LOST A BEAST THIS MORNING! 11/26/2017
LOST A BEAST THIS MORNING! 11/26/2017
Quick stop at WalMart this morning looking for a small pink spook jr topwater. This was all they had.
I have the worst luck with treble hooks but didn't bring any singles to swap so I thought today will hopefully be different. NOPE! About 30 yards out I snag the back flappy part of my shirt with both trebles. No way of getting it loose, I paddle back to shore. Now I have to carefully remove my life jacket, undo my waders, and take off my fishing shirt. I had a to take a knife to the shirt. And for safety' sake, I crushed the barbs.
Ok. Now I'm back on the water and paddling to a spot that had 22 inch trout the morning before. I decided to toss this big topwater and just when I was about lift it out and cast again, THE BIGGEST TROUT I'VE EVER SEEN NAILS IT! This monster rocks my kayak and goes straight down and stops. I was in 3 foot of water and when I drifted over the fish it decided to start peeling drag. I'm in a small frenzy so I get pulled like bobber. This goes on for a few seconds then........up comes the topwater.
remember I crushed the barbs....
anyway, I lost three more small ones using that topwater and caught a handful of dinks on plastics. It was beautiful morning with just enough wind to keep me moving and break the surface to find the sand pockets.
Ok. Now I'm back on the water and paddling to a spot that had 22 inch trout the morning before. I decided to toss this big topwater and just when I was about lift it out and cast again, THE BIGGEST TROUT I'VE EVER SEEN NAILS IT! This monster rocks my kayak and goes straight down and stops. I was in 3 foot of water and when I drifted over the fish it decided to start peeling drag. I'm in a small frenzy so I get pulled like bobber. This goes on for a few seconds then........up comes the topwater.
remember I crushed the barbs....
anyway, I lost three more small ones using that topwater and caught a handful of dinks on plastics. It was beautiful morning with just enough wind to keep me moving and break the surface to find the sand pockets.
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Re: LOST A BEAST THIS MORNING! 11/26/2017
Ouch!!
Congrats on an eventful outing!
Looks like you found a good lure - it hooks into anything that gets close!
Congrats on an eventful outing!
Looks like you found a good lure - it hooks into anything that gets close!
Re: LOST A BEAST THIS MORNING! 11/26/2017
Love that bait, but have caught more reds on it than trout.
Mashed trebles don't necessarily get the blame for losing a fish, but it probably didn't help
Mashed trebles don't necessarily get the blame for losing a fish, but it probably didn't help
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Re: LOST A BEAST THIS MORNING! 11/26/2017
Sounds like something that’d happen to me. Karma dictates you’ll get a monster to make up for it next trip...or maybe the trip after that.
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Re: LOST A BEAST THIS MORNING! 11/26/2017
it's all part of the fun
Re: LOST A BEAST THIS MORNING! 11/26/2017
We missed your reports. You do an excellent write up.
Re: LOST A BEAST THIS MORNING! 11/26/2017
It's a good thing to crush barbs...,especially on trebles. Ok, so we loose an occasional fish. Short period of tears streaming down the face and off again to chase another fish.
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Re: LOST A BEAST THIS MORNING! 11/26/2017
Haha! Aint that the truth.Kayak Kid wrote:....Ok, so we loose an occasional fish. Short period of tears streaming down the face and off again to chase another fish.
There is a redfish over on Bolivar that still haunts me from this past summer. I fought this fish (looked like a good 27" to 28") for what seemed like 10 minutes then it ran straight under the yak as I was reaching for the net, pulled line out across the nicks on the bottom of the yak, then snap, he was gone!
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Re: LOST A BEAST THIS MORNING! 11/26/2017
No worse feeling than loosing one so close.....
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Re: LOST A BEAST THIS MORNING! 11/26/2017
I can't help it. But it reminds me of an old HeeHaw song when watching that with my dad.
https://youtu.be/WJZY__j0Tyk
And poof she was gone.
https://youtu.be/WJZY__j0Tyk
And poof she was gone.
Re: LOST A BEAST THIS MORNING! 11/26/2017
lol. Been on my mind all week. Going back in the morning. Couldn't find my spook Jr's so gonna try these.