Stink - you should start practicing catch and release :D

@ Reaper

Blues or "Mississippi Whites" as some call 'em, are notorious spinners. That fish probably made a pass at your bait or hit the line and started spinning. I've never caught one in the eye like that, but I've caught several on rod & reel and jugs where the line looped around a fin or their body. Tis is why I use a lot of swivels when fishing for 'em. They can twist you up pretty good!