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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.

Ouch!!
Congrats on an eventful outing!

Looks like you found a good lure - it hooks into anything that gets close!

lol yep

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

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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it's all part of the fun

We missed your reports. You do an excellent write up.

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.

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.

Haha! Aint that the truth.
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!

No worse feeling than loosing one so close.....

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.

lol. Been on my mind all week. Going back in the morning. Couldn't find my spook Jr's so gonna try these.