So I’m drinking at home…. alone….

  • mrglax
    Posts: 48
    May 27, 2010 at 5:49 am #1267778

    And I never do that. I lost a monster tonight on Lake Onalaska. Actually I’ve managed to screw the pooch on 4 or 5 really good fish in the last 3 evenings, but one sticks out for sure. Pulling a silver minnow parallel to shore in about 3FOW and all of a sudden a wake big enough to swamp a jon boat appears behind the bait. It hits like a freight train, feels like I set the hook into a brick wall, makes one enormous boil, comes unbuttoned and is gone. I got just the most fleeting glimpse of it, but not good enough to identify. This is one of those fish that’s gonna eat at me for quite a while, and sleep is not gonna come easy tonight.

    loshinit420
    Posts: 95
    May 27, 2010 at 5:53 am #875456

    Been there brother, the way I see it is it’s just another excuse to go again tomorrow!!! Good Luck!!

    chriswallace
    Andover, MN
    Posts: 275
    May 27, 2010 at 6:41 am #875459

    Cant win em all. Besides, you might remember the what if more than the it was fish!

    RichStadler
    Posts: 74
    May 27, 2010 at 11:22 am #875470

    Don’t sweat it, sounded like a carp.

    Jeremiah Shaver
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 4941
    May 27, 2010 at 11:45 am #875472

    If it makes you feel better, I lost a giant bass on Lake Onalaska last night as well…

    sliderfishn
    Blaine, MN
    Posts: 5432
    May 27, 2010 at 11:59 am #875474

    At least you were out fishing

    I was sitting in the boat in the garage, getting it ready for bass opener, thinking about hooking a big one.
    You did
    It is still swimming out there and waiting for you

    Ron

    Tom P.
    Whitehall Wi.
    Posts: 3532
    May 27, 2010 at 12:20 pm #875482

    I like the Johnson Silver minnow prefer( Miller Wobbler ) I have lost more fish on the Johnson silver minnow for me it`s hard to get a fish hooked up on it.

    85lund
    Menomonie, WI
    Posts: 2317
    May 27, 2010 at 3:32 pm #875547

    You don’t need an excuse to drink alone

    lunzer
    Burnsville, MN
    Posts: 160
    May 27, 2010 at 4:22 pm #875575

    Aah alcohol. To quote from the great philosopher, Homer Simpson. “To alcohol! The cause of — and solution to — all of life’s problems!”

    mrglax
    Posts: 48
    May 27, 2010 at 6:19 pm #875623

    Quote:

    I like the Johnson Silver minnow prefer( Miller Wobbler ) I have lost more fish on the Johnson silver minnow for me it`s hard to get a fish hooked up on it.

    Funny that you mention that. I’ve been throwing a lot of random stuff this year and I actually found a couple Miller Wobblers in my box and was throwing one for a bit the other day. Nice looking bait but it only produced a dogfish but I will give it some more time in the water. As for the hooking percentage, I’m gonna try a trailer hook with part of a rubber worm rigged to hopefully keep it weedless.

    I’m going back after her tonight. Ahab out.

    rmartin
    United States
    Posts: 1434
    May 27, 2010 at 6:24 pm #875626

    If you caught every fish that bit, it would not be a challenge. This is what keeps you going back. I also understand the pain of losing a big one.

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