Lost the fish of my dreams

Lost the striped bass of my dreams 5' in front of me yesterday evening. I've got a few 46"-50" fish under my belt but this was the biggest fish I've ever seen, she was f'ing beautiful. I still don't know what happened, I can't stop replaying that moment in my mind. It's the Last thing I went to bed thinking about and the first thing I thought about this morning.

I've landed multiple 40"+ fish on my VS150 and this fish was an entirely different class. I had a larger set up on the truck but I've only ever caught schoolies and slots in this spot so I left it behind. Hit a Bone Cottlon Cordell Pencil like a freight train, Brand new VMC Treble on it. Bent my reel handle. Went back to the same spot this morning, no signs of life.

I'll never forget that fish.