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What would you do when a bass has your huge soft plastic by the tail


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I had a 7 to 8 pound bass grab my 11 inch alpha by the tail. She was trying to swim off with it and not letting go. Had her on for 10 seconds fighting. She bit just below the hooks.

Had so many thoughts going in my head should I let her do a double chew but she was latch on, almost thought about bank flipping her but I know that tail would of snapped. Never had a bass latch and hold onto a bait like that.

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Yeah I thought it was weird behavior too. That's why I didn't let her do a double chew I thought she would realize her mistake and spit it as fast as she could, but she was determine to take that trout to a watery grave. Had no scent on my bait either. Never heard about a bass doing this before. If it happens again I'm just going to free spool and hope she atleast gets the stinger hook before I swing.

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I had something similar occur with a small bass that was only around 1.5 lb. I was using a jig hook castaic boot tail trout and the fish chomped it all the way up to the bend in the hook. I swung and missed twice and each time she came back for more, grabbing the bait from behind and swimming off without completely eating the thing.

In hindsight I probably should've free spooled as mentioned above, but in the moment every nerve in your body is itching to swing!

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It can be anyone's guess at this point. I would of popped the bait out of her mouth, burn and pause then slow retrieve it back. If she's really determine to eat, she'll saying back around and smashed the bait. But this had never happen to me.

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I've seen this behavior several times with really large bass. I've gotten bit with the lure pretty far out, muscled them most of the way to the boat, then watched them open their mouths and let the bait fly out. I have no idea why they wouldn't let go while I was pulling them in. Maybe it's like a dog that doesn't want to let go of something it chased. Each time, they held on until they were close enough to see me and had to let go or they'd have been right at the boat. I can think of at least three fish (all big) over the past ten or so years that did this.

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