Yeah, you fish enough & everybody has stories like this. Sometimes things just don't go your way. Then other days, you can't seem to do any wrong and catch a bunch with some good ones mixed in there. 

Chalk it up as a learning experience & just keep fishing. 

On December 8, 2016 at 6:16 PM, CrustyMono said:

I am not writing this because I am disappointed about a fish that even I did not think I landed, but simply because of a misinterpreted inside joke.

My fishing partner and I will never stop fishing together. We each go out of each other's way to catch fish, and help land them. I was only joking about getting a new partner to replace him. I told my friend to grab the net from the golf cart several times. he forgot. Then, when i told him i had a large fish on, he did not believe me and proceeded to boat away from me on the dock. Next time we won't forget it. He should have back reeled, when i tried to land the fish in case it thrashed around, but i can't hold that against him, because I'm not great at it either. I knew he would see this and we always joke about who's fault it was (mine). I never blamed my partner. We work very hard to find and catch a few fish in our pressured lake. We work together with everything, we share rods, tackle, food, boats, everything. We consider all fish that WE catch a result of teamwork. 

Ok, makes sense now.

This guy's sounding like Peric on apbassin blaming Jon B. lol. 

My PB largemouth is 7 lb 2oz and this past year alone I've lost two monsters right at the boat that I know for sure were close to 10lbs or possibly more.  They don't count.  Even had my hand on one for a moment.

 

Also, I never boat flip anything over 2 lbs and I fish 40lb braid almost all the time.  I always net them when using treble hooks and by hand on single hooks.  Keep their heads in the water.

Not a bass, but this past summer I hooked a 24 inch pike on a spoon wading 15 feet from the bank by myself.  Reeled it in and grabbed my net from shore.  Netted the fish and was carrying the net with the fish in the net back to shore, which was literally 3 feet away from me.  The pike did a monster fling from inside of the net and thrashed itself just right that it dislodged the spoon's trebles while going airborne, and shooting itself out of the net 5 feet in the air like a missile, landing back in the river.  First time I've ever had that happen.  Couldn't be too bummed though since it was barely a keeper.  I don't consider that a catch, although some could probably argue otherwise.

2 hours ago, UPSmallie said:

Not a bass, but this past summer I hooked a 24 inch pike on a spoon wading 15 feet from the bank by myself.  Reeled it in and grabbed my net from shore.  Netted the fish and was carrying the net with the fish in the net back to shore, which was literally 3 feet away from me.  The pike did a monster fling from inside of the net and thrashed itself just right that it dislodged the spoon's trebles while going airborne, and shooting itself out of the net 5 feet in the air like a missile, landing back in the river.  First time I've ever had that happen.  Couldn't be too bummed though since it was barely a keeper.  I don't consider that a catch, although some could probably argue otherwise.

 

i FEEL the disappointment, i bet you will get him/her when he/she is older!

22 hours ago, CrustyMono said:

 

i FEEL the disappointment, i bet you will get him/her when he/she is older!

Eh I don't feel too bummed.  I pounded the pike all summer up to 32 inches in that area