Driftless Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Bright And Early My back kicked me out of bed early this morning. I was on the water by 6:15AM The morning started off with a hammer handle pike on a jointed minnow bait with rattles. Not worthy of a photo. I changed lures and started working the fast water up by the dam. I had a solid hit and hook up. The fish did a non-typical head shake. Pike I have caught do the power runs first and save the head shakes until on the surface later. I thought trout or maybe a walleye. The fish felt too powerful to be either. It did a slow run and I caught a glimpse of its profile. It was a thick fish and I guessed about a 35 inch pike.......then I saw the white patch on the tail and audibly said: "Holly $hit!" and I got nervous. It did one more head shake and it was gone. I sat down and composed myself. I knew with a hook up and middle length battle it would not come back any time soon. I fished for another 2 hours. I emptied my tackle box to try to get it to come back to no avail. I landed a 18 inch smallie and a 30 inch pike and did not bother with photos because I was truly disappointed in both after having the biggest walleye of my entire life on and losing it. ANYFISH2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANYFISH2 Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 I hate the ones that get away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzie Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 oh the rush, excitement and then disappointment all in one tug of the line!!! That is one of the many reasons we love to fish!!! Thanks for sharing the story... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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