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the ones that got away............

Do you ever forget the ones that got away? I mean the bass you just know was a monster,and for whatever reason it got away! I ask because last night I had a dream about one I had get off that had to be 10+ fishing big shiners in pads.He wrapped me and broke the Kahle hook I was using at the shank.That was in 1987 ! Do you ever forget the bass that win?
BassMr
Jul 21
2004
Great question, for me the answer is no. Last summer I was fishing early in alwaysfishking
Jul 21
I can remember hooking a fish once at Kentucky Lake when I was about 8 or 9 that straightened a hook and got away. I was using night crawlers. I'll never forget it.

I also remember my first trip to Lake of the Ozarks where I threw a plastic worm next to a dock and thought I'd snagged the dock. I set the hook, and it was like a tree was tied to the other end. Then the line started coming back towards me. The fish went under the boat and broke the line. I was about 14 when that happened. I'm 57 now. NO, you never forget some of the big ones!

Randy

Netguider
Jul 21
the ones that got away..... Group: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass Date: Wed, Jul 21, 2004, 6:06pm (CDT+5) From: BassMr@mindspring.com (BassMr) Do you ever forget the ones that got away? I mean the bass you just know was a monster,and for whatever reason it got away! I ask because last night I had a dream about one I had get off that had to be 10+ fishing big shiners in pads.He wrapped me and broke the Kahle hook I was using at the shank.That was in 1987 ! Do you ever forget the bass that win? ====== I doubt it! :) I have lost the battle to a few that I will never forget! Sometimes I see them laughing at me in my dreams! JK jbkbub
Jul 21
No.

I lost a SM 25 years ago in Gananaque that was the biggest bass, SM or LM, that I ever hooked. Last year, on the opening day of the season, I lost the biggest LM that I hooked all year. It may or may not have been my personal best. Probably wasn't, but I can't rule it out.

So, I don't forget those big ones that got away, and, of course, I don't forget the big ones I'm fortunate enough to land, either.

Marty
Jul 22
I used to get in trouble with my wife because I had like total recall of every fish I ever caught or lost. And even every fish whoever else was in the boat with me hooked. I'd get into a fishing conversation with someone and it would be, "Yeah, remember in May '82, when we went up to Champlain and we were fishing by those two big rocks just south of town farm bay, and you caught those two 5 pounders back to back on a 7/16 oz Stanley jig with the all green pork frog on it, then I hooked and lost a fish about 7 on a 4" Purple DingALing Lizard that had one leg broken off, and we couldn't get another bite after that, but as soon as we pulled off the spot, Arty and JJ pulled up on it and JJ caught one about 6 with a White spinnerbait with one copper and one nickel blade, and later wewent back and I got a 4 pounder on a Chartreuse crawfish DB2 -- the one with the brown back, not the black back -- and when I got it in there was a big nick in my line and..." On the way home, my wife would ask me something like "Do you remember the restaurant we stopped at on our way home from my cousin Bob's in Maine last year?" and I would say "You have a cousin Bob? In Maine? Are you sure I went with you?" Boy would I get in trouble for that.

But advancing years keep me out of trouble more often these days. I still can't remember her cousin whasisname, but the details of an awful lot of those fish are a lot fuzzier these days, too. RichZ© www.richz.com/fishing

RichZ
Jul 22
Wow what a coincidence you would ask that question. I went bass (smallmouth) fishing for my first time ever last night and it was incredible. I've been fishing speckle trout for a couple years now and I thought that was fun but nothing will ever compare to bass fishing!! I hooked one last night and right away he started to take drag so not knowing better since it was my first time, I raised my rod up high and he jumped over a foot high and spit my tube right out. You should have seen the belly on him! My buddy who has been fishing bass for about 4 years now told me that fish was probably around 16-17 inches which I think is awesome! I will remember that fish forever I swear. Even more than the two one pounders I had a blast bringing in the boat. I can't wait to go back!!!

Dre

Dre
Jul 22
LMAO!!! Bob
Jul 22
Now THAT'S FUNNY! I don't care who you are! But true, so true... Henry
Jul 22
   

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