hobster
Have had that happen when hooked in the tongue and roof of mouth at the same time...
Heh, just had one of those a short while ago on the Wilson. Drifting a spoon and a 1/4 through swing, hung up. Set the hook and nope...rock...or so I thought. Tugged a couple times and wouldn't shake loose. I always wear a glove and was at the point where I was wrapping braid around the gloved hand to pull/break loose and only then started feeling a few shakes...what the? Fish! Turned out to be a bruiser; turned up the heat shortly after and burned some line, wore some worry marks into my brow, LOL
The fish will do odd things.
I did have some summer runs in EUG that were lethargic turds that I didn't know were even fish until they came next to the boat. They usually perked up when they saw the net or the boat though and then it was game on. My theory is that they were kind of resting and were on autopilot when taking the lure/bait.
Not sure what is up with that, but anyway, any fish are good fish!
Congrats, hobster!
I've always feared wrapping line around my hand and a fish taking off, especially braid, that stuff is like a razor.