Thread: Snagged

At least I thought I was. Stuck the rod down in the water to knock it loose and it moved. Line movement was like none I had never seen before. 2lb rig so I couldn't put tons of heat to whatever it was so I just tried to stay in open water. Back and forth for a good long while and I finally palmed the spool and gained a little line to see a Soft shell come to the surface and had my little Beetle spin in the left front foot. Well, that explained the line movement. Of course he wanted no part of the net and here we went again. Finally got him in the boat and he goes scurrying about and me looking for higher ground, knowing how far they can snap those jaws when they want to. That had to be funny to watch, glad no one was around. Stuffed the net in his face and got my bug back, then to get him back in the net. Those things can really move! He still swims, none the worse for the affair. No water in the live well but a good day out. Thanks for coming along.....Skeet.