fishing mistakes

[walkeraviator]

I once dropped two 3 lb bass in the lake carrying them from teh boat to teh cleaning station...

[fishhound]

well theres been a few from tying bad knots to losing the only lure thats catching fish! lol but what really stands out too me above all catching a state record fish & not knowing it until after the fact ive done that not once but twice!!

[nate4023]

well theres been a few from tying bad knots to losing the only lure thats catching fish! lol but what really stands out too me above all catching a state record fish & not knowing it until after the fact ive done that not once but twice!!

What type up record fish was it?

[walkeraviator]

well theres been a few from tying bad knots to losing the only lure thats catching fish! lol but what really stands out too me above all catching a state record fish & not knowing it until after the fact ive done that not once but twice!!

I have a buddy who claims to have unkowingly fileted a record crappie...

[FlyLie]

well theres been a few from tying bad knots to losing the only lure thats catching fish! lol but what really stands out too me above all catching a state record fish & not knowing it until after the fact ive done that not once but twice!!

And........tell us more...

[fishhound]

they were a flathead theres a pic in my profile of this rivermonster next was a longnose gar sorry have no pic of it.

[twise7]

I once dropped two 3 lb bass in the lake carrying them from teh boat to teh cleaning station...

I wish that would happen more often.

[Shimano4Life]

I wish that would happen more often.

Agreed.

[walkeraviator]

I wish that would happen more often.

I was pretty young and dad handed em to me.. i was still a little scared of holdin fish so sas soon as they moved i freaked and dropped...that was at Kentucky Lake... probably 15 years ago or more...

[Les Young]

I turned a 24" Smallie loose that I caught on Cumberland & my buddy begging me not to do it. Was without a doubt the biggest Smallie I'd ever saw. After seeing a 6Lber.in a BFL I truly realized how big she was. The 6Lber literally looked very small compared to her She was so fat it was unreal. A warden later told me that he was pretty sure I had turned a state record back. If you call that a mistake that would be my #1. I'd still do it just the same. Now if I could remember the girth of her I would get a replica mount done as I've never mounted a fish & more than likely never will.

[elnutsmalljaws]

I turned a 24" Smallie loose that I caught on Cumberland & my buddy begging me not to do it. Was without a doubt the biggest Smallie I'd ever saw. After seeing a 6Lber.in a BFL I truly realized how big she was. The 6Lber literally looked very small compared to her She was so fat it was unreal. A warden later told me that he was pretty sure I had turned a state record back. If you call that a mistake that would be my #1. I'd still do it just the same. Now if I could remember the girth of her I would get a replica mount done as I've never mounted a fish & more than likely never will.

I don't know what year this was but the state record Smallie for Kentucky is also the World Record Smallie, 11 lbs 15 oz. This fish was 27 inches long and had a girth of 21 2/3 inches. The current world and state record was dis-allowed from 1996 to 2005 and I "think" the state record was then around 9lbs or so until the fish was re-instated. It would take a MONSTER 24 inch fish to be bigger than even 8 lbs much less 9. I think you are safe in that you did not turn loose the record, especially before and after the current record was in place.

[Les Young]

Winter of 03 December Christmas week. Only know what the warden told me. I do know she was obesely fat. I've got a bunch of 4& 5Lbers under my belt& a few 6 pounders too. I too know what a huge Smallmouth is & figured you may chime in on this subject. One thing for sure I'd say it was my Smallie of a lifetime, but I certainly hope not