Hooking the same fish multiple times

I thought I’d share something from a trip out on Minnetonka last weekend. We have a little honey hole that we fish any time of day and pull pike, walleye, bass, bluegill, perch, and crappies out of. Yes, even with the wakeboarders circling us. Anyway, last week we were bobber fishing and my line broke while trying to land a big fish (I was using 8 lb line). A while later, I caught a couple pound bass and what do I see on the side of its mouth? My hook that broke off.

And guess what? I while later the same thing happened again. I got broke off and then later on I caught an even bigger bass and there was my hook.

I thought this was interesting to prove that at least bass do not get spooked after being caught. I would’ve thought a caught fish would lay low for a bit after the trauma of being caught. And that is likely true for other species. But bass (and I bet pike) let their instincts take over.

Anyway, weird fishing trip to have this happen twice within the course of a short fishing trip.

Sounds like it’s time for some fresh line

Couple winters ago today I was fishing a metro lake with my daughter, Ifish pro popped and set the hook, clean bite through 20 lb floro, told her it must’ve been a nice fish. Retied and 20 minutes later it popped again, landed a 34” pike with my hook in it…she was on the prowl that day

Lindy rigging many years ago on a Mille lacs mud flat, my brother got his line cut off after he hooked a fish. He was using a small red hook with a leech. 10 minutes later in the same spot, I caught a walleye with a red hook in the side of its mouth on my own Lindy rig. I gave him his hook back.

I was fishing Balsam Lake last year, by Perry Mound, caught a 31 inch walleye about 5 or 6 lbs on a purple hair jig I tied, 2 days later caught it again same jig. Man, that fish was a sight, so dang skinny. DK.

I caught the same fat LM bass off my dock within two minutes on a rattle trap. She was guarding the nest.

B-man wrote:

Sounds like it’s time for some fresh line

I agree lol

Ice fishing the MN river a handful of years ago a buddy and i caught the same 17 or so inch walleye like 8 times in 2 days. Had an unmistakable scar on its back. First time was about 2 minutes and 5 feet apart.

I caught the same 30″ pike 4 times off the dock this year, 3 of the times were within a 5 minute span, all on the same black spinnerbait. Very odd.

I have heard bass anyway. Get very defensive after being hooked. Have had it happen a few times.

Cannon river last year – fishing for smallies. Big pike took my jig. Switched rods to one spooled with heavier line, same jig and got him again about 15 minutes later. Had gone right back to the same spot in the river.

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Fishing on Devil’s Lake casting in a shallow bay for anything that would bite. My brother is fishing with a clown colored Shad Rap, gets a strike, and loses his lure. Literally within seconds, I get a strike on my clown colored Fat Rap and land a nice pike with his lure in its mouth. I tried to claim finders-keepers (“We don’t know that your lure!!”), but he insisted I give it back.

Canadian side of Rainy. I caught a 19″ smallie just before noon that had a gash on one side. In the evening I caught it again about 300 yards away.

Lindy rigging with friends, one broke off on a snag above the swivel. That same day a guy in another boat in our group caught his rig. The hook went right through one of the eyes of the swivel.

I caught the same little hammer-handle northern 3 casts in a row up in Canada. I could tell because the first time it twisted up and the line made some cuts in its snout.

Broke off a magdraft, tossed a glidebait where i lost it, caught the pike with all but the magdraft tail digested

Fishing with my dad and brother years ago on the English River. We all lost a jig within 10 minutes and our guide was giggling. He the proceeded to quietly set the hook and pulled in a 30″ pike. He really started laughing when he tossed each of us a jig.

Checking in front of a log jam for cattin, I was too lazy to take off the hook to feel bottom and snags, hooked a 13 inch walleye right in the poop hole. 8 0t hook

I fished the Missouri River alot for walleyes just south of the Garrison Dam for years and in one snaggy spot, I hooked a fish one day that got tangled in the snag and broke off. I went to the same spot the next day, got another bite, reeled it in and the rig that I lost the day before was in the walleye’s mouth. I know that it was the same fish because I tied the rig myself.

In 1982ish we were fishing BWCA out of Winton. Sunday lake if my brain it working. Day one my buddy was using a slip bobber. He broke off on a fish above the bobber stop. Day 3 he caught a 27″ Eye dragging his slip bobber.

About 10 years ago we found a small northern WI lake loaded with 25″+ Walleyes. We caught dozens of 26-30″ in a few summers. One fish (25″) had a broken back and had a definite S shape. We caught that fish several times each year for 3 years.