Pranks 2024

Glenn reply :

What's the best prank you have ever pulled on your fishing partner?

b.Lee reply :

While tubing at night i grabbed his line and stuck a 1 pound weight on the end of it. He was hollering and screaming, thought it was a giant. He was not happy with me the rest of the night LOL

Senkoman12 reply :

set my drag real low so it made dinks seem like monsters

DINK WHISPERER reply :

On the way back from the lake after a long day of fishing, my buddy always sleeps the whole way home. Well i hate it when he does that so...................i pulled over and hid all his $expensive$ gear in the lockers. When we got to his house, he thought it flew out! Funny thing was he never fell asleep again.................................go figure!

shimmy reply :

nothing extreme. But it seems every trip we take, i (or someone else) will purposely hit anothers line while they are not looking and hear them freak out about this monster bite as they continue to set the hook like there was no tomorrow. They then quickly cast back out more intently and i just wait for the moment when they are not looking and quickly hit their line with my rod again. This is usually good for a few laughs every time. The worst thing about it is since everyone in our boat does it, it's never safe and everyone knows that it's not worth the consequences of not pulling and everyone falls victim to it. I just don't think this trick will ever die in our boat.

basser223 reply :

one day while we were going around in the canoe we were in about 8 feet of water and with out telling my friend I jumped out of the boat and scared the crap out of him. The I ran a crankbait into his line and pulled and he thought he had a monster. I laughed, he was a bit angry.

frogtog reply :

#1 My partner and myself were in the motel room and he was calling the hogs. I couldn't sleep so I took his line on all his rods and looped it around each eye on the rods. Man you ought to have heard him the next morning trying to cast. ;D

#2 The same scenario a few weeks later. I knew he would be on to me this time, so when he started calling I pulled off about 30 foot of line an cut it. I then held it with my thumb and reeled it back on. Next morning he checked his reels and we went fishing. At our first stop he picked up a buzz bait and let it rip ;D I have never seen a buzz bait go that far It must have went a 100 yards in the woods ;D

1inStripes reply :

That is excellent frogtog.

backwater4 reply :

Armoralled half the bench seat. Took off and so did he. Right to the floor. ;D He got me back though. Fishing a night tournament, he asks me to take a leaf off the end of his line. I reach for it and its a bat, it starts flappin and sqealin, scared the **** out of me.

Sam reply :

I send out April Fools memos to my bass club members.

This year the memo said that PETA was going to put tranquilizers in Buggs Island the day of our tournament and also take photos of the guys relieving themselves off the side of the boat.

I added that the Virginia and North Carolina state police plus the local sheriff departments would be out trying to stop the PETA people.

Guys took it hook, line and sinker.

One guy was going to bring his shotgun; another was gong to put a big saltwater lure on a rod and attack the PETA people when he saw them; another was going to take his pistol; and one guy was ready to beat up the PETA individuals if they came to our weigh in.

I thought it was a great joke.

The previous year I sent out a memo telling the guys to go to Green Top for a free bottle of "Fart" fish attractant. You can guess at what I had in that memo.

Even their wives thought it was funny especially when I said that "if you "Fart" all day while fishing you will catch more bass."

Working on next year's memo at this time. ;D ;D ;D

bonzai22 reply :

i havent pulled many pranks but my dad knew an old blind guy that would fish at night for catfish and he had the bell at the end of his pole and my dad would run under and grab his line and he would set the hook and start cussing because he couldnt hook anything

NorcalBassin reply :

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i havent pulled many pranks but my dad knew an old blind guy that would fish at night for catfish and he had the bell at the end of his pole and my dad would run under and grab his line and he would set the hook and start cussing because he couldnt hook anything

Man, that's just mean!

NorcalBassin reply :

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#1 My partner and myself were in the motel room and he was calling the hogs. I couldn't sleep so I took his line on all his rods and looped it around each eye on the rods. Man you ought to have heard him the next morning trying to cast. ;D
#2 The same scenario a few weeks later. I knew he would be on to me this time, so when he started calling I pulled off about 30 foot of line an cut it. I then held it with my thumb and reeled it back on. Next morning he checked his reels and we went fishing. At our first stop he picked up a buzz bait and let it rip ;D I have never seen a buzz bait go that far It must have went a 100 yards in the woods ;D

These are the best two so far... hilarious. #2 is a nice stealth technique that I may at some point have to replicate.

Nice_Bass reply :

I did not do this myself, but a friend of mine and got a womens toy put in the bottom of his minnow bucket- he then went to the bait shop and handed the bucket to the clerk and when he went to put the minnows in the discovery was made.

BassnMan Mike reply :

My most memorable prank was not one that I did but was done to me.

Back in my younger days a group of us were camping at Lake Isabella. After a hard night of drinking I woke up early and started to do some fishing and caught a couple nice trout so I put them on a stringer. My girl friend at the time wanted to run into town to pickup some eggs and bacon for breakfast and everyone else agreed so her and I got into the truck and headed into town as my buddies got the fire going.

We got back and started to prepare breakfast and I figured I'd cook the 2 trout that I had caught earlier. I walk down to the water, pull out the stringer and to my surprise all that was left was the heads and complete skeletons, my buddies were rolling! They had cooked and ate them while we were in town.

BassnMan Mike

Catt reply :

I've been known to toss people out my boat

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

I put soap in the rookie's coffee.

Car RamRod!!!

bear7625 reply :

We were fishing Lake Erie and had a great late afternoon smallie bite. The smallies shut off , so we decided to troll for walleye. Well, I wasn't paying attention and my buddie got the end of my line and attached a large coffee cup to it. He hollered "fish on", and the rest was history. I can't describe how that rod bounced and what that cup felt like. I was HAD!! ;D

Bankbeater reply :

The best one I ever pulled was when I yelled "SNAKE" while we were fishing out of the boat under some low hanging tree branches.

Best one that I ever had pulled on me was when I was fishing out of the front of a jon boat, and the guy running the motor in the back cut a hard ninety degree turn while we were sitting next to a pine tree that was partially flooded. I was covered in needles.

brushhoggin reply :

I think I've told this one here before. My buddy was taking a leak off the back of the boat when i got my foot on the trolling motor and backed the boat up on a bush sticking outta the water that had a wasp nest on it. ;D If there were a speed diving world record he would've broken it that day ;D It all backfired cause i was the one that got stung a couple times, but at least he had to jump in

gobig reply :

Caution may cause heart attack

This one works great. I did this at a halloween party on a cooler where the beer was. Go to the toy store and buy a decent size rubber snake. Tie a strand fishing line around the neck and attach the other end of the line with some duct tape to the under side of the live well lid. When the lid is opened the snake comes popping out. I would hate to see my partner drop a big fish and have it go over board. But I think its worth the risk.

Lucky Craft Man reply :

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#1 My partner and myself were in the motel room and he was calling the hogs. I couldn't sleep so I took his line on all his rods and looped it around each eye on the rods. Man you ought to have heard him the next morning trying to cast. ;D
#2 The same scenario a few weeks later. I knew he would be on to me this time, so when he started calling I pulled off about 30 foot of line an cut it. I then held it with my thumb and reeled it back on. Next morning he checked his reels and we went fishing. At our first stop he picked up a buzz bait and let it rip ;D I have never seen a buzz bait go that far It must have went a 100 yards in the woods ;D

That second one is hilarious. I have one question though. What does "calling the hogs" means?

frogtog reply :

Calling the hogs in the south= snoring.

basspro215 reply :

That second one is hilarious. I have one question though. What does "calling the hogs" means?

bandsr4me20 reply :

never done it but thought about putting a snake in a guys livewell before. could give someone a heart attack like the cooler one.

SoFlaBassAddict reply :

Not me by any stretch. But it makes me laugh...

FutureSoldier reply :

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I've been known to toss people out my boat

Well I hope to never end up on a boat with you. ;D

triglet reply :

when the fishing is slow my cousin usually take his cigarette and burns your line when your not looking. usually takes a couple pulls before you catch on what has happened. this favor is returnable lol

Nitrofreak reply :

My buddy and I went fishing in the dead of winter and he some how managed to get my windshield off of my side of the boat with out me knowing it and stashed it and convinced me it was stolen...you can imagine the words.

So I had to drive around all day with no shield...Froze my face off !!!

Needless to say after finding out it was a joke the next trip out I took the adjusting shims out of all of his bait casters and then I tied a wind sock to the front of his boat and taped the rope down the center of the hull so couldn't get on plane... He figured out the wind sock after a few attempts but he couldn't figure out why he was catching trees the rest of the day. ;D

dave reply :

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set my drag real low so it made dinks seem like monsters

Sooooo, you were pranking yourself? :-? The fish?

TN basstracker reply :

There was a group of us on a trip down Guntersville and we have the one guy who is the perpetual 'know it all', one-upper, can't stand to be out caught by anybody, has the latest and greatest most expensive toys.....you get the picture. Guy means well, but most of us in the group can only take so much of this guy before we're ready to shut him up ourselves. We were having a friendly little tournament and he had just bought a brand new 21 ft Skeeter with a 225 V-Max. The night before I snuck out of the room and unplugged the extension cord going to his charger and flipped the kill switch on his boat under the throttle. The other guys were in on it and the next morning you should've seen him crying when the other 4 boats in the group blasted off and left him and his $40,000 toy sitting there. He was already complaining that he just knew he had plugged in his battery charger the night before. Said he fished for the first couple hrs with the trolling motor til it died and didn't think to check the kill switch until we had about an hour left til we all met up!

timothy_spain reply :

Night fishing with some friends. Went down quite a ways, got in the water, then crept up to where one of my friend was fishing. Waited a while hiding in the reeds partially submerged in water, then popped up. OH, it was good.

JacobK reply :

splash some water with the rod tip, works every time. ;D

Bassin_Fin@tic reply :

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nothing extreme. But it seems every trip we take, i (or someone else) will purposely hit anothers line while they are not looking and hear them freak out about this monster bite as they continue to set the hook like there was no tomorrow. They then quickly cast back out more intently and i just wait for the moment when they are not looking and quickly hit their line with my rod again. This is usually good for a few laughs every time. The worst thing about it is since everyone in our boat does it, it's never safe and everyone knows that it's not worth the consequences of not pulling and everyone falls victim to it. I just don't think this trick will ever die in our boat.

X2!!! ;D My buddy thinks everything is a bite and I can do this multiple times on a single cast and then deny that it was me doing it if he asks.

CaptMikeStarrett reply :

Fishing an area called CBBT I set the depth finder in DEMO mode. 125 ft of water and fish everywhere I watched my fishing buddy scramble for a stingsilver and tie it on. He dropped it down and it was really only 9 ft of water. I watched him repeat the drop and check the depth finder four times before I burst out laughing.

Capt Mike

Senkoman12 reply :

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set my drag real low so it made dinks seem like monsters

Sooooo, you were pranking yourself? :-? The fish?

no my buddy freaks out with big fish are on once he almost went over when i had the drag set low

dave reply :

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Fishing an area called CBBT I set the depth finder in DEMO mode. 125 ft of water and fish everywhere I watched my fishing buddy scramble for a stingsilver and tie it on. He dropped it down and it was really only 9 ft of water. I watched him repeat the drop and check the depth finder four times before I burst out laughing.
Capt Mike

Looky who's here

(='_'=) reply :

On 6/7/2010 at 10:11 AM, frogtog said:

#1 My partner and myself were in the motel room and he was calling the hogs. I couldn't sleep so I took his line on all his rods and looped it around each eye on the rods. Man you ought to have heard him the next morning trying to cast. ;D

#2 The same scenario a few weeks later. I knew he would be on to me this time, so when he started calling I pulled off about 30 foot of line an cut it. I then held it with my thumb and reeled it back on. Next morning he checked his reels and we went fishing. At our first stop he picked up a buzz bait and let it rip ;D I have never seen a buzz bait go that far It must have went a 100 yards in the woods ;D

its funny, i just looked for this thread because im bored at work, and just thought about doing exactly that to my fishing partner... so i wanted to see what other pranks you all have done... i have seen several, but still this one is one of the best, and one im definitely doing next weekend...

CWB reply :

This wasn't exactly a prank but I have to share it. On the night I proposed to my wife, we were out in the boat fishing. I had put a bottle of Champagne in the livewell while she was in the house and had the ring in my pocket.

We went out fishing after dinner as we always used to. Then I got the bright idea to put the ring on my line and reel it in and say "look what I caught"

She thought I had a big bass but upon seeing the ring broke down in tears and said Yes. Looking back that might have been the stupidest thing I ever did. What if a pike grabbed it and bit it off?

Oh well, it all worked out as we've been happily married for 18 years and married for 26.

J Francho reply :

Replaced a buddy's (eventual winning) creel in the livewell with sunfish and perch just before a weigh in.

therevolution reply :

My favorite prank is to yank someone's line while trolling. Since I am usually driving Everyone in front is looking forward while I can reach their lines and givem a good yank. The best part about this prank is that you can do

it multiple times a day if you can act like you dont know whats happening. it is hard to not start laughing though.

Bluebasser86 reply :

If someone I'm fishing with is continually casting past that imaginary line that the guy in the back of the boat isn't supposed to cast past, I'll let my bait sit until they cast over my line and when I feel them pulling I give it a good jerk. It give me a little laugh and usually gets my point across to not cast so far in front of the boat

J Francho reply :

On 11/11/2011 at 5:15 AM, CWB said:

This wasn't exactly a prank but I have to share it. On the night I proposed to my wife, we were out in the boat fishing. I had put a bottle of Champagne in the livewell while she was in the house and had the ring in my pocket.

We went out fishing after dinner as we always used to. Then I got the bright idea to put the ring on my line and reel it in and say "look what I caught"

She thought I had a big bass but upon seeing the ring broke down in tears and said Yes. Looking back that might have been the stupidest thing I ever did. What if a pike grabbed it and bit it off?

Oh well, it all worked out as we've been happily married for 18 years and married for 26.

Ever see the movie Big Fish? You should.

firefightn15 reply :

I was the one pranked....a few years ago while musky fishing I had one rolling around my boat for several minutes. Every minute or two it would roll behind my back without me getting a look at it, and finally it happened, turned out to be an otter playing!

CWB reply :

On 11/11/2011 at 10:18 PM, J Francho said:

Ever see the movie Big Fish? You should.

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That's one of my all-time favorite movies.

J Francho reply :

You put the engagement ring on a line, and he put his ring on the line. And you both caught, LOL.

CWB reply :

On 11/15/2011 at 9:47 PM, J Francho said:

You put the engagement ring on a line, and he put his ring on the line. And you both caught, LOL.

Gotcha. My wife isn't much of a moviegoer but she actually cried at the end of Big Fish when all the people he met throughout his life, that everyone thought were imaginary, came to his funeral.

Still can't believe I did what I did. "Only" $1500.00 but for me way back then, it was alot. Wait, that's still alot today. Could get a few nice set-ups with that. Seriously, she's far and away the best catch I ever made.

(just don't tell her)

freebie reply :

this fall a group of my saltwater buddies met up for a gathering at the cape cod canal. there was a big cookout right along the water. the bite that weekend had been horrible so far, everyone was waiting for the fall run to really blow up. we walked down about a quarter mile and dumped a huge bag of popcorn into the current(moves about 7 kts for those of you unfamiliar with it). once the popcorn reached our area the birds had found it. they were smashing the surface like crazy. well guys started scrambling for rods and running for the banks. the few of us involved just sat there and laughed while they casted on nothing for about 15 mins before realizing nothing was going on.

brushhoggin reply :

would've been hilarious if one of em would have hooked into an 50 striper

Professional Overrun reply :

I knew this guy(RIP) that would swim offshore with his buddy in florida. They would swim under the charter boats and big yachts that had lines in the water close to shore......they would tie lines together from opposite sides of the boat and then swim away.....

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