Pain Like No Other

Today was probably the most incredible worst day ever. I lost not one but two of the biggest fish i have ever  had on my line...

First Fish...Today was incredible windy and i wasn't sure i was going to even venture out but i though i could find a sheltered part of the lake. I texted Nole, who is a missionary kid who loves to fish, to see if he wanted to go out with me. We fished a few brush piles and stumps and landed about 6 that were about a pond...we started to make our way up the bank and i put the boat about 30 feet out while i casted to the edge of the weed bed. I through a miss cast and as i slowly brought it in out of no where a giant engulfed it. I was stunned for a split second and i ended up putting a half hook set. The fish was so big its movements we slow.  As i applied pressure to the fish it slipped out of its mouth. On my line for 10 seconds i watched as it disappeared back to the bed from once it came. I was almost in tears as Nole probably thought i was crazy for my reaction towards losing the biggest fish on my life.

Second Fish.... as we moved up the bank we reached two more downed trees where i have landed monsters before. I was using a chatter bait but i noticed that fish were hitting the surface. I put my KVD frog on my spare pole and on the third case i put the frog on the bank. I hopped it on to the moss pad in the water and slowly worked it to the boat. Passing a branch of the tree exposed out of the water i managed to somehow work it perfect as it bounced of the tree. I rested it 6 inches passed the branch and clear out of the water this 5+ pounder engulf the frog as it flew through the air. I wasn't going to be a chump this time. I laid one of the best hook sets i have ever made. It was solid. I repeated, "please stay one" for the next minutes as i tried to guide the fish to the boat. 1,2,3 jumps as i tried to keep the fish down. On the third jump i saw that the fish totally engulf the frog and the hook set was deep in its mouth. It slowed the fight after the last jump and swam to the left and then all of a sudden the lure came out. The pain shot into my head as i sat there shaking for the next 5 minutes trying to understand how i could lose two monsters in the span of 30 minutes.

Day ended with about 15 fish in the boat and total excitement and exhilaration with the amazing fish that God has created.