The one that got away

Have been unlucky lately with this Bass I've been after around the Greystones area. It's a good size fish, maybe double figures and if not double its very close to it. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I hooked it but lost it after the first run, and last night(22/ Aug) I hit the same spot with a Sammy and hooked it again, huge take on the surface, followed by a big run only for the line to go slack except this time the Sammy was gone :roll: . My questions are, will the fish still be able to feed with that thing stuck in its gob?, and how long would it take for the hook to rust and the Sammy to fall out?.

Hi Ritchie! If they are the original trebles they'll probably have disintegrated by now. In my experience the quality of the hooks is incredibly poor for such a good lure. They rust just by looking at them! And don't despair, you know that if you keep trying you'll get your reward eventually!

My questions are, will the fish still be able to feed with that thing stuck in its gob?, and how long would it take for the hook to rust and the Sammy to fall out?.

Well, yes – it depends really but usually fish keeps feeding. Unless, that staff is blocking fish’s throat. As for second part of the question, I do not remember where I heard that but it would take three to five days for fish to get rid of a hook. Not necessary because hook is rusted, rather because cyst will build up and eventually hook will fall off. Just the same way as when you have splinter in your finger.

think it would depend on where the hook(s) are set, if they are outside the mouth then it shoud survive and get rid of the hooks at some stage. if its inside the mouth it could cause the death of the fish by bleeding or interfearing with the its feeding/breathing. (1) hooks/lure lodged it the throth. (2) in the gills (3) in the lips, keeping the mouth clamped shut.
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think it would depend on where the hook(s) are set, if they are outside the mouth then it shoud survive and get rid of the hooks at some stage. if its inside the mouth it could cause the death of the fish by bleeding or interfearing with the its feeding/breathing. (1) hooks/lure lodged it the throth. (2) in the gills (3) in the lips, keeping the mouth clamped shut.
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Thats what I was thinking aswell, I suppose the only consolation I have is that I flattened the barbs on the Sammy and as Inigo said the trebles on the lure are quite weak so hopefully the fish will not be in too much distress. In your opinion Cortaz, if the fish manages to lose the lure do you think it will be very spooked now and will refuse to take certain lures again?

dont think so, i,ve had the same fish on consetative days more than once abet on different lure, seeing as your fish made a long run would suggest it was not hooked in any of the mentioned areas. as most fish hooked like this tend to trash about with a lot of headshaking.
What b.s. line were you using?.

if the fish manages to lose the lure do you think it will be very spooked now and will refuse to take certain lures again?

Don't worry, fish ain't that smart.

neither are most anglers :lol: :lol: :lol:

Was using 12lb berkley, just think the knot gave way on the lure snap. Don't know about that Tomaszek :D , the big ones have to stay on top of things to survive that long :lol:

After losing a few bass because 12lb line broke I switched to 20lb braid. Light nylon is fine on a sandy area with the average size bass. Any decent size fish will easily snap it. The braid is thin and casts well. The fight is great due to lack of stretch in the line. However, if you bully a fish you can easily lose it.