Wife and I were fishing a beautiful small lake in southern VA Thursday and I had a strange foul hook on a smallish largemouth bass.

 

Was throwing a 5" weightless senko on a 3.0 hook and the Bass actually sucked it through the mouth and out of it's left gill, so when I set the hook, it hooked the Bass on the side with the line running in through the gill.

 

I simply cut the line and unhooked the Bass which swam off uneffected.

Been fishing a long time and this was a first.

 

 

That is a weird hookup, but I will say, that is an absolutely beautiful looking fishing spot you have there ??  

I had that happen about 10 years ago, but the only difference is the bass didn't get hooked.  The bass was a dink, and  the worm with the hook in it turned sideways.  The hook couldn't pass back through the gills.

23 minutes ago, Way north bass guy said:

That is a weird hookup, but I will say, that is an absolutely beautiful looking fishing spot you have there ??  

I totally agree, where is it?

I have had that happen when a bass engulfs a worm and goes out the gills and another bass eats the worm ending up with 2 bass on the one cast.

Tom

11 minutes ago, GRiver said:

I totally agree, where is it?

Sherando lake in Lyndhurst VA, it's the upper lake.

3 hours ago, WRB said:

I have had that happen when a bass engulfs a worm and goes out the gills and another bass eats the worm ending up with 2 bass on the cast cast.

Tom

There should be some kind of record for that.  I’ve seen some crazy hookups but I doubt there haven’t been many who have done that.

14 hours ago, Bird said:

Wife and I were fishing a beautiful small lake in southern VA Thursday and I had a strange foul hook on a smallish largemouth bass.

 

Was throwing a 5" weightless senko on a 3.0 hook and the Bass actually sucked it through the mouth and out of it's left gill, so when I set the hook, it hooked the Bass on the side with the line running in through the gill.

 

I simply cut the line and unhooked the Bass which swam off uneffected.

Been fishing a long time and this was a first.

 

 

Beautiful lake. 

15 hours ago, RDB said:

There should be some kind of record for that.  I’ve seen some crazy hookups but I doubt there haven’t been many who have done that.

In over 60 years if Texas worm fishing it happened the one time. I night fishing a private lake from shore using a black 6” curl tail Super Float worm, 3/16 oz sliding sinker. Felt a tap lowered the rod tip to take up some slack and the bass just about pulled the rod out of my hand, no hook set needed. Crazy fight that ended up 2 bass about 4 lbs each. The line didn’t cause any gill bleeding and released both bass.

Tom

Obviously not a bass but I have no clue how I could've possibly stuck him in the side like that while deadsticking cut bait on a circle hook. 

Yesterday on a buzzbait hooked on the outside of the mouth through the mouth and into the head.  Took a while to get the hook out and the fish released.

On 5/7/2022 at 4:27 PM, WRB said:

In over 60 years if Texas worm fishing it happened the one time. I night fishing a private lake from shore using a black 6” curl tail Super Float worm, 3/16 oz sliding sinker. Felt a tap lowered the rod tip to take up some slack and the bass just about pulled the rod out of my hand, no hook set needed. Crazy fight that ended up 2 bass about 4 lbs each. The line didn’t cause any gill bleeding and released both bass.

Tom

I've never had it happen with bass, but I have done it twice, and seen it a couple of other times while live lining striped bass.

I had never done it before, until I did it twice, two days in a row. I caught 2 flathead catfish 2 days in a row while fishing for bass, that inhaled my bait so hard it it blew out their gills and I hooked them right outside their gills (one in the base of the pectoral fin with a Ned rig and one with in the skin just outside the gill flap with a finesse jig. 

 

Both were during their spawning time so I assume that they weren't attempting to eat my bait but instead get it away from their nest ?‍♂️ Best reason I could come up with it.