Favorite Screw-ups 2024
Tucson reply :
Here's a list of some of my favorite screw-ups. Note that these are my everyday
screw-ups, not my Sunday bests.
1. Forget to pull up the anchor and wonder why my trolling motor isn't doing the job.
2. Forget to pull up the anchor and wonder why the boat is acting hinky at 3000 rpm.
3. Forget to set the bail before I cast, followed by staring at the rod like it's someone
else's fault.
4. Carefully tying a tricky double-fisted, left hand tyrolean locking knot and then
accidently trimming the running end instead of the tag end.
5. Casting my brand-new lure and immediately losing it. (Usually a Rapala black & silver
shad pattern for some reason).
6. Coming back proudly after catching two bass and having someone (usually a crippled
old blind lady or kid with a barbie rod) telling me they had a lousy day and only
caught 18 fish.
7. Diligently tracking fish all weekend on the fishfinder only too find out it was in the
simulation mode.
Gatorbassman reply :
Wow, I'm guilty of every one of those. That's a good list.
rboat reply :
A few more goodies:
1. Getting that sinking feeling while you desperately try to recall if you put in the drain plug.
2. Forgetting to unhook one of the tie downs and wonder why the boat lifts off the trailer at half mast.
3. Giving throttle to the big motor when you notice the TM is still down.
4. Jumping into the seat to run to the next hot spot and landing on that rattletrap you just took off, (the one with the new hooks you replaced). 
5. Pulling out of the water when you did not raise the motor up.
6. Trying to lower the big motor with the tilt lock still in place. :-[
Schaefer reply :
Quote3. Forget to set the bail before I cast, followed by staring at the rod like it's someone
else's fault.
Haha that happens to me everytime I go out, but for me its usualy followed by cursing and swearing. ;D
How about when the line catches your finger on the cast, usualy ends up in a tree for me. :-/
rboat reply :
One more:
You do your best KVD imitation with an expensive lure to show off your practiced casting to the perfect dock and your line goes up, over, and around every crossmember and post, through the boat on the lift, around the adjacent jet ski, and the lure lands hooked to the sign reading
(THIS PROPERTY PROTECTED BY TRAINED GUARD DOG!) :'(
Glenn reply :
- Tying a drop-shot rig and then clipping off the "tag" end by mistake (old habits!)
- Spending 10-15 minutes cursing at the big motor just before blast off at a tournament because it won't start when somebody yells, "Kill switch!"
.... oh... oops
- Making a cast, getting an abrupt backlash that stops the reel suddently, snapping your line and watching your lure fly 1000 yards away before splashing down, never to be seen from again.
- Just after re-tying, you take the tag end you just clipped off and toss it overboard.... along with your pliers/clippers/scissors.
- Swatting at the bee near your ear and accidentally knocking your expensive fishing glasses off into the drink!
- Placing the cooler by the tailgate to get something out of the back, get distracted and forget about it, then run over it later with the trailer.
and my favorite...
- Stepping off the dock onto the Bass Hunter, suddenly realizing it's not stable, lose your balance, grab the chair to right yourself ONLY THEN to realize the chair's not attached! ....KER-SPLASH!!
Bassboy15 reply :
Quote
- Tying a drop-shot rig and then clipping off the "tag" end by mistake (old habits!)
- Spending 10-15 minutes cursing at the big motor just before blast off at a tournament because it won't start when somebody yells, "Kill switch!"
.... oh... oops
- Making a cast, getting an abrupt backlash that stops the reel suddently, snapping your line and watching your lure fly 1000 yards away before splashing down, never to be seen from again.
- Just after re-tying, you take the tag end you just clipped off and toss it overboard.... along with your pliers/clippers/scissors.
- Swatting at the bee near your ear and accidentally knocking your expensive fishing glasses off into the drink!
- Placing the cooler by the tailgate to get something out of the back, get distracted and forget about it, then run over it later with the trailer.
and my favorite...
- Stepping off the dock onto the Bass Hunter, suddenly realizing it's not stable, lose your balance, grab the chair to right yourself ONLY THEN to realize the chair's not attached! ....KER-SPLASH!!
You haven't done those of course though right?
Fishin-Psyantist reply :
Ive thrown my entire rod and reel in the water three times this year. I duno how it happens but it just leaves my hand unexpectedly.
guest reply :
Stepping as hard as i can on the foot control of a TM only to have it go in a complete circle!
Forgetting to crank up the star drag, trying to reel in and figure out whats wrong with the spool
Fishing a promising looking pond for 2 months to learn there were no bass in it
trying to learn how to use a compass and putting it on a magnetized clip board
ON The Fork: forget to pick up trolling motor nd digging through the mud with gas engine running
and #1 What do you mean I have to trim the boat when Im running all out
frogtog reply :
Stayed home so I wouldn't have to kiss her good by. ;D
Big_Bass_Rock reply :
One time my brother chucked his rod and reel into the water while casting and the bail was still open, we were on a dock and it was pretty deep, but luckily there was a bobber on the line and we were able to fish it out.
Another time I hooked a random kid in the leg casting while I was fly fishing and they had to take him to the hospital.
bassnleo reply :
Finish tying a new bait on, clip the tag end off, toss the bait overboard and realize you clipped the wrong end and your bait does not float.......doooohhhh!!!!
Low_Budget_Hooker reply :
Kicking a rod overboard sucks.
Forgetting the camera sucks
Forgetting the Gore-tex sucks and is just dumb
I think MY list is too long, the reply box only allows 9000 characters,lol.
Little_Minnow reply :
New to this but already have an embarrassign moment. I was test driving a used bass boat that I was thinking about purchasing and although I am new to fishing I am not new to boating...I remembered the straps....I rememembered teh plug....boat started right up and we idled out fot he marina for the test drive...we cleared the rock wall...I asked if he was ready as I turned my hat around backwards so I wouldn't lose it....he knodded....and tehn I slamed teh handle forward and braced myself........nothing...he looks over at me and points to the floor and says...."its called a hot foot...like the pedal in your car" he still agreed to sell the boat to me lol.
As a new guy I am loving this post
Josh
guest reply :
HMmmmmmmmmmmmm.
I have a long list too, but a couple of my favorites would have to be,
carefully tying an improved albright to join braid to mono and then cutting the main line instead of the tag end.
having a backlash that causes a lure to snap off and sail away, then forgetting to clear the backlash, tying on a new lure and watching it join the first one.
G3-Basser reply :
Watching the boat launch itself about 10 feet short of the water while backing down the ramp. Luckily the boat and outboard were fine...the transducer was not so lucky. This is when I learned not to let your fishing partner mess with the winch.
-J
pondhopper reply :
Struggling to tie a good knot in the wind only to clip the standing line, not the tag end.
MALTESE FALCON reply :
THANK YOU GUYS......................I thought I was the only one that did all those things.
I don't feel so bad now.
Falcon
Bassin_Fin@tic reply :
Every one forgets the drain plug sometimes 
-Or what about stringing up a spinning reel and rod, adding a lure, and only to find your line on the wrong side of the bail
-Using a 2 piece rod and casting the upper half into the drink and as luck would have it a curious dink decides to bite and you have to wrestle him in with only the butt piece.
-getting a lunker wearing a treble hook smile wrapped up in the anchor line.
-dropping your cell phone in the drink
-cleaning some fishing line out from the tm and dropping the prop drive pin in the water on a really windy day
-getting snagged and pulling the anchor up and hearing your rod go kerplunk because you didnt go freeline first.
-taking the time to tie a fancy knot and giving it the pull test only to have it come apart like gravy.
-not retying your line when you know it needs it because your having too much fun beating up a school of dinks,then big momma decides to take a wack at your offering.
-letting your worm lie in the water while nature calls and ending up with some wet pants or maybe shoes too.
-purposely running your bait past an alligator because hes sitting right in the weeds and brush that you caught that lunker out of the other day, only to find out just how quick those guys are!
RobbyZ5001 reply :
Hooking the posative and negative up backwards and wonder why your going in reverse.
Bassin_Fin@tic reply :
QuoteHooking the posative and negative up backwards and wonder why your going in reverse.
ahhhhahahhhaaaahahhahaahah did that the other day
guest reply :
QuoteQuoteHooking the posative and negative up backwards and wonder why your going in reverse.
ahhhhahahhhaaaahahhahaahah did that the other day
I didn't have this on my list but GUILTY AS CHARGED
Gatorbassman reply :
Threading your line threw the guides, tying on a spook, then making a beautiful long cast only to look down and notice you didn't thread the line through the levelwind on the reel. >
Waking up in the middle of the night and hearing a rainstorm. You realize you had opened all the hatches in the boat so they could air out overnight. Jump up and run outside in your boxers to cover the boat only to hear a woman's laugh coming from your neighbors porch.
Forgetting to put the coupler lock back on the trailer. Remembering while going 70mph down the highway.
Evan Pease reply :
My most common ones would be forgetting to undo the bail, forgetting to set the bail and hook-setting into air, setting into logs and breaking my rod, and loosing a rod in the deepest part of the lake.
Jimzee reply :
Guilty of this all the time.......Tying a worm hook on and forgetting to put the bullet weight on first. ARRGGHH!!! >
Boat plug has gotten me once, hopefully never again. :-/
Randall reply :
Funniest thing I have seen on the water was a guy who for got to tighten down a 82lb thrust trolling motor on the transom of a jonboat. Motor was running and making big jumps out of the water and back into the water in a circle as his other transom motor also an 82lb thrust was still running taking him down the lake. Nothing was holding the motor except the wires attached to the batteries. He knew he needed to get the wires on the loose motor pulled free from the batteries to stop it but the motor with a spinning prop going crazy wouldn't let him get close enough without taking a chance on getting his head took off. I think he was also afraid of losing an expensive motor. After around five minutes the prop busted and the motor stopped and he pulled it in. I know one other guy who told me he had it happen to.
Long Mike reply :
I posted this several months ago and it is a true story. It is not one of my favorite screw-ups, but it is, by far, my biggest. I learned several valuable lessons from that little outing; not the least of which was to always keep a key for the truck in my boat. Anyway, here goes.
Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed. It all started last week when I backed my Suburban up to the boat trailer and tried to hitch it up. The receiver on the trailer would drop onto the ball OK but there was no way I could get it to latch down. I tried raising and lowering it, shaking it, jerking it, banging it with a hammer and every thing else I could think of, but it would not latch down. Finally, in desperation, I sprayed everything with WD-40. I again lowered the receiver onto the ball and it latched with ease. Go figure.
Finally on the road, I drove from Tulsa to Lake Skiatook (about 30 miles). The moment I got to the boat ramp it started raining heavily. I sat around for about thirty minutes and the rain didn't let up. So, I called my daughter and asked her to have a look at the National Weather Service radar. She told me there was large cell in the vicinity, and that it would probably be at least a couple of hours before it passed. Thoroughly disgusted, I drove back to Tulsa, and into sunshine.
When I got home, I checked the radar myself and discovered that the cell my daughter was referring to was due South of a place called Ponca City - nowhere near the lake. The radar did show a couple of Popcorn showers that popped up over the lake and then fell apart right after I left. Needless to say, I was somewhat perturbed to learn that my daughter was Geographically Challenged.
Back to the lake I went and was graced with a partly cloudy sky. I was boating alone so I kicked off my new sneakers, put on my flip-flops and backed the boat into the water. Because I drive a Suburban, I can't see the boat without opening the cargo doors. No problem, I opened the doors, backed the boat in, and got out of the truck to get the boat free of the trailer. Without realizing it at the time, I kicked one of new my sneakers into the water as I got out of the truck. Luckily it landed right side up. I waded around to the back of the truck and checked its cargo area before I launched the boat. Sure enough, I had neglected to place my tackle box in the boat. There is a door lock button in the cargo area on the rear post. I must have hit it when I reached for the tackle box. It has a fifteen second delay on it, so I didn't hear the clunk of all the door locks until after I had closed the cargo doors. OK, so now I have a locked truck with the keys in the ignition, setting in water up to the running boards on a busy boat ramp and a new sneaker that is slowly floating away. First things first. I fired up the boat, chased down the sneaker and then tied the boat at the dock. I waded back to the truck and found that there was no way I could get into it without breaking out a window. I found a boulder about the size of my head and decided to break in through the window on the right-side rear seat door. I swear, that glass must be bullet proof! I literally ended up throwing that boulder at the glass and it would bounce off without a scratch. After eight or nine attempts, I gave up and decided to try the front seat passenger side. The boulder went through the glass like a knife through butter, scattering glass as if I had thrown a hand grenade into the truck. The first thing the boulder hit inside the vehicle was the console and it knocked the lid off its hinges. The boulder, and a lot of glass ended up in the drivers seat. I do not want to discuss what those objects did to the leather in the seat. I'll cry later. OK, so my truck is still in the water. Twenty minutes and several lacerations later I had removed the boulder and enough glass out of the driver's seat to allow me to get the truck out of the water. That was a big relief!
I then reminded myself that despite the fact that it was now 3:00 PM my intent since 6:00 AM had been to try to catch a few bass. So, I hopped in the boat and went tooling off across the water. I was so angry with myself that all I wanted to do was haul azz across the water. I did this for about an hour and then cooled off enough to try fishing. I found a point and half-heartedly fished it for about twenty minutes, all the while thinking about all that glass and blood in my truck. Needless to say, I gave up and headed back to the landing.
In my absence, a Park Ranger came by, noticed the shattered window, and left me a note advising that he had notified the police of the break-in. Luckily he also left his phone number, so I was able to cancel the Red Alert.
And then the kicker. I had the boat out of the water and was getting it ready to tow when a Game Warden drove up. He had the audacity to ask "Had any luck today?" What I said to that poor guy is not fit to print. Let's just say I was VERY vocal about the luck I had had. He never did ask to see my fishing license.
bocabasser reply :
dropped my boat in on a coooold december morning, beached it and went to park my truck. came back to find my boat on the other side of the canal. took all of my clothes off to swim across and get my boat, because i had no extra clothes. when i got to my boat i cranked it up and beached it again. i took one step off of my boat when a BUS LOAD of senior citizens was pulling in for their weekly tennis tourny. naked as a j-bird i just smiled and waved. can't even imagine what they must have thought.
Schaefer reply :
running your line through the eyes of your rod only to realize you missed one after you make your first cast >
guest reply :
Quoterunning your line through the eyes of your rod only to realize you missed one after you make your first cast >
OR MY USUAL: You threaded the line through the side of the tip instead of through it
Catt reply :
Driving 50 miles to the marsh, launching your boat, unload all your tackle only to realize you forgot your rods at home.
Backing down your boat & almost sinking it because you forgot to remove the transom tie downs.
Deciding to cut the tag end of your line with your nephew's new knife instead of biting it only to slice you finger to the bone.
Setting hook on what you believe is a good fish only to have you buddy's seat break leaving you sprawled out in the splash well knocking the wind out of you and then not having the breath to tell your buddy the fish is still on
Fish Chris reply :
I'm guilty of about 95% of every mistake listed here !
One of my favorites is when I thread all of my guides, tie on a leader, and a lure, or hook.... then realize my line is on the wrong side of the bail ! Doh !
Or, don't you just love it when you thread all your guides, right up to the tip..... and then let it slip out of your hands and slide right back out through every guide down to the reel ? Of course this only happens when you just sighted a big fish, or stopped on your best spot..... Urgggg.
Anyway, I don't think a trip ever goes by when I don't stop to call myself a dum-bass at least a time or two :-) Oh well. Glad to see I'm not the only one who has a few problems :-) Great thread BTW.
Peace,
Fish
jeremyt reply :
At the lake this summer trying a chatterbait for the first time, throw it out start retrieving go to set the hook and nothing. Repeat the proccess another time only to realize I didn't remove the hook guard.
Bassin_Fin@tic reply :
QuoteI'm guilty of about 95% of every mistake listed here !One of my favorites is when I thread all of my guides, tie on a leader, and a lure, or hook.... then realize my line is on the wrong side of the bail ! Doh !
Peace,
Fish
I STILL DO THIS ON OCCASION,THEN COMMON SENSE TOLD ME FINALLY TO POP OFF THE SPOOL,OPEN BAIL,AND PUT SPOOL BACK ON.HOW MANY YEARS UNTIL I FIGURED THAT OUT LOL.
foul hooked reply :
Set your canoe paddle on the dock before you pack your gear bag. Then have the wind blow you 30 yards away from said dock while packing your gear bag.
tntitans21399 reply :
I've done 1 & 3. I forgot to pull the anchors up once when I was in party cove with my dad and his friend was coming in with his house boat and I was moving to make room for him, and forget the anchor was still down and then got it stuck. I couldn't figure out why I wasn't going anywhere.
#3 I have done numerous times, usually it's because I flip it down and it puts back up before I throw the lure or I didn't flip it down enough and it comes back up and I go to throw a good long cast and the lure goes no way. The first second I look at it like what the hell, and then look down and see the it is flipped up.
slomoe reply :
I must be targeting those bird-fish hybrids, because I lost a brand new jig to a tree this weekend.
I was also walking the trail at Mercer a couple months back, Decided to try some lesser traveled spots, only to end up knee deep in a beaver den.
KU_Bassmaster. reply :
- Drive 100 miles to that spot you love but only go maybe once a year. You get there and realize you got the battery this time (forget that last week :
) but left the trolling motor this time.
- Go night fishing for one of the first times. Tie the boat up to the dock and park the truck in the lot and proceed to the boat. Parking lot has no lights and you can barely see your hand in front of your face and of course the flash light is in the boat. Get to the boat and step off the dock. You do the infamous splits between the boat and dock and eventually decide to make the leap for the boat. It's a quite clumsy leap but you are dry and in the boat after some MAJOR rocking. Thankful, you troll the electric only lake in your bass hunter/pond hopper type boat about 20-30 minutes to the other end of the lake only to find ......... NO RODS!!!!!! You realize that you probably kicked them out by accident when you jumped in the boat from the dock. Make your way back to the ramp and pack the boat up and sleep in the truck until daylight. At daylight go "diving" for your rods. After an hour you have 3 out 4. Call it "good enough" and drive home wet, cold, and fishless.
roadwarrior reply :
QuoteDrive 100 miles to that spot you love but only go maybe once a year. You get there and realize you got the battery this time (forget that last week :Go night fishing for one of the first times. Tie the boat up to the dock and park the truck in the lot and proceed to the boat. Parking lot has no lights and you can barely see your hand in front of your face and of course the flash light is in the boat. Get to the boat and step off the dock. You do the infamous splits between the boat and dock and eventually decide to make the leap for the boat. It's a quite clumsy leap but you are dry and in the boat after some MAJOR rocking. Thankful, you troll the electric only lake in your bass hunter/pond hopper type boat about 20-30 minutes to the other end of the lake only to find ......... NO RODS!!!!!! You realize that you probably kicked them out by accident when you jumped in the boat from the dock. Make your way back to the ramp and pack the boat up and sleep in the truck until daylight. At daylight go "diving" for your rods. After an hour you have 3 out 4. Call it "good enough" and drive home wet, cold, and fishless.
DING! DING! DING! DING!
We might have a winner!
That is a pitiful story.
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guest reply :
QuoteDrive 100 miles to that spot you love but only go maybe once a year. You get there and realize you got the battery this time (forget that last week :Go night fishing for one of the first times. Tie the boat up to the dock and park the truck in the lot and proceed to the boat. Parking lot has no lights and you can barely see your hand in front of your face and of course the flash light is in the boat. Get to the boat and step off the dock. You do the infamous splits between the boat and dock and eventually decide to make the leap for the boat. It's a quite clumsy leap but you are dry and in the boat after some MAJOR rocking. Thankful, you troll the electric only lake in your bass hunter/pond hopper type boat about 20-30 minutes to the other end of the lake only to find ......... NO RODS!!!!!! You realize that you probably kicked them out by accident when you jumped in the boat from the dock. Make your way back to the ramp and pack the boat up and sleep in the truck until daylight. At daylight go "diving" for your rods. After an hour you have 3 out 4. Call it "good enough" and drive home wet, cold, and fishless.
THIS IS MOOK WORTHY
foul hooked reply :
All hail KU Mookmaster !
KU_Bassmaster. reply :
QuoteQuoteDrive 100 miles to that spot you love but only go maybe once a year. You get there and realize you got the battery this time (forget that last week :Go night fishing for one of the first times. Tie the boat up to the dock and park the truck in the lot and proceed to the boat. Parking lot has no lights and you can barely see your hand in front of your face and of course the flash light is in the boat. Get to the boat and step off the dock. You do the infamous splits between the boat and dock and eventually decide to make the leap for the boat. It's a quite clumsy leap but you are dry and in the boat after some MAJOR rocking. Thankful, you troll the electric only lake in your bass hunter/pond hopper type boat about 20-30 minutes to the other end of the lake only to find ......... NO RODS!!!!!! You realize that you probably kicked them out by accident when you jumped in the boat from the dock. Make your way back to the ramp and pack the boat up and sleep in the truck until daylight. At daylight go "diving" for your rods. After an hour you have 3 out 4. Call it "good enough" and drive home wet, cold, and fishless.
THIS IS MOOK WORTHY
That means a lot coming from you ;D ;D ;D
Big_Bass_Rock reply :
Heres a story my friend told me happened to his cousins:
They drift down the river in small boat with a 5 hp motor, then decide to turn around...and realize that the motor wont pull them against the current. It just stays in the same spot, but by paddling at the same time as going full throttle they can inch thier way upstream, that is untill they run out of gas. They ended up having to drift to shore and one them had to walk several miles to the closest gas station, and then they still had to struggle against the current to get back to the boat ramp.
This guy I worked with had a pretty nice 18ft boat, and he ran out of gas in the middle of the lake and only had 1 paddle.
FishTank reply :
Here a few of mine
1) Fishing in front of the Park Ranger's station for hours with no fishing licence. Then telling the ranger that these fishing rods are not mine, I just found them. He was laughing so hard he couldn't write me a ticket.
2) Leaving a lure tied on, then putting my rig in the car only to hook that nice Lucky Craft lure into my wifes new leather seats.
3) Letting someone you don't know drive the boat while you're skiing
4) Catching a snake and for some reason put in the boat so you can take the hook out of it's mouth
5) Getting your spinning reels re-strung, driving for hours to your favorite strip pit to only find out that the spools are strung backwards
Bassin_Fin@tic reply :
QuoteHere a few of mine1) Fishing in front of the Park Ranger's station for hours with no fishing licence. Then telling the ranger that these fishing rods are not mine, I just found them. He was laughing so hard he couldn't write me a ticket.
2) Leaving a lure tied on, then putting my rig in the car only to hook that nice Lucky Craft lure into my wifes new leather seats.
3) Letting someone you don't know drive the boat while you're skiing
4) Catching a snake and for some reason put in the boat so you can take the hook out of it's mouth
5) Getting your spinning reels re-strung, driving for hours to your favorite strip pit to only find out that the spools are strung backwards
Have done the same thing with the Ranger.Laughed hard when I read this. #5,I wont even ask,but that must really be a mess to deal with LMAO.
islandbass reply :
QuoteQuoterunning your line through the eyes of your rod only to realize you missed one after you make your first cast >OR MY USUAL: You threaded the line through the side of the tip instead of through it
Dang!!! I've done both!!!
And the one about cutting the standing end instead of the leader I do quite often when it is below freezing, but I've done it as many as 3 times in a row tying the same lure!!!
Making that "one last cast" and catching some obstable behind me. It sometimes ends up in a backlash that has to be undone at home.
Making a cast with a bc reel and forgetting to disengage the spool. This is where the majority of my overruns occur.
Getting out to the lake with my fishing rods and fishing bag, then realizing I forgot to pack some hooks or some other important necessary item.
burleytog reply :
QuoteWaking up in the middle of the night and hearing a rainstorm. You realize you had opened all the hatches in the boat so they could air out overnight. Jump up and run outside in your boxers to cover the boat only to hear a woman's laugh coming from your neighbors porch.
I've done that more times than I care to think about. Sometimes with clothing, sometimes without.
Good thing my yard is dark. 
Jake P reply :
Casting so hard that the end half of my rod flies off into the water
Trying to cast only to realize i havent released the line and watching it tangle up around the end of my pole
gettin caught on a big log and yellin oh i got one! and steadily reeling in while my friend is cheering me on and the hikers behind me have stopped to watch me reel in this massive trophy sized fished only to see that it is a log.
lining my pole and tying on a crankbait but not running it through the holes on my pole
standing on a ledge over the lake and staring out at the water and getting dizzy and falling in the lake.
hitting my buddy in the face while casting
MFD_Firefighter661 reply :
What gets me is when you have a 3 lb bass somehow break your line but you see a kid catch one in the neighborhood of five pounds on an ultra-light.
bass109 reply :
once i bought this expensive lure, when i went fishing i used up all my line but then i tried looking for fishing line on the ground. Conclusion while i was looking i tripped over a root from the tree and fell in the lake. Another story is i caught this huge bluegill 12ins. I put the stringer on the bluegill and dropped the fish in the lake, i jumped in the lake and swam after the bluegill. Once this guy wanted to kick my butt over a bluegill. ;)p.s. i need to stop drinking
Sam reply :
Started motor to move to another spot.
Gave it full throttle and only got a lot of water splashed on me from the front of the boat as the boat tried to get on plane.
Seems I forgot to take the trolling motor out of the water.
Lucky for me no one saw what a dope I was.
guest reply :
UNFORTUNATLEY WHEN I DID THAT: RISK KID,LONG MIKE,LBH, ALPSTER, ROAD WARRIOR GLENN AND KERI ALL WERE THERE
Rob G. reply :
Getting my boat up on plane, wondering why all the water is spraying over the bow, then noticing my trolling motor is still deployed.
My most frequent one, after respooling a reel and rigging the rod after a half day of fishing I notice that I did not put the line through the level wind thingy.
guitarkid reply :
fishing with a 2 or more part rod and watching half the rod go straight into the water
tying on your little brothers hook,then thinking it was your hook making a nice cast and watching your favorite lure witch you only have one of go into the pond all the way across, but just out of reach.
fish-fighting-illini reply :
1) fishing from the bank, by myself, in the dark, in November - slippery rock say no more
Luckily ( last year ) it was still relatively mild for Nov
2) drove 40 mi's to the big lake only to find the gas motor was 40 mi's back in the garage due to the trolling / no gas motor only lake
non fishing related
1) went across Norther border to a Wisconsin famous cheese tasting shop. Wanted to try the 40yr old aged cheese or whatever it was. Got tired of waiting 20mins for Luigi the knife guy to cut a sliver, sunk my finger nail into said cheese only to look up and see the knife weilding chef so ticked that his eyes were as red as a 3 day drunk's glaring at me
Man was I a dummy on this one not sure what was goig through my head! LOL Should have brought this up before heck I would have been a Mook club member a long time ago!
2) while assembling a piece of the "put it together yourself" furniture I figured "ok not going to *****-foot this one for a change" while beating the stupid piece of wood into the hole that didn't fit well. Trouble was I forgot about the egual and opposite reaction physics lesson . The other end of the furniture was on my fairly newish tile floor! The wife didn't exactly see it my way! LOL hey was in the laundry room so not a major deal.
mayassa reply :
The Wife or I thread all of my guides, tie on a lure, or hook and then realize my line is on the wrong side of the bail pull the spool off open bail put spool on! Firs couple of time I cut the line redo...
Stand behind my son.... He starts his cast lure sinks into my back, I yell Noooooo! he of course does not stop as sets the hook -ooch!
I also left the tie downs on twice, on the boat.
Drove to a fishing spot about 20 minutes from home my son and I get out get the poles I set the key down to pick up the tackle box, shut the hatch and say "crap" son asks how are we going to get home? I told him the old fashion way and don't worry about that now the fish are biting. Later that night my wife drives out to find us walking back home. Son runs track but hates to walk...
nboucher reply :
Anybody can make a mistake once, but these I do over and over again:
(1) thread the line through the guides, reach for the terminal tackle/lure and have the line slither right back down through guides
(2) spend what seems like forever getting a simple Palomar knot tied, only to have it easily slip apart when I tighten it
(3) drive to the pond or lake, lift the kayak off the top of the vehicle, unload rods, tackle, pfd, and drift sock, only to discover I never packed the paddle
Who says we learn from our mistakes?
fish-fighting-illini reply :
Maybe the tittle of this thread ought to have " Mook Qualifications " or " Mook Resumes" added to it! LOL
EastTexasBassin reply :
My favorite screw up was one I pulled a few weeks ago. (but not for the first time )
I cast out my weightless worm and a bass takes it almost immediately after it hits the water. I set the hook before engaging my reel, so it spins the spool a thousand times and makes a huge birds nest.
Last time, I still landed the fish. I held the rod in one hand and pulled line through with the other hand. (kinda like using a fly rod)
fish-fighting-illini reply :
QuoteMy favorite screw up was one I pulled a few weeks ago. (but not for the first timeI cast out my weightless worm and a bass takes it almost immediately after it hits the water. I set the hook before engaging my reel, so it spins the spool a thousand times and makes a huge birds nest.
Last time, I still landed the fish. I held the rod in one hand and pulled line through with the other hand. (kinda like using a fly rod)
You can always go ahead and reel it in and get the nest out later if you need to ( I would think anyway)
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