So I'm fishing from the bank of my local pond and about 20 feet from shore is a tangle of branches emerging from the water. I toss my spinnerbait over it by accident and think to myself, "well that's the last time i'll see that bait". Well, as soon as it hits the water a bass inhales it! Next thing I know, the bass is suspending above the water, swinging like a pendulum because my line is on top of the branch. I jerk the bass over, horse it to the bank and weigh it in a 3.4 pounds. I couldn't believe it ;D ;D ;D

I had that happen before trying to be Dean Rojas and skipping a frog under tree branches...........................  ;D

I had that happen before trying to be Dean Rojas and skipping a frog under tree branches........................... ;D

;D Such a funny situation...

I had a similar situation last weekend, without the happy result.

I was casting from my shoreline across the water to the other side where there was rock, brush, and stick-ups along that shoreline. The distance is about as far as I can manage to get a cast with a weighted worm on my baitcaster.

The worm lands on the brush and drops down into the water. I pull it up trying to get it out of the brush, but it won't come out. I quit pulling and let the line relax, so the worm falls back into the water.

When the worm hits the water again and drops down below the surface, it gets hammered by a bass and now we are both stuck!

I can't get the line out of the brush, because I have no leverage with being so far away and having my line over the brush. I can't get to the fish on the line, can't shake the fish off the line, and there are no boats around that could stop by and give either me or the fish some relief.

I keep trying to get the line loose, then just stand there for a few minutes thinking how long can I keep my line across the water waiting for something to happen.

Eventually, as I am trying to get the line out of the brush, the line breaks. Hope the fish ends up okay.