So this morning i went to try out my new ultra light setup. I got to the pond and started casting away. Second cast and fish on. Smaller large mouth that managed to grab both treble hooks and its pitch black outside and i forgot to bring a light.  I finally got it off and go to cast again. Another hit, i go to set the hook and jerk the bait straight out of the water.it some how wraps around me so there i am with braid wrapped around me when a monster slams pretty close to me. 5 mins later after i get untangled i try to toss near the spot it hit and i cast right into a tree, ( still hadnt got use to the whipage of the ultra light). Im livid at this point because i lost a lure a half hour in. Not to mention countless wind knots because the the reel was over spooled. As im walking back to my truck in pure rage i look down and see a jitterbug in good condition laying on the ground. The crazy thing is this isnt the first time ive been rewarded after losing a lure. Two times before i got a crank stuck in a submerged tree and the next morning i show up and theres a net laying on the bank. No one is ever there when i show up. The place is completely deserted. When ever i lose something there i am always rewarded with something else.

Haha that's awsesome, I love finding leftovers.

I was rushing to fish one day and probably lost 5 to 7 New lures to the trees. Catching trees was hot that day. I just went home a beaten fisherman that day. I haven't done that since in five years now. I'm not rushing nor panicking anymore to fish. I go slow now.

Lose one replace one nice

Ha...nice!  Happened to me the other day.  Lost a Heddon Pop'n Image at one pond in the morning and then hit another pond later in the day and found a Hula Popper.

Last year I sat my tackle box down on the ground and it hit something hard.  Lifted up the tackle box and there was a hunting knife under it.

even more reason to believe this place is magic. Today i was getting skunked, decided to pull out the big guns and toss a senko. Fish on and get this i didnt even lose it. First time i have been able to reuse a senko...

 

Karma

Senkos are weird sometimes I catch 5 fish with the same one and other times its a senko per catch

i get a lot of use out of senkos, after fish tear up the end that goes by the eye of the hook, i just cut that off a little and rerig it. my 6" senko is now a 5.5" senko that will catch fish just the same...

i get a lot of use out of senkos, after fish tear up the end that goes by the eye of the hook, i just cut that off a little and rerig it. my 6" senko is now a 5.5" senko that will catch fish just the same...

I do that too since I only use 6" senkos but I rarely catch fish when I cut it, not sure why.

I do that too since I only use 6" senkos but I rarely catch fish when I cut it, not sure why.

im sure it slightly affects the action and fall rate and such. the fish here dont seem to mind though. atleast in the main pond i fish. they wont touch a wacky rig there though...

im sure it slightly affects the action and fall rate and such. the fish here dont seem to mind though. atleast in the main pond i fish. they wont touch a wacky rig there though...

 

I never have luck with wacky rigged anything let alone senkos I always t-rig em

I never have luck with wacky rigged anything let alone senkos I always t-rig em

i am the exact same. I always t rig mine