You’ve done the hard work of hooking, fighting, and landing a 4-pound Grand River steelhead a few miles up from Lake Erie. Now it’s time for your closeup with the trophy, but it has other ideas. It’s about this time that you ask yourself, with a sinking feeling, “Did I take the hook out already?”
So Glad to know that happens to someone besides just me!
Ha! I love these pics! 🙂 They make me smile—like the fish has a one up on us even though we got it to net! REally love when its my husband though and not me!
Same thing happened to me a couple yrs ago. I brought in the largest sheepshead I ever caught only to watch him flip flop back into the water as soon as I unhooked it.
Awesome shot
The image perfectly captured that transition from a smile to a grimace!