Alrighty we hit the delta today.Me,my grandpa, and my dad. We moved to the main channel after fishing our regular spotts. Started throwing crankbaits on the rock levees. I was throwing a Red Eye Shad,i usually throw shallow running square bills but this time i decided to throw this guy. We were catching some fish. We started moving down the channel and theres this bush on the bank that made a big shade pocket on the water. I cast into it and started cranking. After my crankbait was about to leave the shade pocket,i feel that tick tick BAM feeling,and i thought it was just a good 2 pounder,but after a couple more seconds,this thing started pulling me all over,staying down and doing short bursts and stripping line. My blood was pumping because i knew this was a 5 pound plus fish, and my grandpa had the net ready. Man is it a crappy feeling when you know you have a big fish on a crankbait,especially a lipless one. Atleast when you have one on a worm or jig or something,you know he's usualy stuck good. But i was really really nervous and this fish was just pullin and pullin,i was playing him out as easy i can,and i felt her start coming up a told my grandpa to be ready,and RIGHT when she was getting ready to come near the surface, i feel a tick tick and my crankbait comes flying out of the water  that was a crappy crappy feeling. I hate losing big fish. I never even got to see her  :'(. Hopefully next time i will have the pig on a frog or single hook on a jig or worm,not on a treble hooked bait

That story makes me wanna cry because I know that feeling all to well.

That sucks. Those baits are notorius for that.

I feel your pain.  When I lose a big fish that I didn't actually see, I convince myself it was just a carp snagged in the dorsal   

it could have been a striper too but i doubt it cause usually you can feel them doing a lot of head shakes and they are running all over the place

I feel your pain. When I lose a big fish that I didn't actually see, I convince myself it was just a carp snagged in the dorsal

My grandpa told me that haha

Best anglers in the world lose fish, no one gets them all.  The reason good anglers land more is that they don't get excited and control the fish instead of the fish controlling them.

Rough stuff man, I feel your pain. You're not safe from jigs either! Lost one that looked a round 7 (+/-) in a tournament on a jig, ended up taking 2nd place, 3 pounds behind the leader. Just keep your head up and line out!

Don't worry, guys cull 5 pounders on the Delta, lol. It was just a dink.

Don't worry, guys cull 5 pounders on the Delta, lol. It was just a dink.

Hahahaha ya the guys that know the delta like the back of their hand. Out of the winter,spring,summer,and fall patterns, we only have the summer pattern figured out so far and we're alright on the fall patterns.We catch a 5 pound plus fish probably averaging every 4 to 5 trips. We havent done as much fishing this year. Weve been really busy plus we were boatless for about a month because we sold ours and it took a little bit to find the one we bought.We usually go every weekend,but this years has just been way different. So far this year our biggest have been a 6 and a half my dad caught, a 7 plus that broke my dad off, and that 5 plus that came unbuttoned on my crankbait. I think we've only fished the delta about 4 times this year out of the times we have fished because of the wacky weather and temperature changes. Ill get another shot at a hawg Saturday, stripers are starting to come in too  ;D. Its just one crappy feeling to feel a pig come undone though,and im sure i dont have to tell you guys that lol

Best anglers in the world lose fish, no one gets them all. The reason good anglers land more is that they don't get excited and control the fish instead of the fish controlling them.

Ya i was trying to play that one as lightly as i could because i knew there was a chance she was just barely caught on one of the trebles,plus crankbaits can come undone easily anyway. She started to come up to jump one time but i managed to stop her from that, i mean if she was on a worm or something i wouldve wanted her too but not in the case i was in.I need to loosen my drag up a little now that i think of it so next time she can pull it a bit a easier

I feel your pain. When I lose a big fish that I didn't actually see, I convince myself it was just a carp snagged in the dorsal

ive never caught a carp bass fishin but i tell myself the same thing lol