have you ever caught a bass twice??

[Randy Beasley]

has anybody caught a bass twice in the same day? I have he broke off in a pond at my feet with my crankbait in his mouth, so i swiched to a yum dinger and felt a tap, set the hook and here he come splashing in. I know i got my crankbaiot back...

has that happened to anybody eles???

[roadwarrior]

There will be a story coming out shortly from another member that will blow your socks off.

As for me, I have caught the same fish on consecutive casts a number of times. On two occasions I have battled a big fish nearly back to the boat, come unbuttoned and recaught the same fish a little while later. You would think they would be shy over short time periods, but that is not always the case.

My best story happened more than forty-five years ago. I caught a one-eyed 6.5 lb bass on a beginners Zebco combination. When I got it to the boat my seven year old brother knocked it off with the net. My dad cast an identical lure to the exact spot where I had gotton my initial strike. He landed the fish which to this day is his personal best. He didn't have it mounted, but the fish is still in his deep freeze!

[Hookemdown.]

I've done it by missing a fish on a buzzbait, then tossing in a worm or a jig in the area.  

Do you think it increases you chances of catching the same fish if you switch lures?

[Shad_Master]

I don't know if I have ever caught the same fish twice in one day, but a few years back I used the catch the same fish every night -- I know this because it was a private pond that no one ever fished except me and by the end of the season that little guy's mouth looked like swiss cheese.

[hitormiss]

Yep!

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1175134400/10#10

[bassmatt]

yeah, several times. it almost makes you question their intelligence, huh?

[georgiabassfisherman]

I've done it by missing a fish on a buzzbait, then tossing in a worm or a jig in the area.

Do you think it increases you chances of catching the same fish if you switch lures?

yes i think it does help to change lures especialy if the fish misses a buzz bait swtich to a senko or other softplastic bait or a jig.

GBF

[Skidder]

I have caught the same bass 3 times.

An old boss had a decent little pond by his house. One spring I was fishing it and I saw a bass on a bed, maybe 12-14" long. I cast a white trick worm to the bed and the fish nails it. As I slide him up the bank he comes off. I notice about 1/2 my worm is gone. I just rerigged what was left. I look and there is a bass where I just hooked the other one, on the same bed. I cast the remaining 1/2 the worm to the bed, he eats it instantly. He jumps and spits out the piece of white trick worm. I land him and notice what looks like a sore on his one side. I let him go.

I walk around the pond and fish for about another 1/2 hour. I catch a few here and there. On my way out I look and there he is again, same bed. I throw at him again, he eats the bait again. I land him and it was the same fish because he had the same sore and a tear in his lip from where I unhooked him

Dumb Fish!

[John J.]

I believe I've done it. I flipped my texas rigged culprit finesse worm at that pond yesterday and had a hit (it struck it and it was too late when I set the hook, he got off; I seen the fish). I cast back to the same area and I caught him (right back to the same area.)

God bless  8-)

[hi_steel_basser]

I caught the same fish on 2 consecutive casts with a spinnerbait, several years ago. Unhooked him, threw him back, reeled him in again. His lip was torn on both sides then. This past weekend I got a bedding male halfway to the boat, lost him, and caught him two casts later.

[Kaz]

I haven't caught the same fish twice (that I know of)...however, I was on the New River fishin a small chartreuse crank bait and thought I landed a pig of a small mouth, but it turns out that 2 smallmouths (10 inches each) had struck at the same time, and had hooked up on each of the 2 individual treble hooks.

Nothing feels weirder than fighting 2 smallies on the same line.

[Fish Chris]

Yes...... So many times, I hardly bat an eye anymore.

Really common with the smaller male bass, while sight fishing. Even when you try not to hook them, some just come back again and again.

To catch a fish twice in one day, that's just feeding.... Well, rare, but I've done that a few times too.

But your not specifying in one day, your just saying, to catch it twice, at all, correct ?

Okay, with fish under 3 lbs, back when I used to fish for fish under 3 lbs, I might have caught several hundred.... heck, maybe a thousand of them twice..... But rarely, did I identify them as fish that I had previously C/R'd.

Skipping forward to 9 years ago, my buddy and I both caught a big one, 1 week apart. That one was a big deal for us, because it was both of our PB's (13.2 for him, 12-11 for me) In the years since then though, it has become SOOO common for us to C/R then re-C/R the same exact fish later, that now we are like.... Oh. Ok. Ho Hum.

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Anyway, the point is this; I think if a guy goes out and catches and releases 20 small to medium sized fish in a single trip, then goes out the next week and C/R's 20 more, the odds are "really good", that he will have caught at least 1, or maybe even 2 or 3, of those same fish from the week before.

Likewise, if a guy goes out and catches 20 big fish, over 10 lbs each {of course with a LOT more time on the water, than a single day trip.... like say, 150 trips, during a 4 year period} the odds say that at least one of these big ones will be caught twice, or even two or three will be caught twice.

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Bottom line is, when you get to the point where you can so easily see how common it is to re-catch fish, it becomes so incredibly obvious why C/R.... especially of the big ones, is so important.

Peace,

Fish

[Fish Man]

i dont know  if ive cuaght the same fish twice but i have caught a fish that my uncle caught only a week earlier...i cant exactly remember right now if he used a worm or a spinner but i ended up catching it  and it had a whole in his mouth in about the same place from a large hook that would be on a worm or spinner.we also could tell by his sizeand he wasnt far from were he was first caught

[jomatty]

ive caught the same fish on back to back casts on a number of occasions, often on the exact same lure and presentations.

[RecMar8541]

I have also caught several twice, and have had the experience of catching 2 smallies on one cast of a stickbait(dont remember brand)  the first one hit it, then when it was within site of the boat, the other came from nowhere and grabbed at it trying to take it from the first....he got the hook as well.  One was 3 pounds the other was 4.  was not during a tourn.....but was horribly fun none the less.

[dink]

My buddy and I caught the same one... at the SAME time!  I was fishing a worm and he a crankbait.  Our casts were 20 ft. apart.  I felt a tap and went on point as my line went to the side towards my buddy's crankbait.  We both swung at the same time pinning the fish in both corners of the mouth.  I would have seerious problems believing this story if it had not happened to me personally.

[rocknfish9001]

2 people on 1 fish? Thats a first for me! Anyways, we were out on a lake and my buddy was bluegill fishing while i was bass fishing. He hooks into what is either a giant 'gill, or a bass. Fights it for a second, but because of the lily pads, it was able to break his 2lb test line. I am fishing around the general area and have a hit, and reel in a bass that to my surprise has a hook in its mouth, it is my friends gold hook with the line broken just above the split shot. I know i have caught the same fish several times in the private ponds i fish, but this is the only one im sure of.

[Randy Beasley]

thats just reminded me. Believe me or not but i was fishing off the Bay Bridge in Va Beach. We stayed all night with a few of our friends and about around 6am, our rod went off, then another, then another. We grab the poles and satr fighting. Then we notice that wour lines are hooked together and moving. We start grabbing line and pulling the fish up to the deck. it was a 30-40lb Stingray that had 3 hooks in his mouth and a hook in his eye. So i just grab the knife and start cutting line and grabbed the pliers and take all the hooks out and push him back into the water.... That was a fun night!!

[BadKarma42]

Caught the same pickeral last weekend.  Consecutive casts.

[BassBeat101]

Was fishing at a city lake in St. Louis, tossing a 4" redbug lizard into some reeds - wham, hooked into a nice 1.5#'er.  Next cast, wham, same fish again.  The best part was the guy about 50 yards away started calling me Mr. Fisherman as if I had skills.  I "forgot" to mention to him that it was the same fish.  

Daryl

[Jayson]

Acouple years ago i was fishing and caught or I mean almost :-[ He broke off right on shore with my favorite lure :'(. Next day same area I get a hit and reeled he in and Suprise, suprise my good ole buddy with my lure still stuck in his mouth... ;D

[Tpayneful]

Last June, I was fishing a 4" Berkley power worm with a 1/0 EWG hook on 8lb line.  I broke off on a fish.  The very next afternoon I caught a nice 2lb LMB with a 1/0 EWG hook in his mouth!  It is good to hear these comments.  I usually thought that I had no chance of catching a Bass once I got a hook in him.  I will have to reconcider my thoughts on the matter.

[Triton21]

My "Caught a Bass twice" story is now posted on the Lake Fork video thread.

Kelley