This ever happen to anyone else?

[Brookieslayer20]

I was fishing a lake that has browns and salmon and togue, i had three traps set right under the ice for browns and salmon, i get a flag and the reel is screaming, i missed the fish, the fish took out fourty plus feet of line and my bait had not a scratch on it?

[9huskies]

No, you're the only one that ever happened to.

[fishermantim]

Those darn juvenile fish!
It's the fish equivalent of ringing the doorbell and running!

Wait 'til I get ahold of you kids!!! (while shaking fists in the air)

[zorchester21]

Well its better than pulling up a trap with ruined bait 

[sjord89]

No, you're the only one that ever happened to.

      ive had it happen plenty of times

[ice cracker]

Come on now 

[Pike-Icer]

That happened to me a bunch last trip.........but it was only about 20 feet of line.

[GasBlaster]

http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=266318.msg2743042#msg2743042

[Downeaster]

I hope that never happens to me.

[chum bucket]

Me and CTripp had fished a pond for going on three years and each time we went there, we would have the exact thing happen 3 or 4 times each trip also they would stop running as soon as you touched the trap. Finally it took Madeline my 6 yr old to land them.

[maineute]

I was fishing a lake that has browns and salmon and togue, i had three traps set right under the ice for browns and salmon, i get a flag and the reel is screaming, i missed the fish, the fish took out fourty plus feet of line and my bait had not a scratch on it?

I have a theory that when that happens they are taking my weight or swivel and running with it and I pull it out of there mouth.

[jacksmelt71]

sometimes they're not really hungry and just take it cause its there. but usually there is some kind of bite mark. unless its perch or a bass!

[stompa13i]

I'm going to go with it was a perch...

[woodchip]

It was a brown

[Kevin in maine]

I have a theory that when that happens they are taking my weight or swivel and running with it and I pull it out of there mouth.

Interesting... When I had to switch from lead split shot to those shiny crappy things this happened quite often. Now that I use the green one's it seems to have stopped.

[Derik]

Had that happen a bunch of times the last time I was out fishing, would walk up and the spool would be screaming line off go to set the hook and nothing on it.  I threw a circle hook on one of the traps and let them run and chew on it a bit and ended up with a brookie.  But I've seen it happen while fishing for just about anything, sometimes the fish just act a bit funny.