Worst bass miss 2024
Ky_Lake_Dude reply :
What is your worst miss. Mine is a bass that was probably 8-9lbs in a huge laydown on a white double colorodo blade spinnerbait.I made the fatal mistake pointed my rod tip straight at him and SNAP my line broke :'( :'( .Since that day when I was using 15lb line I don't use anything less than 17 in heavy cover normally 20 though.
BASS fisherman reply :
The worst time I ever missed some bass was last summer. It wasn't a single bass I had missed that was a toad, it was several smaller ones that I had missed that started getting me irritated.
I had just bought a Poppin Scum frog and got to try it out on a local lake that has some good bass in it. I was fishing what was basically slop, but it had alot of pockets in it. I'd cast the frog out and pop it a few times and pause it. I ended up getting three good blow-ups, and I'd wait untill I could feel the fish on the line, and then I ripped lip, only I didn't actually rip lip. I missed all three bass do to the crappy hooks and the design of the frog. Maybe the weeds played a role in the misses too, I don't know. At the point when I missed all three of those bass, I was ready to heave the frog into the water without a line tied to it, but right then I decided to try a trailer hook on it. At first I rigged two trailer hooks, one off of each bend in the main frog hook, but it weighed the tail of the frog down to far and gave the frog horrible action. I removed one of the hooks, and angled the remaininng trailer hook more towards the center of the frog. On the next cast I had another blow-up, only this time I caught the bugger. He wasn't much weight wise, but he sure meant alot after missing those first three.
guest reply :
My first time on the stickmarsh/farm13 with a spinnerbait i hooked into something big I mean B_I_G. I had it hooked but she got smart real quick. When she realized she couldn't win the fight by pulling away, she reversed course running diagnally and towards the boat. She got into laydowns and the rest was history. biggest bad I ever hooked in all my doggone days.
rocknfish9001 reply :
Once i was on a lake on my neighbors bass boat, which is a treat because he always puts us on some fish. I went out and missed probably 20 fish through the day on t-rigs, tubes, and jigs. I lost several during the fight, but most on the initial hookset. I was fighting more fish than anybody, but ended up getting skunked. I have never been out-fished by him and my fishing buddy. I always manage a few. Not this time.
rocknfish9001 reply :
Or the time i tried 10 inch worms for the first time. A couple casts in, i felt a tap, and instentaniously set the hook, which was a no-no when using a 3/0 hook on a 10 inch worm. I was heartbroken, because this is the same water i caught my pb in, and lost 2 fish everyone agreed was 6 lbs. each. I put my worm back on the hook because the fish pulled it off, and casted in the same spot.... tap.tap..... the line moves a little and stops. I normally wouldnt wait this long, but with the size of the hook and worm, i felt that i had to. I reeled in the slack and had a mighty hookset that could have tipped the boat over. I had contact. Except my old beat up "pond reel" which is a 10 year old ryobi baitcaster decided now was a perfect time to fail me. The drag just let out and i failed to get the hook into the fish......... :'(
carySE406 reply :
My worst miss was probobly missing 7 fish in one day all on a super fluke. One was a beast too. Just gotta remember to reel down and take care of business.
New 2 Bass reply :
Mine was in August or September. Nasty hot out. Its about 11am. I throw a Super Fluke that gets hit hard. I start to get amped. "Fish on", "Oh Yeah", etc... The fish jumps. Its a monster. Biggest bass I have personally seen yet. It starts to shake its head on a back side jump. Georgeous. Next thing I know the fluke is flying back at me at mach 2. My hand flies up just in time to deflect it.
I spent the next hour . I almost threw the rod, but I ain't got a sponsor.
CyBasser reply :
QuoteWhat is your worst miss. Mine is a bass that was probably 8-9lbs in a huge laydown on a white double colorodo blade spinnerbait.I made the fatal mistake pointed my rod tip straight at him and SNAP my line broke.Since that day when I was using 15lb line I don't use anything less than 17 in heavy cover normally 20 though.
Late April 2004. Fishing just after sunset in an area with flooded Eucalyptus trees (Asprokremmos for the Cypriot members). Using a 1/2oz Nite T1 s/b on a Cabela's TXS mh rod with 14lb XL, from the shore. The s/b got stuck on the bottom, about 25ft away. Tried to pull it free, no luck. Then suddenly the bottom started...moving, and I felt the typical movements a hooked bass initially does. Tried immediately to apply some pressure, before I knew what hit me, a HUGE bass exploded out of the water in front of me, shaking her head, and throwing the s/b. Water flew all the way to me as she landed back free. I have caught 6lbers and seen 7lbers, this was way bigger. I joined the elite few who have connected to those mysterious 4kg+ bass of Asprokremmos that somehow never come out (two such sized fish were hooked and lost only in the last month by some friends).
Was totally my mistake losing that fish. Because I thought I had hooked the bottom, I don't think I ever performed a simple strike to hook her well. As I told you, the "bottom" started moving, I don't think she ever realized that she was hooked. The way the fish first moved, it gave me the impression that she just kept doing her "usual" bussiness, moving slowly along. The s/b did not have a trailer hook as I was fishing in heavy cover. Then once I realized it was a bass, instead of striking I just tried to bully her as I was using stout equipment, causing her to jump and throw the lure.
Two and a half years later, I still haven't gotten completely over losing that bass....
Hale reply :
Not my worse miss, but this just happened Tueday afternoon:
I was fishing a pumpkin seed worm off a rock ledge. Water is somewhat clear (for Florida standards - 3' stained). The worm got hooked on the lip of a rock in about 1.5' of water. I danced the rod tip and line trying to get it loose..when it did come loose the worm darted off the rock and out of nowhere I watched this hawg annihalate that worm. I got a good hookset and played her to the boat. Now im down on my knees And I bring the rod up with one hand to lip her with the other. Just as her head starts to break the surface, the lure pops out! My hand was inches from having her landed. Ready for the good part? Not only did this fish see double digits in the weight category, but my PB is 11-10 and I was confident that she was my new record.
Im sure any human being within a 5 mile radius of that spot heard my yells and profanities. I will get her again no worries about that!
Matt Fly reply :
Worst bass miss was on Lake Travis in Tx in the darkness and light rain,at 6:15 am fishing large marina boat house throwing spinner bait to mimic bait fish in the white lights.
I was completing long cast perpendicular to the boat and had rod tip down and had four to five feet of line out. You know how you are alomost through with that cast and start to raise your rod tip as to start the next cast.
I had a frieght train hit at the boat. With the light rains and my cork grip handle slippery, all of a sudden, I was hit and the fish went straight under the boat and never appeared to think about turning.
The rod slipped my grip, and the long butt flipped straight up and tagged me in the chin as she flew out of my grip.
I had rain gear on, and my pole was going down, I went to my knees and missed the rod, and ended up going in after my rod.
Got the rod, no bass, froze my tail off until the sun came out on that cool morning.
Its the ones that get away that makes you wonder. Could have been a striper, could have been the big bass of the tourney, I'll never know.
Matt.
bassnleo reply :
Last Spring I was on an awesome flipping bite in flooded bushes and around laydowns. The fish were hitting my tube so hard that it often knocked slack in the line. I could not boat these darn fish. I would rear back on them, get them clear of the cover and into open water and they would just come off. I did finally stick a few including a 4.5 pounder. I go into weigh in with the 4.5 and 4 dinks, I lost several in the 2-3 pound range that would have culled, ended up in 4th place, one place out of the money and by less than 1 ounce.
I ended up figuring out why I was loosing fish. My rod and line set-up was too much. I was using an extra heavy 7 foot Shimano rod and braided line. I was actually tearing the fish's mouths and all they had to do to get off was shake their head and the hook would pop out.
Least I learned a lesson!
Thefishy1 reply :
A few weeks ago I was fishing my local pond in my neighborhood that has mostly small fish in it and I was using a dropshot with a roboworm on it and just trying to catch anything. well about 30 minuites into the day my cell starts to ring right after I made a cast so I answer it and just keep shaking the worm and as soon as I get the phone up to my ear I feel the tap tap of a fish, so I use my on hand to half set the hook so I wolud not drop the phone. And as soon as I set the hook the rodd just bends over double and starts peeling drag so I drop the phone and try to tighten the drag but as my hand gets to tne reel the hook pops out and I'm left only wondering how big it could have been
kickbasskid reply :
I had one and brought it on land. Being stupid me I left some slack and the fish near the water. I walked up to it and right before I grab it, it jumps bak in the water. It was 3lbs. and my biggest bass yet. :'( :'( :'(
Okeechobee_Cracker reply :
Well when I first started fishing I had truoble hooking up alot and lost many great fish.....but the one time I will never forget is when it was my dad my brother and I........I didnt loss the fish but my brother had about a 12lb on.............it was his first cast of the day. and my dad went to lip it and pulled it half way out of the water when it flopped and threw the hook..... :-/
Catt reply :
I was sitting on a stump field in 18' of water slowly working a Texas Rig when there came that little tail tale tap. Dropped the rod, reeled the slack, set the hook and it sets hook back. Get her up to where I could see her when she sounded taking me to my knees in the process. Got her up again but she quickly sounded again only this time the reel came out of the reel seat hitting the last eye on the rod snapping the line and falling over board. I stood up screaming damm that was a hawg and then screamed damm that was my reel.
I aint saying how big she was but definitely Share-A-Lunker quality
The reel was a brand new Abu Garcia Eon on a Cabala's Fish Eagle II rod, the rod a defective the back part was built to shallow far the reel to fully seat. Haven't bought a Cabala's rod or an Abu Garcia since.
jdw174 reply :
My worst miss? This is actually embarassing to tell, but............
I was fishing Presque Isle Bay on Lake Erie, tossing a C-rig in about 8' of water at the edge of a weedbed. I had a THUMP that had to be felt to be believed, and the rod nearly bent double. I got a look at that fish....an absolutely HUGE smallmouth. (I've caught tons of smallies, and I estimate the weight of this one at 7lb or better!!!) I worked her up to the boat (still fighting me all the way), and when I got her boatside, instead of putting the fish in the boat I had a major brain fart and held the rod tip up WHILE ROOTING IN THE LOCKER FOR THE SCALE!!!!! :-? Found the scale, reached for the fish and she just opened her mouth and the hook shot right back at me 
No fish, no trophy. Just me feeling more stupid than you can believe.....
jomatty reply :
there are two missed fish that haunt me. ive lost some bigger fish but both of these were lost from stupidity so it really bugs me. one was at a local pond that has some 7ish lbers in it but they are very difficult to actually catch. i pitched an ika to this spot where a creek enters the pond and there is a drop off and this monster does the whirlpool swirl move on it. i see the swirl and am caught offguard and hit it with a weak half hearted hook set and it shakes its head and is gone. dont know how big it was but def over 5.
the other one was at smith mountain and i was fishing a spot remover on spinning gear. i had a nice fish on and i play it up the dock i was fishing off of and for some reason try to swing it out of the water. insanely stupid. the line breaks i dive on my belly, fish swims away. would have been the nicest fish ive caught out of smith mountain.
when they just come unbuttoned i can live with it, but when i do something i know much better than to do it makes me really upset with myself
chs773 reply :
i was fishing at a pond in tenesse for the first time it seemed like a good pond. it was early in the morning and i was fishing off a dock and saw about 3 or 4 big bass swim by. they were the biggest bass i had ever seen. i casted my popper a little farther then the bass. right when the lure landed a monster bass grabbed my lure. i went to set the hook and my bail was still open on my baitcaster. all i heard was the sound of a backlash as a reared back to set the hook >
. and worst off i missed the fish :'(. i was pretty mad that i missed the bass of my life and to make things worse i had the worst backlash of my life, which ended with me cutting most of my brand new braid.
bow3022 reply :
Today..I'm guessing the bass that got away from me was like 4lbs. I saw the head and it was huge. I was fishing for crappie, but then i got a big hit..(man was i ticked when the bass spit out the lure).
guest reply :
My worst miss would be this last spring. I was fishing a private lake with 2 family members. We were fishing along the bank with plastic baits. I was using the junebug baby brush hog, which is my favorite, when I pitched it up on the bank by mistake. As I slowly pulled it back in the water a huge 10 lbs+ bass engulfed it. I had the best hook set of my life and I knew she wouldn't throw the hook. She smashed the water many times and jumped, what seemed to be 5 feet, out of the water about arm length away from us. When she landed back in the water she made her final run.....under the boat!!!!!
She broke my rod and line!!!!
BadKarma42 reply :
I'd have to say that the worst miss(es) that I can think of are the ones I missed in tournaments this season. Its hard to say but they may have put us (SPPEDBEAD) in the money.
Good thind SPEEDBEAD has a strong back!
Valascus reply :
My worst bass miss came this past October while on vacation at Table Rock Lake. I was staying at a resort in Kimberling City right where the bridge crossed the lake in Kimberling City. I had been doing some scouting around on foot since I did not have a boat and found an old, abandoned dock not too far a walk from the resort just to one side on the bridge. Upon slowly, and closely inspecting the dock, I spied a school of some fairly large largemouths holding tightly to the underside of the dock. There were about 4-6 bass...4 seemed to be in the 2-3 1/2 lb range...while the other two were probably somewhere in the 4-6 lb range and each one was holding by itself away from the group of smaller fish. I tried many things to try to get them to bite, but a tournament had just rolled through as well as a cold front. I finally tied on a watermelon Fat Ika rigged backwards not really expecting any sort of result since nothing had garnered one the whole day. I had lost sight of one of the larger fish so I cast the Ika tightly against the dock where he had been holding and watched the bait start to sink and swim under the dock. I soon lost sight of the bait and continued the wait for it to hit the bottom some 8 to 12 ft below when the bait suddenly gets absolutely smashed. I wasn't even remotely expecting the hit and probably put a poor hookset on the fish, but it was hooked nonetheless. Now I have hooked many a bass in the 1 lb to 3 1/2 lb range and this fish felt bigger than that...not too much bigger...but possibly big enough to break my 5 lb goal I set for myself so long ago. I fought the fish for about 30 seconds and still had not gotten it within view, even in the clear water, when the line suddenly jerked and went slack leaving me reeling in nothing but the Ika that I had thrown. :-[ Best hit I had gotten that whole trip...
Floridabassking352 reply :
I was fishing a private lake in Land O' Lakes, FL with a black t-rigged Trickworm right in between the mouth of a creek and a clump of lily pads (great spot). I cast my worm out and started to retrieve it a little when my little cousin started talking to me. I turned around to respond to her and when I turned back to the water my line was moving really fast into the pads. I knew I had a fish so I set the hook hard and it was a good set but the fish wrapped me up in the pads and pulled free of the hook. I don't know how big it was, probably at least 5 or 6 lbs, but maybe bigger who knows. Ever since that happened I finish my retrieves BEFORE talking to someone.
fish-fighting-illini reply :
I was fishing from the bank with a Mitchell 308x with about 8lb test and a Berkley ML rod. Something hit my Smithwick Rouge and made a hard parallel run with the bank then back the other way. Then takes a right turn and heads straight out toward the deep. I was on a cell phone with no hands and my buddy could hear the line zipping out. I panicked thinking I would run out of line and started to feather it with my fingers. Shortly after the line broke. I never got a look at it and don't know how big it was but this lake does have several 8 & 9 lber's in it. My pb is only 4lbs so I'm still bummed out over it.
SimonSays reply :
My worst miss.... I was kayak fishing during the summer, it was mid day and the heat was pounding on my friend and I, who I somehow coerced into being my "trolling motor" while I fished =D
I'd been trying the Zoom frogs most of the day around lily pads with no luck so I went back to the trusty Ikas and Senkos i'd been doing ok on. I start fishing along this bank when my trusty "trolling motor" told me to try over by this one small log that had fallen into the water with half of it in the water and half laying on the bank. I can over it onto the edge of the bank (lusky cast? thank god I didn't snag anything) and slowly work it into the water with barely a ripple. Before I know it I see my line start running off parallel to the bank, didn't feel a thing, not even a single tap only pressure from the line and the sound of my Citica's drag. Being new to fishing at the time my first thought wasn't even "set the hook" it was "hold on for dear life". After a few moments I then remember to set the hook so i point the tip of my rod down reel in a bit and let it rip....I then see my Watermellon Fat Ika come flying out at me...5lber atleast...woulda been my pb at the time...still upset, now before I fish I tell myself "set the hook set the hook set the hook"
A-Jay reply :
On 12/16/2006 at 11:57 AM, Catt said:I was sitting on a stump field in 18' of water slowly working a Texas Rig when there came that little tail tale tap. Dropped the rod, reeled the slack, set the hook and it sets hook back. Get her up to where I could see her when she sounded taking me to my knees in the process. Got her up again but she quickly sounded again only this time the reel came out of the reel seat hitting the last eye on the rod snapping the line and falling over board. I stood up screaming damm that was a hawg and then screamed damm that was my reel.
I aint saying how big she was but definitely Share-A-Lunker quality
The reel was a brand new Abu Garcia Eon on a Cabala's Fish Eagle II rod, the rod a defective the back part was built to shallow far the reel to fully seat. Haven't bought a Cabala's rod or an Abu Garcia since.
Some of these are classic - and yours is now slouch either.
A-Jay
samwise2u reply :
Spring of 2016 on Caddo Lake while frogging. Hooked 'em, got him to the boat. Once I saw him I knew he was going to be my new PB. While reaching for the net, he flicked his tail and was gone.
N Florida Mike reply :
Ive had several through the years that would qualify.
probably the biggest fish I lost was when I was fishing a tournament at Rodman in '86 or '87.We were fishing isolated stumps out in the middle of the lake.I made a long,perfect cast to a stump with a T- rigged 7 1/2 inch red shad culprit worm.I was using either 14 or 17 pound Stren. Felt the tap,set the hook, and the fish never came 1 inch closer to the boat.She simply swam away and the line broke like a pistol shot.Cant say how big,but I was able to steadily gain line on my PB, which was 8 1/2 to 9 pounds.This fish I couldnt turn atall.
Would have won the tournament easily with that fish.
"hamma" reply :
20 years ago I spent a week in early June up at Sebago Lake in Maine. I stayed at Point Sebago which is close to some of the lakes best smallmouth area's in my opinon. The big smallies were getting ready to move in on beds, Now this lake has extremely clear water, clarity at that time was like 25 to 30 feet I could see bottom. So A long cast for the truly big girls is neccessary.
I got up before the sun each morning, slipped out of the cove, and would be fishing right away. There is a few islands and hazards closeby and I'd fish my favorite topwater,...a Pop-r, and it produced well. On like the second morning I quietly fished along and came upon one of the hazards, tossed up on top of it, and tugged the first, BA-loop!, second ba-loop, then it quietly disappeared, and I set the hook, felt some good weight, but then the line went dead, and the lure surfaced. After a few choice words, and a few more casts, I moved along. I knew by the silent hit, and the weight felt,, that this fish can be my PB smallie, over (6+)
Two days later I found myself around that same hazard, same bait, same time of morning I gave it another shot. BA-loop!,...ba-loop,...ba-loop,..Four more tugs and no response (im getting concerned nothings there) Another cast, rings settle down, and just as Im about to tug the line, the lure disappears,. I feel the weight and set the hook, and this time I got a good hookset, and its on. She feels like a whopper, my drag is singing and she heads for deeper water, Im playing her like a piano, twist for turn and so on, finally I see the line coming up, she's about to jump,...I reply by sticking the rod tip into the water and reel for all I got. She breaks the surface and sure enough she looks to be my new pb, She does a perfect triple gainer with a full 1080 twist, and splashes down like a pro. My hearts pumping to beat the band, Im beginning to realize whats about to happen, I've got the boat positioned right, my decks are clear, and this seems to be it, Im going to break the long wait for a new PB. After she dove deep again, she's playing around, pulling drag and racing towards the boat, but im on top of it and fighting back all I can to keep up with her. I can feel she's slowing down, Im at that point in the battle that it's time to take over and get her boatside, As Im doing so , she peps up again and heading for the surface for another jump, alot closer to the boat this time, like about 15 feet away, I reply the rod tip down and reeling again, but this time, in the middle of her divers performance, it was as if time stopped and in slow motion she appeared to look right at me, opened her mouth and the inevidable "Pahtooey",... spit the lure directly at me. ,............
I stood motionless for a few minutes, not moving a single muscle. The mornings bird chirps were muffled, the beautiful scenery was faded. That early morning fog was still on the waters surface, and it was as quiet as quiet could be, on a georgous Maine lake,... until,..
"AHHHRRRRRGGGGGGGG!!!!" I think I woke up sleeping kiddies on the complete other side of the lake. Wasn't intentional, but yet still quite evident, as to what just happened. She yet again escaped the hopes and dreams of another anglers clutch. Swimming off into the clear cool depths, probably smirking. As, she was a true brute of a smallie, a wallhanger, the kind of fish we all dream of. Definitely My new PB, she was a sight to behold,...I didnt see hide nor hair of her again that week, not even a sniff over that hazard from even a kibbie. I've been to the lake since, and of course fished that hazard, to no availe.
,...this? isnt over!
Good morning all ! MMMP (my morning marathon post)
wdp reply :
On 12/16/2006 at 11:57 AM, Catt said:I was sitting on a stump field in 18' of water slowly working a Texas Rig when there came that little tail tale tap. Dropped the rod, reeled the slack, set the hook and it sets hook back. Get her up to where I could see her when she sounded taking me to my knees in the process. Got her up again but she quickly sounded again only this time the reel came out of the reel seat hitting the last eye on the rod snapping the line and falling over board. I stood up screaming damm that was a hawg and then screamed damm that was my reel.
I aint saying how big she was but definitely Share-A-Lunker quality
The reel was a brand new Abu Garcia Eon on a Cabala's Fish Eagle II rod, the rod a defective the back part was built to shallow far the reel to fully seat. Haven't bought a Cabala's rod or an Abu Garcia since.
Oh my gosh!!! You beat me to it. Had almost same thing happen!
I had just gotten my Citica back from being cleaned & serviced with a few upgrades, I mean that thing was smooth & would cast a country mile. I was so excited that I bought a brand new rod to pair it with.
Went fishing the next week at a local private lake with a buddy & I'm fishing a 5" hollow-bodied swimbait. We're hitting some coves fishing cover that residents have sunk around docks & banks. Doing well & catching some good fish.
All the sudden I hook into a tank. I set the hook hard & feel like I didn't even turn the fish. Simultaneously, the reel seat cracks & my line breaks. I'm trying to reel very fast to take up slack thinking the fish is swimming towards me, not realizing what happened. All the sudden my reel falls over and I make a mid air swipe at it to grab it before it falls. I missed ? and plop! That's my reel falling in the water.
I yell, NO!!!!! And my buddy goes what was that splash? I hold up my rod, with an empty reel seat. He laughed & laughed & said no way? I was so mad. ??
Needless to say, the rod was returned & got my money back. The reel, well it's gone forever. No idea how big the fish was. But it felt like a giant!
Choporoz reply :
I know exactly where my Moby Dick sits. Broke off twice in six months....on the same stump....I'm going to get him this year
Blackhawk83 reply :
Not sure if it's my worst miss ever but had a really poor outing last night after work. Fished several smaller lakes around my home using a black/blue 1/4 oz jig with matched crawfish trailer. Conditions were overcast and 66 degrees with yet another front moving our way. Water stained to muddy due to all of the recent rains but the bass were up and more active than they had been in last 2 wks fished 2 hours and got bit 6 x but could hook up with any of the fish. Very frustrating but it at least lets me know I am on the right track
Bankbeater reply :
About 7 or 8 years ago I caught a nice 4 to 5 pound largemouth on a 1/8 ounce jig. I get the bass up to the boat where my partner can lift it out of the water, and the hook slides from one side of the fish's mouth to the other. I yelled out "grab him, he's not hooked", but before my partner could do anything that bass was gone.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
one of the worst lost is that one that can be my PB. This happened last year at canyon lake. I was fishing on a dock, hook up with a nice size bass. Play with the fish a few mins let him run a couple times until I think he tired enough. Bring the fish in so I can lay down on dock to lip it up. The fish is pretty good size 5lb or more. The dock is pretty high from water. I grabed the line and did what others tell you not to do, I twisted the line with my hand while grabbing that #6 hybrid line the fish shook head one last time and say bye bye to me.
OCdockskipper reply :
Two summers ago, I was casting a DT10 in one of the deeper portions of our shallow lake, digging it along the bottom. It gets hit by a freight train that starts pulling drag and towing me towards the middle of the lake. After a minute or so, I start to pick up ground on the fish. As it gets closer, something started feeling odd. I am looking in the water, trying to get a look at her when instead of a fish, I see my line wrapped around a moss covered rod & reel. I reach in the water, trying to get it off my line, when the fish makes another run. I am in no position to fight the fish, she snaps my line and I end up landing the lost combo.
I don't know if it was a bass or a giant carp/catfish. I also don't know if the old setup that foiled me was being dragged around by this monster or if she just snagged it on one of her passes. It is fun to believe that she was the queen of the lake and had been dragging that old combo around for years...
Bluebasser86 reply :
Fishing a tournament in October on LOZ as a non-boater. It was a BASS Weekend Series tournament where the non-boater is only allowed 3 fish and they add the boaters weight to your total (weirdest rule I've ever heard). I have 3 solid fish and have culled several times while my boater can't get his last 2 fish. Decided to drag a 1oz footballjig looking for a big fish. My jig fell off a ledge in 25' of water and seemed to disappear. I found the fish moving towards deeper water and hammered her. Thought it might be a drum or catfish until she wallowed next to the boat. My boater hadn't even gotten the net yet so I tried to make a quick grab for her. She dove, line had wrapped around the rod tip and popped when she hit the end of the line. I ended up in 5th with 18 something (my 12 pounds plus my boaters 6 pounds, guy that won had 1 4 pounder but his boater had around 25 pounds so he got 29 pounds). That bass wouldn't have won it for me, but it would have sent me to the Monster Bass tournament at the end of the year on El Salto.
I told a friend about the fish because he had a tournament there the next week. He not only won, but he caught the same fish with my jig still driven into her jaw, she weighed 8lb 2oz.
I've lost bigger fish, but that one still hurts the most.
Mosster47 reply :
Last year I had my only for sure double digit northen stain largie on after three decades of trying. She hit a 7" robo drop shot on the fall out in open water right in the ski boat lane.
I got her by the boat, she had other ideas with my 6lb leader. She buried herself into some weeds and worked her way off.
Pretty lame.
the reel ess reply :
Fishing late spring at my favorite lunker-loaded private reservoir. I was fishing a T rigged Hula Grub. But I had the drag locked tight for a frog I just took off. My mistake. I cast toward a little rock pile on the bank and started slowly swimming the bait right off the bottom when it just went the other direction so I set. The behemoth (LOL) discovered it was hooked and made a run toward the boat as fast as I could reel. It went straight down at the boat, headed for deep water and my drag was still tight. The line went slack and I pulled up a straightened out 2/0 Gamakatsu EWG-not a superline hook. My buddy said he saw the shadow of it. I was busy trying to do something with the drag when it went came within sight. He was guessing a 10+ pounder. He had already moved everything in the boat out of the way, hoping to help me boat my PB. He has caught a good many 8+ pounders there and he knows new PB's are about my goal when fishing anymore. It would have shattered my PB by 3+ lbs if it was 10.
RoLo reply :
I see this 10-yr old thread has been resurrected
My worst loss was a northern pike.......I can't remember ever losing a bass 
Lois & I were pike fishing out of Hawk's Nest Camp on Moon River, Georgian Bay (Lk Huron, ON)
I hooked up with a fish that was clearly longer than 40" and probably a new personal best.
When she jumped entirely out of the water, I turned to my wife and said: "That's a musky"
During that battle she jumped 2 more times and each time I repeated: "That's a musky".
After finally pumping the big serpent next to the boat, I was astonished to see
the bean-shaped markings of a northern pike! Pike was our target fish, so I was ecstatic to learn
that it was a trophy pike, and not a middling musky. Pike aren't as aerobatic as muskies,
and this was the only gator I ever caught that leaped 'entirely' out of the water '3' times.
My wife lowered the net and I deftly guided the brute to the net.
As the net & pike were coming together, I noticed that the net mesh was billowed forward of the hoop
but thought nothing of it. Unfortunately though, my wife did the unthinkable
and lifted the net out of the lake to pull the mesh behind the hoop. During that brief net-less moment,
I allowed a microsecond of slack line. My hook fell out of the pike's keyholed jaw
and swung to the boat without the pike! It's hard to describe the deep gut-sickness I felt,
as I watched that big beautiful log sink slowly back into her dark watery world.
Roger
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