Hudd 68 Special, first one. Snagged on a tree in 10fow, fishing from the bank, of course I bombed my cast out there so not able to get it back. Broke my heart. Sold all my swimbaits after that.

1 hour ago, FlipSide said:

Hudd 68 Special, first one. Snagged on a tree in 10fow, fishing from the bank, of course I bombed my cast out there so not able to get it back. Broke my heart. Sold all my swimbaits after that.

sad to hear that one bad experience ruined swimbaits for you but i can definitely understand it with the cost of the lures

Y'all actually count?

Lost em on the first cast, last cast, & every where in between.

What ticks me off is losing em on the first hook set. Had a new Stanley Wedge tied on, first cast, first hook set, she went under a limb, & snapped my line. 15 seconds later about a 7# bass tail walks with my Wedge in her mouth!

35 minutes ago, Scarborough817 said:

sad to hear that one bad experience ruined swimbaits for you but i can definitely understand it with the cost of the lures

I couldn't handle losing any more 20+ Swimbaits lol

Reading all this made me remember my first bad incident - I was still fairly new and had bought some of the original D&M Piranha Chatterbaits, the most expensive bait to date for me at something like $8.  Third cast at a local reservoir, I got hung up on a rock, had to snap it off.  I got so ticked I used nothing but soft plastics for months before mustering up the courage to tie on another hard bait.

i just bought a kvd spinner bait and first cast got a fish and he got me hung up. so i had to cut the line.

I lost a $40 spro bbz 8" that had only landed 2 fish. I thought it was a sand/mud bottom so I took my cast net back later that day to try and get it. Nope, there were rocks down there, and a $40 swimbait rescue mission turned into a $60 cast net sacrifice without finding the bait either.

On 1/18/2016 at 6:01 PM, desmobob said:

How about losing one before you even cast?  Last summer, I reeled in to change lures.  I cut off my lure and got out a new 1/2oz. Stanley rattling jig and carefully rigged a Pit Boss trailer on it.  I tossed it over the side and picked up the rod to cast.  It was then I realized I had never tied it on...   Doh!

Tight lines,

Bob

I did almost the exact same thing with the first cavitron that I bought. 

I cut a lures off and put it away in the tackle box and when I was starting to tie the cavitron on my wife askked me to hand her something out of the tackle box. After I handed her what she asked for, I tossed the cavorting over the edge of the boat and realized what I had done before it even hit the water. I quickly grabbed my rod and unsuccessfully tried to snag it as it sank. All I could do is sit and watch as it sank out of sight.

More often then i care to say,Normally a real expensive crankbait.

16 hours ago, FlipSide said:

I couldn't handle losing any more 20+ Swimbaits lol

i can imagine it would suck i definitely need to pick up a lure retriever before i start throwing them 

Worst day: Five Siebert Outdoors Jigs on five casts.

 

Once so far, brand new Strike King spinnerbait when I first go back into fishing.  My knot was tied but very poorly and came un-tied on the cast and I watched the spinnerbait hit the water and subsequently sink to the bottom never to be seen again.

I always look at losing tackle as, every now and then the fishing gods require you to donate some tackle to the waters, and they're taking their tithe.

On 1/16/2016 at 5:17 PM, LastCast721 said:

The worst is when your line is tangled at the top of your rod and you don't notice and you cast and your line breaks and the lure flies 100 yards and gone..

I call those "moon shots"

I call it "First Cast Syndrome". For some reason my first cast is always a gamble whether it be getting a birds nest, getting snagged, or losing a lure.   So what i do now is my first cast with a new lure is always a short cast to open water.  Ive found this helps a ton, because now i get a feel for the lure, its weight n flight so i can be more accurate when i actually cast.

4 hours ago, Ratherbfishing said:

I call those "moon shots"

Lmao! 

Seems to happen regularly with brand-new Rapala DT 10's.

3 times, 2 brand new rattle traps & a brand new Terminator when they first came out, it did hurt .

Happened twice to me:

1. Biwa S-Trout (35USD)
2. Huddleston Weedless 6 inch (25 USD)

--> Both days = ruined!

Oh good, it's not just me who's had this happen! 

Happens to me atleast once a year. 
Lost a few xcaliburs last year.