Stupidest Thing You've Done While Fishing? 2024
fadetoblack21 reply :
Fighting an un-medicated sinus infection this weekend, with a headache that made my head feel like it was going to split, I stupidly lost my cool over a "professional overrun" and decided that it would be a good idea to "tap" my fishing pole against the side of the boat. Well I'll be damned if the thing didn't snap. . . .
I feel like such an idiot now. . . . at least it was just a lightning rod and not something more expensive. No more raging headache fishing for me. . . .
Anyone care to share some of their their frustrated stupid moments?
Tuckahoe Joe reply :
Last fall I was headed back to the car after some trout fishing when I see what I could swear was a crankbait floating in the weeds at the edge of the creek bed. So without bothering to put my rod down, I scrambled down this steep 7ft bank to go after it. Turns out it was muddier than I expected and I slid down and right into the water up to my knees. Then because the bank was so steep and muddy and cuz I only had one hand since I still had my rod, whenever I tried to get out I just kept sliding back down. I was pretty much coated with mud from my feet up to about the middle of my back and soaked up to my knees. My wife couldn't stop laughing and the icing on the cake was that it wasn't even a crankbait. Turned out to just be a bobber. Felt pretty dumb after that one.
pbizzle reply :
Stop fishing right when the bite turned on.
Grizzn N Bassin reply :
I wasn't catching fish so went around in a my john boat and see how many trurles we could hit with our hollow body frogs.. awesome times
Seth12 reply :
Probably pulled my rod back to far to cast and knocked phones, drinks and everything off the coolers in to the river.
GeorgiaBassBros reply :
Other than the usual hitting things while casting, ive caught a snake and lost a few phones.
rockchalk06 reply :
I forgot to tighten a reel down on the rod once. Set the hook on what could have been a nice chunk, and reel popped off. I had to finagle the reel and ended up stressing the line to much and snap! Got my 3 dollar jig, 30-40 foot of line and I looked like an idiot!
Sam reply :
Retied a favorite spinnerbait.
Cut the tag line.
Watched the spinnerbait fall into the water.
Yep, I cut the main line and not the tag line.
Also tied boat to ramp to get trailer but did not think there was any river current to put any stress on the boat so I just put the rope around the ramp's cleat two times.
When I returned to the ramp with the trailer the boat was floating away.
Had to go into the Rappahannock River to swim out to get the boat and swim her back to the ramp.
Two guys fishing near the ramp thought it was very funny.
Traveler2586 reply :
Late summer 2011, I was working a wooded shoreline along a creek on an outgoing tide; I was casting a jig into submerged wood. My jig hangs in a crotch of a submerged tree limb, so not to disturb the area I put the rod down to pick up a Tx Rigged worm. While concentrating on hitting my targets I failed to notice my jig rod working its way closer to the edge of the boat. Plop!! I look down just in time to see the rod go under. OMG, I start thinking fast while I put down the worm rod, the worm still out in the wood.
I realize “Don’t Panic, I know where the jig line is”. So I grab a shallow crank combo and start casting to locate the jig line. After a few cast I happened to notice my worm rod crawling to the bow of the boat, “d**n, no you don’t, you’re not going in too”; so I put down the crank rod to pick up the worm rod and retrieve the worm. OK, that rod is safe. I go back to the cranking rod and snag the jig line, but I can’t see the line yet, I just know I have it; without thinking I’m working the TM to hold position in the outgoing current. Then, just as the jig line breaks the surface…. ?? What’s it doing?? Why is it moving like that??.... d**n, the TM!!!
I take my foot off the TM and reach for the pull cord…. As the motor breaks the surface I can see the jig line is wrapped real good,,,, Then within a foot of the prop I see the rod tip emerging. I almost wrapped the rod around the TM!!!
So, as I’m working to retrieve the jig rod and clear the TM, I hear a thump, my crank rod is now half off the boat looking to take a dip, so I dive for the rod. So here I am, lying there on the deck, thinking “pull you sh%t together guy” ………
I could just imagine the Bass down below rolling on their sides, flapping the pec fins and laughing their butts off at me; it was one of the few times on the water that I just wanted to go home and hide under the bed.
tate reply :
On 5/31/2013 at 7:05 PM, Traveler2586 said:Late summer 2011, I was working a wooded shoreline along a creek on an outgoing tide; I was casting a jig into submerged wood. My jig hangs in a crotch of a submerged tree limb, so not to disturb the area I put the rod down to pick up a Tx Rigged worm. While concentrating on hitting my targets I failed to notice my jig rod working its way closer to the edge of the boat. Plop!! I look down just in time to see the rod go under. OMG, I start thinking fast while I put down the worm rod, the worm still out in the wood.
I realize “Don’t Panic, I know where the jig line is”. So I grab a shallow crank combo and start casting to locate the jig line. After a few cast I happened to notice my worm rod crawling to the bow of the boat, “d**n, no you don’t, you’re not going in too”; so I put down the crank rod to pick up the worm rod and retrieve the worm. OK, that rod is safe. I go back to the cranking rod and snag the jig line, but I can’t see the line yet, I just know I have it; without thinking I’m working the TM to hold position in the outgoing current. Then, just as the jig line breaks the surface…. ?? What’s it doing?? Why is it moving like that??.... d**n, the TM!!!
I take my foot off the TM and reach for the pull cord…. As the motor breaks the surface I can see the jig line is wrapped real good,,,, Then within a foot of the prop I see the rod tip emerging. I almost wrapped the rod around the TM!!!
So, as I’m working to retrieve the jig rod and clear the TM, I hear a thump, my crank rod is now half off the boat looking to take a dip, so I dive for the rod. So here I am, lying there on the deck, thinking “pull you sh%t together guy” ………
I could just imagine the Bass down below rolling on their sides, flapping the pec fins and laughing their butts off at me; it was one of the few times on the water that I just wanted to go home and hide under the bed.
That's one heck of a story! Video of all that would be priceless.
Traveler2586 reply :
Here's one more......
Back in the mid 80’s my boat was a 14’ Jon with a 5 hp Sears outboard. Well, somehow I got my first depth-finder, and took my time to install it and study the user manual. When the weekend came I was excited to see how the flasher worked so I got an early start. I went to a tidal creek off the Potomac River where I’d be out of the way of other anglers and boats. When I got on the water I turned on the flasher and set out; I had the outboards tiller in one hand and the Hummingbirds user manual in the other. I began zigzagging along a channel drop-off watching the flasher closely; I went across a flat and found a hump that I “flashed” from different angles; then back to the channel zigzagging across the channel to see where the drops were.
Throughout all my motoring I was engrossed in the flasher, trying to understand what it was telling me. Then all of a sudden I hear a loud “BANG”, was thrown forward, and I find myself kneeling on the floor of the boat with my chest laying on the center seat; I look up in a daze wondering what the H happened; when I got my wits back I realize I had ran directly into the piling of a day marker (that’s a navigational sign mounted on a phone pole for you bank anglers). What I didn’t realize at the moment was the outboard was still running and I’m not in control, or in the seat.
When I pull myself up and get control of the motor I looked over my shoulder and found a small ski boat about 50-75 feet away coming up on me to render assistance. A young woman asked if I was OK, and if I needed assistance, I said no thank you; as they pulled alongside the young man remarked something about my new toy, and they had watched and wondered what I was doing as I zigzagging across the channel. To this day I can still recall the young man telling me I needed to keep one eye on my toy, and one eye on the road. Talk about embarrass!! I could tell my face was beat red.. L
fowlskies reply :
Anyone else ever have this happen??? Casting with a baitcaster and a loose grip on the rod, in mid-cast get a backlash and the snap of the lure on the other end pulls the rod and reel right out of your hands and into the drink.
LOL, I have had it happen twice, first time I caught the end of the rod by my finger tips before the rod sank to the dark depths of a river and the second time I was on a clear lake in 10 ft of water. I tied on a heavy in-line spinner with a treble hook on the end to snag my rod.
I have since learned to have a better grip on my rod while at the same time finessing the spool with my thumb. 
Christian M reply :
I was fishing a small pond with a buddy when I decided to go off on a hike by myself around the other side of the pond. I crossed the stream feeding the pond and went about 2 miles along a trail where I found a little runoff pond with dirt hills around it. I decided it would be a good idea to scramble up one of these hills to get a better look. I started walking toward one of the hills and before I knew it I was up to my waist in mud. I had stepped into a sinkhole! Thank God I was wearing oversized thick neoprene chest waders. I was able to slowly claw my way out of the waders and onto semi dry land. By the time I was out of the waders I was covered in mud past my elbows& my waders were buried. Looking back, they may have saved my life, if I wasn't wearing them I could have easily sunk all the way in. My buddy was a good 2 miles away through thick woods across a pond. He never even heard me calling him
Lesson learned-never venture into unfamiliar areas alone
Another time I was fishing out of my canoe & I got caught in a thunder storm. I put the TM on full speed headed toward my car. As I was passing under a bridge with narrow wood pilings & long lag bolts poking out, my canoe started going sideways. I went to push off the piling, lost my balance & went overboard. To make it worse the TM was still on high & I had to swim after the canoe. The worst part was climbing the slimy piling to get back in.
JellyMan reply :
Ran my boat into hundreds of massive fishing spiders in some grass. They started jumping into the boat and I proceeded to have a crisis.
Christian M reply :
I had a buddy do something similar, but with my rod & reel. He asked if he could cast my new $450 rod & reel, next thing I know he lost a grip on it & I saw it sinking. Luckily the braided line was still floating. I grabbed the line & pulled until I got to the mono backing with a slipknot tied around the spool & gently pulled it out of the muddy, grassy bottom. I had to clean & grease the reel before I could use it again. Needless to say he never touched another rod of mine.On 5/31/2013 at 10:06 PM, fowlskies said:Anyone else ever have this happen??? Casting with a baitcaster and a loose grip on the rod, in mid-cast get a backlash and the snap of the lure on the other end pulls the rod and reel right out of your hands and into the drink.
LOL, I have had it happen twice, first time I caught the end of the rod by my finger tips before the rod sank to the deep depths of a river and the second time I was on a clear lake in 10 ft of water. I tied on a heavy in-line spinner with a treble hook on the end to snag my rod.
I have since learned to have a better grip on my rod while at the same time finessing the spool with my thumb.
coldsud reply :
I was standing over top a small seawall just casting out into the river with my spinning ultra light one day after work. Had a too big spinner bait on it but didn't care. Well anyway i'm just casting along not a care in the world. I go to throw again but this time either I forgot to open the bail or I knocked it close while casting the spinner bait slings out about 10 feet stops shoots back around my neck and somehow pulls the rod out of my hand over the seawall. In matter of about half a second I find myself standing there with a spinner bait rapped around my neck and a rod in the water. There were a couple different people fishing there at the time too. Not my proudest moment. Then I found five dollars.
lmbfisherman reply :
On 5/31/2013 at 6:57 PM, Sam said:Retied a favorite spinnerbait.
Cut the tag line.
Watched the spinnerbait fall into the water.
Yep, I cut the main line and not the tag line.
Also tied boat to ramp to get trailer but did not think there was any river current to put any stress on the boat so I just put the rope around the ramp's cleat two times.
When I returned to the ramp with the trailer the boat was floating away.
Had to go into the Rappahannock River to swim out to get the boat and swim her back to the ramp.
Two guys fishing near the ramp thought it was very funny.
HAHA I've done that, fortunately it was on shore that time.
Stupidest thing I've done was launch my canoe in one corner of the lake (last season the water level as you all know was really bad) normally it is deeper so usually couldn't launch easily with a steep bank. Anyway, I put all my equipment in the canoe slowly put it in the water, went down to get in and bam my legs go in knee deep and I kept sinking! Didn't think to check the mud, luckily there were nearby cattails so I grabbed onto them for dear life! Of course then I noticed an animal carcass too behind the cattails and I had no choice but to pull myself up on top of this rotting carcass. It was a wonderful day for sure, I also had to save my boots too as they got stuck in the mud. After that I always check how bad the bottom is with a pole.
Bassguytom reply :
This spring I lifted my bass mojo rod and it was under my anchor cleat. The rod snapped. That really was really stupid.
NEjitterbugger reply :
My dad and I drove about an hour and a half to fish, we got the conoe in the water with the lifejackets, anchor, tacklebox, etc... When we wanted to begin fishing we looked at eachother and realized we had forgotten our rods, not in the car... at home....
TC235 <*))))>< reply :
I've got plenty and only been seriously been fishing for less than 5 years. Who knows what awaits me for the upcoming years lol.
I've droped two fishing rods in the water. One on accident and the other being dumb.
The accident was when i was in a canoe and had my BPS carbonlite jury rigged in the back upright. Worked fine for awhile un untill out of nowhere i heard splash. I was going to freak until i saw the carbonlite floating. Thankfully it was a really light combo. Would of never seen it again. Was in water deeper than 20ft
Other time i was starting to lose focus after a long day of not to many fish. Casted out and got a backlash with braid that dead-stopped the line and threw the rod a couple feet in front of me. The rod didn't float. Took around a hour to fish out from the bottom. Luckly i was somewhat shallow. Proabably 5-6 feet.
One of my favorites has to be when a buddy and i took a trip almost a hour away. Forgot the battery and never went fishing. Was a really nice day to be out on the water too. After that day i never ever left anything behind.
---=Martin=--- reply :
Me no, nothing stupid, yet (well maybe except how sometimes I suck at casting and I will hit the same tree five times in a row because i'm too dense to move over a bit).
But I hear LgMouthGambler once left his rod lying on a boat with the tip over the boat's edge, and a hollow body frog with enough line to touch the water... you guess what happened :-)
LgMouthGambler reply :
On 6/1/2013 at 1:42 AM, mvorbrodt said:Me no, nothing stupid, yet (well maybe except how sometimes I suck at casting and I will hit the same tree five times in a row because i'm too dense to move over a bit).
But I hear LgMouthGambler once left his rod lying on a boat with the tip over the boat's edge, and a hollow body frog with enough line to touch the water... you guess what happened :-)
And this is why I now have a Dobyns Savvy Series. At least I got my upgrade! 
HuskyKMA reply :
Can't really think of anything too stupid while bass fishing.
When salmon fishing, we were on the outside of the hog line and had a massive container ship bearing down on us. After a few seconds trying to convince ourselves that he would miss us, we concluded that we needed to pull anchor and move fast! I motored forward quickly and began dragging the anchor up, but I started turning too sharply too soon to avoid the ship and hooked our anchor on the anchor lines of the two boats next to us. Pulled them into each other and began towing them up river behind our boat. Our anchor was on the surface under the buoy with their anchor lines tangled around it and we got them released pretty quickly. I'm not sure if they knew we had them hooked. That could have really turned into a bad situation, could have easily flipped one or both of the other boats, and it could have prevented us from getting out of the way of the container ship. We move much earlier for those ships now, it's not worth it to play Russian roulette with them!!!
Topwaterspook reply :
After repairing a "Seizmic Toad" with super glue. I stuck it between my lips while I fumbled around putting the cap back on to the glue. Yep, you guessed it. super glued the toad to my lips!
Highhawk1948 reply :
Launched my boat without the line tied from the trailer and the boat. Had to swim for it.
Catt reply :
Chasing schoolies 
rippin-lips reply :
Smacked my friend in the back of his head with a kvd 2.5 on a full blown cast. Buried 2/3 hooks. Had to cut his buff off and then the split ring. Then 2 hooks at the bend. Push them through and pull out with pliers. This was last week on my Tx trip.
derekxec reply :
bank casting a 8oz sinker with bait....ready to rip it very far and grabbed the tip of my small spinning rod and that went with it lol luckily i just reeled it back in haha
Kyle Mahaffey reply :
Right after I put braid of my first baitcaster I must have not tightened the reel all the way to the rod because when I casted, the lure it the water, and my reel hit the water. I just keep pulling the line until the bait caster came up.
BassinLou reply :
I wrapped up my fishing day and was heading back to the dock one day. As I was positioning the boat to the dock I stood up and reached up prematurely causing me to lose my balance. As I fell forward I luckily reached the dock with the tip of my fingers and the tip of my feet on the edge of the gunnels. Luckily I was strong enough to pull the boat back to the side of the dock and get my footing. I looked like a Tom and Jerry cartoon character completely spread out with my arms extended, my feet out and my body outstretched feet above the water. LOL. I wonder what yoga move that will be called?
fadetoblack21 reply :
On 5/31/2013 at 11:39 PM, Bassguytom said:This spring I lifted my bass mojo rod and it was under my anchor cleat. The rod snapped. That really was really stupid.
I did this last year cat fishing. Set the rod down and didn't notice it slid under the cleat. About 30 min later I get a bite and go to set the hook. All I hear is this thunderous crack as my pole snaps at the handle.
fadetoblack21 reply :
On 6/1/2013 at 4:07 AM, HuskyKMA said:Can't really think of anything too stupid while bass fishing.
When salmon fishing, we were on the outside of the hog line and had a massive container ship bearing down on us. After a few seconds trying to convince ourselves that he would miss us, we concluded that we needed to pull anchor and move fast! I motored forward quickly and began dragging the anchor up, but I started turning too sharply too soon to avoid the ship and hooked our anchor on the anchor lines of the two boats next to us. Pulled them into each other and began towing them up river behind our boat. Our anchor was on the surface under the buoy with their anchor lines tangled around it and we got them released pretty quickly. I'm not sure if they knew we had them hooked. That could have really turned into a bad situation, could have easily flipped one or both of the other boats, and it could have prevented us from getting out of the way of the container ship. We move much earlier for those ships now, it's not worth it to play Russian roulette with them!!!
Motoring with an anchor in the water is a really stupid thing to do. I've been there. We were cat fishing below Bagnell Dam in MO, they opened the flood gates and we were anchored in the path of the swiftly rising water. Got the front anchor up, but the rear anchor was stuck. We decided to try and pull it out by gently motoring forward. Instead of the anchor pulling up, the back of the boat pulled down. . . . into the water. . . . we almost sank the boat that day. I've never pulled a knife so fast to cut a rope in my life. . . .
GaBankFisher reply :
Outstanding thread! Probably my favorite on this site.
aquaholic reply :
I decided to go do some bank fishing down by the river this evening. I decided to throw on a rat l trap. Casted off and noticed my line wasnt going with the bait.... said some choice words. Reached in and pulled out a baby 1 minus, tied it up (checked the knot) and proceeded to make around 5 casts before that one went sailing off into the river......... Took everything i had not to wrap the pole around a tree. Then it started raining so i got in my truck and went home 
HuskyKMA reply :
On 6/1/2013 at 9:41 AM, fadetoblack21 said:Motoring with an anchor in the water is a really stupid thing to do. I've been there. We were cat fishing below Bagnell Dam in MO, they opened the flood gates and we were anchored in the path of the swiftly rising water. Got the front anchor up, but the rear anchor was stuck. We decided to try and pull it out by gently motoring forward. Instead of the anchor pulling up, the back of the boat pulled down. . . . into the water. . . . we almost sank the boat that day. I've never pulled a knife so fast to cut a rope in my life. . . .
That's the way everyone around here pulls the anchor when river fishing. We use anchor pullers like in the video below. The buoy gets the anchor up, if the buoy goes under, you stop because you know something is wrong.
Tuckahoe Joe reply :
On 5/31/2013 at 10:25 PM, JellyMan said:Ran my boat into hundreds of massive fishing spiders in some grass. They started jumping into the boat and I proceeded to have a crisis.
That's a bad one. I don't do spiders. I would have been freaking out.
Tartan reply :
In my short and not so illustrious career fishing from the bank the stupidest thing I've done so far was getting up before the sun so I could be on at the water for the sunrise armed with my new frog.
Got up and got myself and my gear all ready making good time so I drove down all excited that this was my first presunrise arrival at the water and I was about to Whitness some top water madness!
Payed my entrance fee at the good faith box, drove into the park and ta da! Big wooden padlocked gate.
Park doesn't open till 7am I waited around till 845 for this gate to open.
At 9am I went home and got back in bed. Didn't fish that day but I manage to waste 4 and a half hours waiting for a park ranger
grizzgreen18 reply :
while catfish i had my brand new monster setup out in the water huge sinker big hook...and it got snagged on something on the bottom. we were in a rented pontoon with pole holders and my buddy said we would drive to the other side and free the line so i didnt have to cut it. well while he was taking his time pulling anchor and securing everything i see the boat drifting backwards and this 10 foot pole collapse the pole holder and go right in the drink. about 20 foot of water. and recently i had a 1/2 ounce red eye shad tied on went to cast the knot slipped and the luire bashed me the the back of the head so hard it broke skin luckily though i didnt get stuck by any hooks
whitwolf reply :
The dumbest of the dumb? You decide.
I usually get all my gear together the night before and put in the truck without fail, but this one evening a buddy called and asked If I could fish an earlybird tournament with him the next morning as his regular partner was sick. I of course agreed. I decided since I was fishing the next morning/day I was going to mow my grass and do all the chores I usually would have done the next day. I completed all tasks and went in to clean-up and prepare my gear for the next morning. I got everything ready but was dog-tired from the chores and decided I would load up in the AM and went off to bed.
Of course I woke up a little late and as I was rushing around I decided to take the car Instead of the truck as the air in the car was much better than the truck. I got everything out of the house, put the rods in the car and started thinking about where to buy a biscuit for me and my buddy and off I went. I bought a couple 4 biscuits, some drinks, and a snack at the country store on the way and was off to my buddies house.
All total It's a 15 minute trip to his house and as I parked to move my gear I was loaded for bear to fish! I got out and walked behind the car to unload boatside saw a jacket and my worm bags laying on the trunk;YUP, I loaded everything In the car but my jacket and tackle. I lost my big tackle bag with all my jigs, crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and terminal tackle. I loaded up what I had and told him I was going to run home and pick-up more baits and I would meet him at the ramp. I backtracked but never saw the bag, got home and got what I could and headed to the ramp. We got launched and had the livewell check and at the last minute I decided to move a few Items for comforts sake and as I stood up and bent over my brand new Maui Jim sunglasses fell off my hat(no lanyard) and Into the drink.
My frame of mind on the water was garbage and that translated Into a sub-par fishing day. I got home and by memory totaled up what I lost that day the figure was right at $360.00. I was sick about for a while but as time went on I made a promise that from that day forward I would take my time, load up the night before, and ALWAYS double check. LOL
fadetoblack21 reply :
Left the house without the boat keys. . . add that to my list of stupid things I've done. . . . .
IowaHusker28 reply :
Actually happened 2 weeks ago. Grabbed my spinning rod and without noticing it wasn't all the way out of the rod locker, I closed it and snaped about 6 inches but that isn't the worst part. ticked off already I grabbed by almost brand new Veritas and did the same thing breaking it from a 7'3 to a 6'6. In other words my ticked off stupid mistakes cost me 170 bucks in 2 minutes. 
NWBasslover reply :
Two days ago I missed what was probably going to crush my pb by a few pounds. I got so mad that I threw my brand new GLoomis into the lake. And then jumped in after it.
GaBankFisher reply :
On 6/1/2013 at 6:28 PM, Tartan said:In my short and not so illustrious career fishing from the bank the stupidest thing I've done so far was getting up before the sun so I could be on at the water for the sunrise armed with my new frog.
Got up and got myself and my gear all ready making good time so I drove down all excited that this was my first presunrise arrival at the water and I was about to Whitness some top water madness!
Payed my entrance fee at the good faith box, drove into the park and ta da! Big wooden padlocked gate.
Park doesn't open till 7am I waited around till 845 for this gate to open.
At 9am I went home and got back in bed. Didn't fish that day but I manage to waste 4 and a half hours waiting for a park ranger
GaBankFisher reply :
Same thing happened to be about a month ago! I arrived at 0445 all excited, only to find the gate closed and sign saying that the gate would open at 0700. I fish on this lake nearly every weekend and the gate has never been closed before. Talk about an early-morning disappointment.
Traveler2586 reply :
On 6/2/2013 at 3:51 PM, NWBasslover said:Two days ago I missed what was probably going to crush my pb by a few pounds. I got so mad that I threw my brand new GLoomis into the lake. And then jumped in after it.
you've been watching some hot head pro too much. I hope you got your rod, and didn't loose your phone, watch, and things in your wallet to water damage.
basskicker98 reply :
Hmmm I have a fishing buddy and good friend named Justin. I mostly fish with grown men because they tend to have more maturity and knowledge then kids my age. However, Justin is my age and we constantly compete with everything we do. Fishing included. So... how many times have you accidentally swung into a stump and said to your buddy.."dang fish got me hung up!" Guilty. So I had line tension but I knew it was just weeds. I decided to really lay in to this one to make it look like I had a hawg bass on my line that hung me up. I actually figured that the hook would pop out of the "weeds" and it would look like I lost him altogether. So I set the hook into what I though was weeds and my rod snapped. Turns out that little tap that I though was weeds was me dragging my crank over a stump field. I set my hook into a stump, snapped my rod, and lost a $16 backstabber crankbait.
NWBasslover reply :
On 6/2/2013 at 9:07 PM, Traveler2586 said:you've been watching some hot head pro too much. I hope you got your rod, and didn't loose your phone, watch, and things in your wallet to water damage.
Yeah. I didn't lose anything, I keep it all in a dry box when I'm on the boat. Even got my rod back. When I got home, to make matters worse, my wife laughed at me for the rest of the night.
SudburyBasser reply :
Probably not the dumbest thing but it happened yesterday so it's fresh in my mind.
Friday night I decide to go trout fishing early the next morning. As I'm getting my stuff together that night I decide to switch out reels on my rod to one I like more.
Early Saturday morning I drive 45 minutes to a stream I am told there are trout. So I assemble my rod, tie on a lure and confidently cast out a lure into the stream. I reach down to begin reeling in the lure when my hand hits air. I look down and notice that I had forgotten to put the handle on the reel. So for the next hour I cast out and then furiously spin the reel to take in line. As you can imagine, nearly to impossible to do so in a smooth and consistent motion.
End result. Caught nothing and battled the most aggressive mosquitoes I've seen in a while.
scrutch reply :
Went way back into a secluded cove to take a leak and as I was in mid-stream I looked up to see three hikers (two ladies and a guy) standing on the shore staring at me laughing. After the struggle to turn the faucet off (you all know how hard that is) I zipped up and waved an apology wave and got the heck out of there! Afterwards I was thinking to myself "I hope they were only laughing at my situation".
CalebWVU reply :
I've had two things happen to me in the past 3 weeks that would probably qualify. First, I was driving with my pole diagnal in my car (small car) from rear driver seat to front passenger seat. It was a 7' pole so the tip was bent up against the window a little. It was hot, so I rolled down the window as I drove to the river. I get to the river, roll up my window, and hear a CRUNCHHH noise. I look over to see that the tip of my pole that was bent against the window must have stuck out of the window when I opened it. When I rolled it up I broke the rod off at the tip. The worst part is that it was a 2 piece rod and I was just being lazy and didn't feel like taking it apart to transport it lol.
Second one just happened today, and it's probably not all that uncommon. Let me preface it by saying I've had my baitcaster for about a year now and have always used mono on it. I rarely backlash anymore, and yesterday a big bass ran me through some pads and broke me off on 14 lb mono. So I decided to put on some braid last night before going out today. I'm sure you can see where this is going.
So today I go back to the same pond and fish for a few hours without any luck. I was on my way back to the car to leave when I saw a fish jump up right near the bank I was just fishing from, allllllllll the way across the pond. Being the stubborn man that I am, I decide to cast one more time just to see. Rather than walk all the way around the bank to be within reasonable casting distance of the fish, I decide to huff and puff and give a superman cast from where I'm at. I loosen up my tension a tad, give a bit more line out, and cast with all my might. Which would have been great, if I didn't catch a tree limb on my backswing. I've never seen a backlash like this in all my life lol. I had to cut the braid off the spool, but luckily I didn't have too much on there and I used mono backing. Still not my proudest moment.
Tuckahoe Joe reply :
On 6/3/2013 at 11:08 AM, scrutch said:Went way back into a secluded cove to take a leak and as I was in mid-stream I looked up to see three hikers (two ladies and a guy) standing on the shore staring at me laughing. After the struggle to turn the faucet off (you all know how hard that is) I zipped up and waved an apology wave and got the heck out of there! Afterwards I was thinking to myself "I hope they were only laughing at my situation".
I would have kept going but still waved at them.
ww2farmer reply :
I have dropped no less than 3 phones in the lake, and ruined 2 more by getting them wet. 2 that I dropped were in the same exact spot, one year apart. Bent down to land a bass from the same laydown, slid right out of my shirt pocket. It took two to realize............maybe I shouldn't put my phone in my shirt pocket. The third one that I dropped..........I had just gotten off the phone with my wife, a buddy was in his boat right next to me, and the phone rings again. I proclaim "I'd like to just toss this thing in the water when she starts calling me every 5 mins. out here". As I reach for it, it slips out of my hand and goes in. He thought I really did throw it in. Funny thing was it seemed to hang in the air in super slow motion forever, I have never seem time stand still, but it did then. I also once tossed my scale over board. I caught a good one, a 4+ lber, weighed it. Then proceeded to just whip the scale in the water while setting the bass on the floor............whoops............wrong one went in the water.
Bankbeater reply :
About four years ago I was casting a spinnerbait under a low hanging tree limb. I hooked the tree, and couldn't get the spinnerbait to come out. Now we were about 50 ft. away and started moving to the tree, and we started hearing some buzzing. Turns out that there was a hornet's nest on the limb I hooked. Needless to say we didn't go after the spinnerbait. After about a minute of pulling on the bait it finally came loose and dropped into the water.
d3bf48 reply :
Before I knew what bass were I was fishing a lake where people threw all the carp on shore to die. Me and a buddy first time out and we threw several dozen bass on shore thinking they were the carp. Now I know better 
RAMBLER reply :
Don't know if this was all stupid or just one of the worst days ever. Took a much needed day off to go hunting/fihsing. It was fall and a beautiful day. Loaded canoe, fishing tackle and shotgun and went to a really secluded, hard to get to, small resevoir. Put the canoe in the water, got everything loaded and went start the 1 hp motor. Watched the handle for the pull rope fall into deep water. Decide to put the motor back in the car and paddle. Swung the canoe around and wind caught it and slammed motor into shore, breaking the aluminum motor mount. Moter lays on the bank. I take a deep breath, calming myself and put the motor in the car. Paddle against the wind 'til I wear blisters. Get out to hunt and take 6 steps and stumble over pile of beer cans. To heck with it. Go fishing. Get to a good spot and reach for my rod. Grab the top end, lift rod, break rod. I have a small unltralight and use it and catch a large yellow perch. As I am putting it on the stringer, a family of otter come by. Canoe starts being jerked around and have a hard time keeping it upright. Pull up stringer, perch full of teeth marks. Went to a sandy shore on back side of a rock about 15 feet high. Climb up on the rock and look around. As usual there is no one anywhere around. I think, to heck with it, I will just pee on the whole day. Start to and a gust of wind hits the face of the rock and I get a shower. I decided that was all I could take. Went home. I know this sounds crazy but it is as true as sunrise.
RoachDad reply :
I was fishing with my wife and had to go into shore to get a lure out of the trash. While there with the boat basically anchored on the trash I decided to change a couple of lures so i tied on a Bagley crankbait. Since I had tree branches in one half of the boat I decided to cast it out over my wife's head.
Sank this trebles deep into the top of her head.
But she still talks to me. That is true love my friends.
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