I hate mystery fish!

[djkimmel]

I realized today after losing to mystery fish yesterday, that I do not like losing them ESPECIALLY when I didn't see what they were.

They haunt me now wondering if they were really big bass and not a dogfish and pike like I suspect!?!

I saw a fish roll like a dogfish yesterday on top so I threw a KVD 1.5 green shad that has been hot on Round Lake. It got ate immediately but the fish dove for the heavy weeds and pulled off in them before I got over there!! !@#$%#@! Dogfish and pike tend to dive into the bottom weeds more than bass. The bass on Round usually jump pretty quick. I have caught several really nice bass though after they rolled or surfaced like a dogfish so now I wonder...??

Then later I was worming deep milfoil when I got cracked like a pike does. The fish dove repeatedly under the boat fast like a pike would doubling my spinning rod (was using a lighter rig with 10 pound test) and stripping out drag. On about the 4th or 5th hard dive my line broke (or was cut??)!! @#$%@#$! Noooooo...!

What if is was a big bass full of juice instead of a pike? What if my line broke due to negligence and not adjusting my drag right?!? It was a clean spot break but I couldn't not tell if it cut me off or broke. The line was not scarred up or crimped?

Now, I'll never know... I hate that

[djkimmel]

I'm trying to convince myself neither fish was a bass but part of me is doubtful. I must do a better job next time to not lose them in the first place!!!

[dartag]

I say   Russian Submarines on maneuvers in your lake.

[FrickerDude]

I agree with you Dan.  The other week I was fishing and had a mystery fish hit so hard it about ripped the pole out of my hand and I had a good grip on it, it hit like a freight train!  It bothers me also that I never saw it but suspect a  pike.

[djkimmel]

Probably. ...but then... you never know for sure, do you?!?

[thedude]

i was flipping cattails on the grand a few days ago and got slammed. I was happy i got to see that it was about a 8lb drum. I would have been sick if i would have lost a big fish like that flipping and not seen it.

coincidentally, we caught 2 big channel cats flipping also.....

[djkimmel]

Rivers are particularly notorious for lots of mystery fish. I've hooked a couple flathead catfish in the Grand over there that really felt like runaway freight trains.

[t-bone]

My mystery fish are all state record bass. I'm convinced this is true!

[djkimmel]

That would really get to me...!!!