He was in my grasp. The biggest Trout I've ever caught and gone in a blink of an eye.
I met Rich, Mark, and Mark's friend Brian at the Trout Pond this morning. Mark, Brian and I had out Power Bait on one rod. We all had lures on the other. Mark had caught a couple, Rich caught a couple and I had caught one on my PB rig. Mark hooked up one about 5 lbs and the another about 3-4 lbs. Both on Gold kastmasters.
I had switched from gold to Silver/blue to silver to red sonic Rooster tail to Little Cleo and didn't have much luck. Went back to the frog (brook trout) Kastmaster and still didn't get anything so I switched to gold again.
When it hit, the line just stopped. Rich kept saying "a pound and a half, a pound and a half". No, it was bigger. Fought it to the shore and the net was put down. Guided the fish into the net. When it went into the net, it had the lure in it's mouth. When it flipped back out of the net, the lure was still attached to the net and not the fish. Gone in the blink of an eye was a 5 lb Rainbow. Biggest one I've caught to date. That's OK though, I would have released it any way. Just wish I would have gotten a picture. There will be a next time.
Till then, remember: "A bad day fishing can be a bad day when you lose the biggest trout you've ever caught".
Mark (Shoreman)
Too bad on not getting the picture, Mark, but a great experience nonetheless.
ReplyDelete"Tis better to have hooked, fought, and lost than to never have have hooked at all."
Wolfy
My personal rule is that it's not a caught fish until I physically touch the fish. Even if it bounces off the boat on the way back into the water, I didn't catch it if I didn't touch it.
ReplyDeleteSo....did you touch it?
Don't worry, Shoreman, you got the picture just right. It is in your mind forever! Sounds like you have the confidence that you will meet him again some day. Next time you win the battle!
ReplyDeleteIf you weren't manning the net, I'd consider it caught. The memory is worth more than the picture anyway...in a few years I bet in retelling the story that trout will be 10 pounds!
ReplyDeleteThanks guys. One's a win and one's a loss. Win - I wasn't manning the net. Loss - I didn't touch it. Can't win them all.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fish tale to me. That being said I am with Wolfy,
ReplyDelete"Tis better to have hooked, fought, and lost than to never have have hooked at all."
Tight lines
But still beats not having caught it at all.
ReplyDeletetoo bad on not getting the pic..
ReplyDeleteYes, yes, that net was way too small for them hawgs at the pond. Head was in the net and it was out and gone just as fast. I think we need a bigger net! :)
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