anything less than 17 in heavy cover normally 20 though.

Late April 2004. Fishing just after sunset in an area with flooded Eucalyptus trees (Asprokremmos for the Cypriot members). Using a 1/2oz Nite T1 s/b on a Cabela's TXS mh rod with 14lb XL, from the shore. The s/b got stuck on the bottom, about 25ft away. Tried to pull it free, no luck. Then suddenly the bottom started...moving, and I felt the typical movements a hooked bass initially does. Tried immediately to apply some pressure, before I knew what hit me, a  HUGE bass exploded out of the water in front of me, shaking her head, and throwing the s/b. Water flew all the way to me as she landed back free. I have caught 6lbers and seen 7lbers, this was way bigger. I joined the elite few who have connected to those mysterious 4kg+ bass of Asprokremmos that somehow never come out (two such sized fish were hooked and lost only in the last month by some friends).

Was totally my mistake losing that fish. Because I thought I had hooked the bottom, I don't think I ever performed a simple strike to hook her well. As I told you, the "bottom" started moving, I don't think she ever realized that she was hooked. The way the fish first moved, it gave me the impression that she just kept doing her "usual" bussiness, moving slowly along. The s/b did not have a trailer hook as I was fishing in heavy cover. Then once I realized it was a bass, instead of striking I just tried to bully her as I was using stout equipment, causing her to jump and throw the lure.

Two and a half years later, I still haven't gotten completely over losing that bass....

[Hale]

Not my worse miss, but this just happened Tueday afternoon:

I was fishing a pumpkin seed worm off a rock ledge. Water is somewhat clear (for Florida standards - 3' stained). The worm got hooked on the lip of a rock in about 1.5' of water. I danced the rod tip and line trying to get it loose..when it did come loose the worm darted off the rock and out of nowhere I watched this hawg annihalate that worm. I got a good hookset and played her to the boat. Now im down on my knees And I bring the rod up with one hand to lip her with the other. Just as her head starts to break the surface, the lure pops out! My hand was inches from having her landed. Ready for the good part? Not only did this fish see double digits in the weight category, but my PB is 11-10 and I was confident that she was my new record.

Im sure any human being within a 5 mile radius of that spot heard my yells and profanities. I will get her again no worries about that!

[Matt Fly]

Worst bass miss was on Lake Travis in Tx in the darkness and light rain,at 6:15 am fishing large marina boat house throwing spinner bait to mimic bait fish in the white lights.

I was completing long cast perpendicular to the boat and had rod tip down and had four to five feet of line out.    You know how you are alomost through with that cast and start to raise your rod tip as to start the next cast.

I had a frieght train hit at the boat.   With the light rains and my cork grip handle slippery, all of a sudden, I was hit and the fish went straight under the boat and never appeared to think about turning.

The rod slipped my grip, and the long butt flipped straight up and tagged me in the chin as she flew out of my grip.

I had rain gear on, and my pole was going down, I went to my knees and missed the rod, and ended up going in after my rod.

Got the rod, no bass, froze my tail off until the sun came out on that cool morning.    

Its the ones that get away that makes you wonder.    Could have been a striper, could have been the big bass of the tourney,   I'll never know.

Matt.

[bassnleo]

Last Spring I was on an awesome flipping bite in flooded bushes and around laydowns. The fish were hitting my tube so hard that it often knocked slack in the line. I could not boat these darn fish. I would rear back on them, get them clear of the cover and into open water and they would just come off. I did finally stick a few including a 4.5 pounder. I go into weigh in with the 4.5 and 4 dinks, I lost several in the 2-3 pound range that would have culled, ended up in 4th place, one place out of the money and by less than 1 ounce.

I ended up figuring out why I was loosing fish. My rod and line set-up was too much. I was using an extra heavy 7 foot Shimano rod and braided line. I was actually tearing the fish's mouths and all they had to do to get off was shake their head and the hook would pop out.

Least I learned a lesson!

[Thefishy1]

A few weeks ago I was fishing my local pond in my neighborhood that has mostly small fish in it and I was using a dropshot with a roboworm on it and just trying to catch anything. well about 30 minuites into the day my cell starts to ring right after I made a cast so I answer it and just keep shaking the worm and as soon as I get the phone up to my ear I feel the tap tap of a fish, so I use my on hand to half set the hook so I wolud not drop the phone. And as soon as I set the hook the rodd just bends over double and starts peeling drag so I drop the phone and try to tighten the drag but as my hand gets to tne reel the hook pops out and I'm left only wondering how big it could have been

[kickbasskid]

I had one and brought it on land. Being stupid me I left some slack and the fish near the water. I walked up to it and right before I grab it, it jumps bak in the water. It was 3lbs. and my biggest bass yet. :'( :'( :'(

[Okeechobee_Cracker]

Well when I first started fishing I had truoble hooking up alot and lost many great fish.....but the one time I will never forget is when it was my dad my brother and I........I didnt loss the fish but my brother had about a 12lb on.............it was his first cast of the day. and my dad went to lip it and pulled it half way out of the water when it flopped and threw the hook..... :-/

[Catt]

I was sitting on a stump field in 18' of water slowly working a Texas Rig when there came that little tail tale tap. Dropped the rod, reeled the slack, set the hook and it sets hook back. Get her up to where I could see her when she sounded taking me to my knees in the process. Got her up again but she quickly sounded again only this time the reel came out of the reel seat hitting the last eye on the rod snapping the line and falling over board. I stood up screaming damm that was a hawg and then screamed damm that was my reel.

I aint saying how big she was but definitely Share-A-Lunker quality

The reel was a brand new Abu Garcia Eon on a Cabala's Fish Eagle II rod, the rod a defective the back part was built to shallow far the reel to fully seat. Haven't bought a Cabala's rod or an Abu Garcia since.

[jdw174]

My worst miss?  This is actually embarassing to tell, but............

I was fishing Presque Isle Bay on Lake Erie, tossing a C-rig in about 8' of water at the edge of a weedbed.  I had a THUMP that had to be felt to be believed, and the rod nearly bent double.  I got a look at that fish....an absolutely HUGE smallmouth.  (I've caught tons of smallies, and I estimate the weight of this one at 7lb or better!!!)  I worked her up to the boat (still fighting me all the way), and when I got her boatside, instead of putting the fish in the boat I had a major brain fart and held the rod tip up WHILE ROOTING IN THE LOCKER FOR THE SCALE!!!!! :-?   Found the scale, reached for the fish and she just opened her mouth and the hook shot right back at me  No fish, no trophy.  Just me feeling more stupid than you can believe.....

[jomatty]

there are two missed fish that haunt me.  ive lost some bigger fish but both of these were lost from stupidity so it really bugs me.  one was at a local pond that has some 7ish lbers in it but they are very difficult to actually catch.  i pitched an ika to this spot where a creek enters the pond and there is a drop off and this monster does the whirlpool swirl move on it.  i see the swirl and am caught offguard and hit it with a weak half hearted hook set and it shakes its head and is gone.  dont know how big it was but def over 5.

the other one was at smith mountain and i was fishing a spot remover on spinning gear.  i had a nice fish on and i play it up the dock i was fishing off of and for some reason try to swing it out of the water.  insanely stupid.  the line breaks i dive on my belly, fish swims away.  would have been the nicest fish ive caught out of smith mountain.

when they just come unbuttoned i can live with it, but when i do something i know much better than to do it makes me really upset with myself

[chs773]

i was fishing at a pond in tenesse for the first time it seemed like a good pond. it was early in the morning and i was fishing off a dock and saw about 3 or 4 big bass swim by. they were the biggest bass i had ever seen. i casted my popper a little farther then the bass. right when the lure landed a monster bass grabbed my lure. i went to set the hook and my bail was still open on my baitcaster. all i heard was the sound of a backlash as a reared back to set the hook >. and worst off i missed the fish :'(.  i was pretty mad that i missed the bass of my life and to make things worse i had the worst backlash of my life, which ended with me cutting most of my brand new braid.

[bow3022]

Today..I'm guessing the bass that got away from me was like 4lbs. I saw the head and it was huge. I was fishing for crappie, but then i got a big hit..(man was i ticked when the bass spit out the lure).

[Guest Texas_Bass_Pro]

My worst miss would be this last spring.  I was fishing a private lake with 2 family members.  We were fishing along the bank with plastic baits.  I was using the junebug baby brush hog, which is my favorite, when I pitched it up on the bank by mistake.  As I slowly pulled it back in the water a huge 10 lbs+ bass engulfed it.  I had the best hook set of my life and I knew she wouldn't throw the hook.  She smashed the water many times and jumped, what seemed to be 5 feet, out of the water about arm length away from us.  When she landed back in the water she made her final run.....under the boat!!!!!

She broke my rod and line!!!!

[BadKarma42]

I'd have to say that the worst miss(es) that I can think of are the ones I missed in tournaments this season.  Its hard to say but they may have put us (SPPEDBEAD) in the money.  

Good thind SPEEDBEAD has a strong back!  

[Valascus]

My worst bass miss came this past October while on vacation at Table Rock Lake. I was staying at a resort in Kimberling City right where the bridge crossed the lake in Kimberling City. I had been doing some scouting around on foot since I did not have a boat and found an old, abandoned dock not too far a walk from the resort just to one side on the bridge. Upon slowly, and closely inspecting the dock, I spied a school of some fairly large largemouths holding tightly to the underside of the dock. There were about 4-6 bass...4 seemed to be in the 2-3 1/2 lb range...while the other two were probably somewhere in the 4-6 lb range and each one was holding by itself away from the group of smaller fish. I tried many things to try to get them to bite, but a tournament had just rolled through as well as a cold front. I finally tied on a watermelon Fat Ika rigged backwards not really expecting any sort of result since nothing had garnered one the whole day. I had lost sight of one of the larger fish so I cast the Ika tightly against the dock where he had been holding and watched the bait start to sink and swim under the dock. I soon lost sight of the bait and continued the wait for it to hit the bottom some 8 to 12 ft below when the bait suddenly gets absolutely smashed. I wasn't even remotely expecting the hit and probably put a poor hookset on the fish, but it was hooked nonetheless. Now I have hooked many a bass in the 1 lb to 3 1/2 lb range and this fish felt bigger than that...not too much bigger...but possibly big enough to break my 5 lb goal I set for myself so long ago. I fought the fish for about 30 seconds and still had not gotten it within view, even in the clear water, when the line suddenly jerked and went slack leaving me reeling in nothing but the Ika that I had thrown. :-[ Best hit I had gotten that whole trip...

[Floridabassking352]

I was fishing a private lake in Land O' Lakes, FL with a black t-rigged Trickworm right in between the mouth of a creek and a clump of lily pads (great spot). I cast my worm out and started to retrieve it a little when my little cousin started talking to me. I turned around to respond to her and when I turned back to the water my line was moving really fast into the pads. I knew I had a fish so I set the hook hard and it was a good set but the fish wrapped me up in the pads and pulled free of the hook. I don't know how big it was, probably at least 5 or 6 lbs, but maybe bigger who knows. Ever since that happened I finish my retrieves BEFORE talking to someone.

[fish-fighting-illini]

I was fishing from the bank with a Mitchell 308x with about 8lb test and a Berkley ML rod. Something hit my Smithwick Rouge and made a hard parallel run with the bank then back the other way. Then takes a right turn and heads straight out toward the deep. I was on a cell phone with no hands and my buddy could hear the line zipping out. I panicked thinking I would run out of line and started to feather it with my fingers. Shortly after the line broke. I never got a look at it and don't know how big it was but this lake does have several 8 & 9 lber's in it. My pb is only 4lbs so I'm still bummed out over it.

[SimonSays]

My worst miss.... I was kayak fishing during the summer, it was mid day and the heat was pounding on my friend and I, who I somehow coerced into being my "trolling motor" while I fished =D

I'd been trying the Zoom frogs most of the day around lily pads with no luck so I went back to the trusty Ikas and Senkos i'd been doing ok on.  I start fishing along this bank when my trusty "trolling motor" told me to try over by this one small log that had fallen into the water with half of it in the water and half laying on the bank.  I can over it onto the edge of the bank (lusky cast? thank god I didn't snag anything) and slowly work it into the water with barely a ripple.  Before I know it I see my line start running off parallel to the bank, didn't feel a thing, not even a single tap only pressure from the line and the sound of my Citica's drag.  Being new to fishing at the time my first thought wasn't even "set the hook" it was "hold on for dear life".  After a few moments I then remember to set the hook so i point the tip of my rod down reel in a bit and let it rip....I then see my Watermellon Fat Ika come flying out at me...5lber atleast...woulda been my pb at the time...still upset, now before I fish I tell myself "set the hook set the hook set the hook"