My new nightmare...

[Chrisper4694]

what's worst than loosing a big fish? Let me tell you...

I hit the river after work again, pretty amped up from Monday. I knew I could be gone before the weather system. Had my trusty homemade frankenspinner tied on my bait caster. Right off the bat a swipe and miss and then nailed a nice 28" that's always fun hand to hand battle style fishing.

Next I got a cast right where I wanted I knew a pike would be waiting there...my lure gets demolished and comes to a dead stop! For a split second nothing gives way and my rod explodes in my face! I scrambled and grabbed the loose line and looked up to see a massive pale pike belly turn and flash me before disappearing. I bring in the line and the titanium Nickel leader is cut...I hear a slash behind me coupled with a jingling that sounds familiarly like the sound my frankenspinner makes when I pull it out of the water to cast.

Then again it comes up, this time I see the massive head toss my lure out of its mouth...I'm not sure how my rod and leader both broke and I'm glad this beast threw the lure eventually unharmed, but this was the most devastating thing I've experienced fishing in a long time haha! I won't estimate the size but it was hands down the biggest pike I've ever seen in person.

I will make more frankenspinners and I will find the beast that destroyed one of my favorite rods! That rod landed me my biggest musky 47" and many other nice fish. I learned to bait cast on that rod...you will be avenged my old friend!