Sounds like something I would do accept I tied on a frog and did not do the knot correctly. Lost the frog and the fish!

Don't be so hard on yourself. Who wants to be respooling on the boat during a regular day of fishing? Your got the fish to bite, got a good hookset, got control of the fish and it sounds like you played it pretty good. I would call that a good day of fishing, and no money was lost on the deal. There was no photo op but you'll never forget it.

Just call that one self releasing.

based on your off topic comments calling the tff rednecks followed by an "innywho?". you dont know my cousin.

OK, let's see what we gots here:



Super Fluke, brown/orange, color name escapes me (that bait has been very good to us), weightless on a Gama Skip Gap hook, another product I'm very happy exists.



Bullfrog, on Pines. That lake and area of the lake has been very good to us, and the nearby Fed campground is great. Johnson Creek, methinks. Awful that the nearby marina with the floating cabins went kaput, we loved that place.



Yeah, I've inflicted that depantsing on my houshold a few times. Never again. Lost not just some nice, fish, but some nice baits, including my old Castaic Sunfish, bought back when $30 baits were very rare and largely considered INSANE. It really bugs me to think of a big bass being tortured with that lure in its throat solely due to my gross negligence. Hopefully she was able to expel it.

Now I check the line after every possible insult to it.



Good answer - my kind of people! It felt more like a drum kit, though, including the throne, drum tech, gear trailer, and band manager.

Yeah, that's my go-to safety net in such instances, but in this case, I saw her tail and that telltale stripe. It was a "green trout," and a real big 'un. What really frys me is that the first part of the fight went perfectly and the odds of landing the fish (absent my stupidity and laziness) went way up. I was really looking forward to sticking my head in that monster's mouth like ol' Siegfried and/or Roy used to do with their tiggers and whatnot. Now, THAT's a photo op.

It was a double digit fish, of which I've only caught two, both last century, one from White Rock and the other from an office building pond on Preston Rd, Dallas.



Damn straight. Hold on to that book.



Good idea. I've no shortage of extra stuff, and I love fishing the rod it was on, so a doubly good idea. That rod is an old Bill Dance shorty I got from Thugmart perhaps 25 years ago. It has a quite unusual grip that I really like and is an especially accurate caster. Nothing impressive about it other than it seems to have great karma (LMAO!) when it comes to catching fish. Same for an old Quantum 2 bearing spinning reel I got off the boneyard rack for $10. I have "nicer stuff," but those old croakers gots some kind of bass-snatching magic in 'em. Yes, it seems a mere two bearings CAN catch a fish, LOL.



Thanks. Your positive perspective is quite charming. The good part of that experience was a BLAST, starting with a great cast and a perfect "tap-tap" strike. Hands were trembling afterward. The rush of chemicals instantly released by those little hats atop one's kidneys can be incredible.

The error was in the comfort of my den, days after the backlash, tho. When it occurred, I simply called the rig out of service and put it in the rack and grabbed another one, as we wacko, overequipped bass anglers are generally able to do.

Instead of a full respool, I took a shortcut and paid the price. Prolly saved 4 whole minutes. *SIGH* At least I was the victim of my ineptitude, tho - had it cost my fishing buddy - a lady I'm pretty fond of - a trophy I would have been pretty busted up over it.



Perhaps you should try that in English next time, Dave. It seems ya fell a bit "Short" in trying to express whatever the hell it was you were trying to write.

For the record, I'm most certainly a redneck myself, albeit an atypical one, and I doubt a lifetime of being a cool guy is gonna go down the ol' karmic toilet 'cuz some fragile souls got butthurt on a fishin' board. Xmas is coming - ask Santa for a book on Eastern philosophy.

My Dad, a funny chap, has long been one to say "innyhoo." I guess it rubbed off. Sorry if it upset you sufficiently to make you fancy the notion that it actually shifts karmic balance. Say hey to your cousin fer me.

Humble too...

Good evening.

More like "frank" and "accurate," actually. No reason for that to threaten you. Regard the very title and you may notice a cryptic, nebulous, thickly veiled reference to my stupidity and laziness. That may have even been the whole point.

Have a good one.

I for one, don't believe you are lazy!

You're quite right, I'm not....as a whole, but a moment of inexcusable laziness sure can fling an onion into the ointment.

As mentioned, I'm so glad the consequences nailed me and not my girlfriend or a guest on my boat.

I remember once I kept the same bait tied on the same rod thrown in the back of a Z-28 for about 3 years with no reties on 8 lb. test. Actually, it was the same BPS Tornado spinnerbait pictured in my recent Ray Hub report.

What a silly (and lucky) boy I was.

I'm headed to Orange soon to fish some of the backwaters. Never been there. I may bother you with a PM seeking enlightenment.

You, sir, are the most pretentious, narcissistic individual I have seen on this forum.

Let's take a look at some quotes of yours from this thread:

"I've given much, much more than I've taken and have never, in my adult life, mistreated anyone."

"I doubt a lifetime of being a cool guy is gonna go down the ol' karmic toilet 'cuz some fragile souls got butthurt on a fishin' board."

I encourage people to read his Covid post in off-topic from today. In which, his self described "essay," blames a man's death on, I kid you not, going to church. Here's a few quotes from that thread:

"Duck, corrupted by the relentless minimization of the pandemic by certain media and leadership sources, didn't take COVID seriously and insisted on going to church despite pleas from his family to hold off for a while longer. He seriously believed Jebus would protect him, or something like that."

"RIP, Duck. Next time, remember to Duck, man."

"Wrong answer. i've been brilliant on paper, in the eyes of learned others, and, most important, in the RESULTS I've consistently produced since childhood. Sorry, but some low-rent diaper sniffer ain't gonna be able to change that."

To your defense, the most intelligent, virtuous and respectable people I know expound their greatness on a fishing forum.

...YAWN...Billy boy, go back to Reddit and or Twitter. This about fishing not "your understanding of Eastern Philosophy or quoting "never Trumpers".

That sucks

This is greatness. How did I overlook this?

I'm going fishing....

Stupid and lazy ! Kinda hard on yourself. Maybe overanxious. Might of been a Trump bass. You know, the kind that is used to stupid and/or lazy people trying to corral him.

I may be inclined to agree with your description of yourself , or at least half of it . . . I know nothing of your work ethic.