Goin out on a limb, literally!

[The Bassinator]

So I decided to fish this pond near me that I've never been to before. I was fishing from shore and I was just prospecting when I saw a laydown that looked great. I was using an omega 7/16oz jig in green orange with a zoom green pumpkin pro chunk. So im pitching to the left side of the laydown and all of the sudden I feel a fish swimming away with my jig, so I set the hook! Of course I missed him and the jig ends up in a limb >  I tried the bow string technique to no avail and finally decided to go out onto the tree. I edged out on my stomach with rod in hand and was able to get it back! However on my next pitch it happens again and I'm forced to go out again! Adding insult to injury, I slip a little of the log and my foot gets wet >  At this point I'm pretty frustrated but I made another pitch to the same area. I hop it a couple times and I feel the fish again. This time I wasn't taking any chances I made sure he had it and I set the hook hard and muscled him out of the limbs. A decent 2 1/2 to 3 lber was my reward.  I got another smaller fish from a shallower log in some muddy water about 20 mins later so I felt good that I at least got a couple.  An hour or so later I called it quits but I decided to fish one more laydown. One again I can feel the fish tugging on my jig and once again I miss him and end up with a jig I can't get back. I managed to break the stick off the main limb but it was hung up on another limb underwater. At this point I found some rocks to try to break the stick free or knock my jig loose. However my aim wasn't so good and I ended up breaking it off! Sooo Frustrating >  Anyway I'm going back there in a canoe on Saturday so hopefully my jig will be there ;D

[Big-O]

You might catch a GIANT when you go back out there too 

Big O

www.ragetail.com

[CWB]

http://www.frabill.com/9865.html

Will pay for itself in 1 month if you fish alot.

[Jigfishn10]

Your persistence paid off and you only lost one jig. Not all bad. Losing lures is part of the game.

[The Bassinator]

Thanks for that link CWB! Unfortunately the snag was about 30-40 feet away so I don't think the lure retriever would have worked for me. I'll just chalk that jig up to a loss. Maybe I should just get a boat so I can get right to the snags ;D

I didn't have a chance to get back to that lake this weekend but I did get to go to Lake Winnipesaukee! I caught a couple pickerel on a pointer 100 and a jig (which was kinda weird since it tapped it just like a bass would)

Oh and this guy!