Last night right before dark I went fishin at a pond in my neighbor hood I had a 4 inch berkley swim bait tied on. I was standing on a ledge with two pipes under water connecting to another pond. So on the second cast I reeled up and started jigging the swimbait infront of the holes. Then it happened a big ol bass sucks up my swim bait bam hooked him n started reeling in and he broke the surface and gave a massive head shake and snap! He gone broke my 12pd test. I stood there in dis belief and shaking as I was trying to tie another lure on . It was my fault I had the drag to tight I'm disappointed at my self. I tried for a half hour more to get him back but no luck.im gonna go for her again. My question is would u use a swimbait again or something else to try to catch it again?

You know where she lives, so I would go visit her again, with heavier line this time.  If you have some rain, there may be current at those pipes.  That will often turn a big girl on!!!!!

You know where she lives, so I would go visit her again, with heavier line this time.  If you have some rain, there may be current at those pipes.  That will often turn a big girl on!!!!!

Agree..If she was hanging around those overflow/drainage pipes chances are she lives there because of the very nature of those pipes...funneling food right to her. Next time I would use the same everything you did but have another rod rigged with a wacky worm, jig or something that would fall slow.

You never know

Mike

Dont think about it too much, it has happened to many of us in the past. Just move on. And be confident that you will catch one bigger. Confidence can go far in fishing.

I still have nightmares about the DD i lost at the boat ten years ago...still no DD...not yet!

Give her a few days. If you had the fish hooked, then that hook is still planted in here mouth. It will take a while for that hook to rust out. 

I would wait a few days and try the same bait. The hook won't rust out that quick with modern hooks, so it is your obligation to catch her and get the hook out of her mouth. Make sure to check the knot before you cast. Go get her!

This is what nightmares are made of.

 

Good luck. Hope you can entice her again but I doubt it.

 

At least for this week.

That stinks we have all had that but what separates the good from the great the great use that and go catch something bigger

Dang man thatsucks! I get nightmares as well! Now you know where she lives, give it some time you'll get her!!

That's a bummer. I would go back out at the same time and use the same bait to start off with.

I hate to hear that.  Time to go knock on her door again.

Same thing happened to me last month. I set the hook and started to fight. When she jumped out of the water, I knew it was the biggest bass I'd ever had on my line.

Then, it darted towards a tree in the water. It was trying to go behind it, which I knew would break my line. So I took a gamble and tightened my drag to try and keep it from snapping me off around a tree. It didn't pay off, and my line snapped anyway. It's been eating me up ever since.

Welcome to the club...

Thats why I use straight 20# braid. Never had a fish break off

I lost one at the boat due to line break that was easily a 9 or 10 pound fish, Went back to the camp and didn't even talk the rest of the night.  Then again its Toledo bend and there will be plenty more opportunities, its a grieving process!!

I caught my PB this morning 6.5-7 lber on a spro little John using 16 lb sunline super natural. I lost a bigger one a few months ago on 16 lb in utah. I used berkley for awhile switched to sunline and the stuff is great! 16 lb super natural has the same diameter as 12 lb trilene. Unfortunately, it's not as abrasion resesitant but I use it for topwaters and squarebills and haven't had many break offs. Just retie after every fish.