Oooops, the line broke!

  • James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    January 1, 2012 at 3:25 pm #1303285

    What the heck happened, Grant?! You’re supposed to get those fish on the ice! I can honestly say that’s the loudest “snap” I’ve ever heard from the line breaking on a fish. Great work on your first On Ice… hopefully you’re out there shooting another right now.

    Filmed on the St. Louis River in Duluth, Mn – December 24, 2011. Grant Sorensen gets an early start and talks changing ice conditions, fish movements and how to catch a nice batch of walleye on a Custom Jigs & Spins Slender Spoon.

    Note: This video is the sixth in a new series from In-Depth Outdoors. The concept is simple. Give all members of the In-Depth Outdoors Ice Pro Staff Team full-blown camera gear and editing equipment and cut them loose to film the day-to-day details that could never be captured by a production style camera crew.

    arklite881south
    Posts: 5660
    January 1, 2012 at 10:41 pm #1023246

    Atta Boy Grant!! That snap of the line made me CRINGE!! Looked like a darn good fish.

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13294
    January 1, 2012 at 11:17 pm #1023265

    Puts you right there in the house with him. Great stuff.

    Outdraft
    Western Wi.
    Posts: 1149
    January 1, 2012 at 11:44 pm #1023276

    Looked like a nice throb on the pole, so glad you showed that cause its never happened to me, love the stuff that really happens!

    poppy402
    Eagle Point Wisconsin
    Posts: 948
    January 2, 2012 at 12:56 pm #1023368

    There may or may not have been a little editing that had to take place after that happened hahaha.

    So here it goes, I had a nice solid mark on the LX-7 come up and without hesitation she inhaled the slender spoon. After a 3 plus minute fight I finally got her head to the hole (solid 24 plus inch fish at a minimum). About 5 minutes before I hooked her, I had a photographer jump into my otter cabin with me, so to make room for him I moved my sunflower heater to the middle front of the house. So I had her head at the hole, went down to grab her and the line snapped as it touched the metal ring on the sunflower.
    The fish then proceeded to just sit there, as I saw the gold slender spoon just dangling from her mouth. I made an attempt to grab her with no success as she swam away. Talk about a bummer!! Could have been worse if it were a 30 plus inch fish, but she was still a beauty.
    That’s the first time I have ever done that, and probably won’t be the last! So take note, heater placement inside your house can be critical! Haha.

    Pat Howard
    Sparta Wi
    Posts: 1523
    January 2, 2012 at 1:56 pm #1023389

    I would have dropped an “F” bomb !

    Nice video Grant !

    Joel Nelson
    Moderator
    Southeast MN
    Posts: 3137
    January 2, 2012 at 2:39 pm #1023403

    I suppose – “oops my line burned” would’ve sounded funny!

    Nice clip and thanks for sharing Grant!

    Joel

    cat dude
    Arlington, MN
    Posts: 1389
    January 3, 2012 at 9:42 am #1023767

    Ooops could have been a polite version of what I may have said.

    Nice video Grant.

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