What Is The Funniest/oddest/most Peculiar Habit You've Seen? 2025
Ratherbfishing reply :
We are all, as a coworker says, just a little "touched in the head" but what is or are the funniest/oddest things you've seen others do when they are fishing?
My personal favorite is a friend who has 2 tackle boxes stuffed to the "gills" with various baits but almost always fishes with a rooster tail. Oh, he's a collector all right.
Jolly Green reply :
Ice fishing.
tomustang reply :
Launching a boat, some people just won't learn from mistakes.
People using a spinning reel with a 2 piece baitcasting rod with the top half backwards casting 2 oz weights only going 10 feet.
A-Jay reply :
Real Ice Fishing.
A-Jay
Jar11591 reply :
It wasn't really a habit because this person hadn't fished before but a buddy that went fishing with me rigged his pole up with a Rapala Husky Jerk and then put a little piece of worm on a couple of the hooks and and casted right next to shore and just waited. I could not stop laughing. When i told him you don't have to bait the hooks and that you usually should keep retrieving the lure he was shocked.
tomustang reply :
^Can't do it without the beer
RyneB reply :
my dad refusing to lean all the way over of my Ranger to spit his tobacco. He just sits back and aims for the water. Then I get little chew dribbles on my back deck. I have to clean it regularly. But, its my pops, one day I will miss that chew spit on my Ranger.
Jon G reply :
I always get a good laugh watching people use spinning reels "backwards" Just like in the picture
coryn h. fishowl reply :
On 1/31/2014 at 8:57 AM, Jolly Green said:Ice fishing.
I call it insanity, but I guess its a matter of semantics.
Jolly Green reply :
To be fair, last week I was looking out across a lake and pondering the few die-hard guys that I could see fishing in negative temps when I spotted someone on a different part of the ice taking advantage of the nasty gusting wind... with ice skates and a kite.
One of the other odd things I see regularly is a couple buddies who look old enough to know better. They will stand for hours on end at one of the most unproductive spots along the river and throw noisy top-water baits until they're arms must be ready to fall off and I've never seen them catch a thing. I admire their persistence -- maybe they caught a lunker or two there before, who knows -- but my understanding and experience with surface baits is that the fish tell you pretty quickly if they aren't interested, if they're even there. I just want to go over and hand them a worm or something.
Caylub reply :
On 1/31/2014 at 9:12 AM, jar11591 said:It wasn't really a habit because this person hadn't fished before but a buddy that went fishing with me rigged his pole up with a Rapala Husky Jerk and then put a little piece of worm on a couple of the hooks and and casted right next to shore and just waited. I could not stop laughing. When i told him you don't have to bait the hooks and that you usually should keep retrieving the lure he was shocked.
That's a good one. I laughed out loud. My wife said that's stupid Caylub. Lol. She is clueless also.
Bankbeater reply :
Kissing fish before releasing them.
Caylub reply :
Guilty!
aceman387 reply :
On 1/31/2014 at 10:06 AM, Jon G said:I always get a good laugh watching people use spinning reels "backwards" Just like in the picture
I was going to say the same thing. 
This must be an Illinois thing...lol.
Naterwedge reply :
My cousin cannot throw a lure more than twice without changing it! It didn't use to be that bad until he discovered speed clips, also he fishes everything the same exact way. A slow,constant retrieve.. Everything, spoon and all LOL.
I cannot catch fish wearing a red shirt, for whatever reason, there's been MANY a times I've wondered where the bite went... Only to look down and see I've got a red shirt on, so I peel that thing off and start catching fish 
I get some looks though, something about shirtless guy in bib overalls lmao 
geo g reply :
I had a dear friend I fished with for over twenty years. Tom would whistle songs if I was catching more fish then him. If he was ahead in the count, there would be no whistling. The further ahead I got, the loader it would get. My wife would ask me when I got home, was there any whistling today. If I said yes, it was a good day. 
I dont think he ever realized he did that!
Ratherbfishing reply :
On 1/31/2014 at 8:57 AM, Jolly Green said:Ice fishing.
I resemble that remark.
ColdSVT reply :
I was known to do laps around the console of my buddies center console pathfinder in tampa bay until one of the drift baits hooked up on slow days lol
Ratherbfishing reply :
On 1/31/2014 at 7:55 PM, Bankbeater said:Kissing fish before releasing them.
It's only perverted if you use your tongue.
Stlbob reply :
where im from the overalls are called an 'ArkansasTuxedo'
Felix77 reply :
Strawberry Pop-Tarts before a tournament. Any other flavor and I don't seem to do as well. LOL
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
Saying "last cast for today" when I'm about to head in.
Scott F reply :
I find guys who musky fish pretty peculiar. They can fish all day and if they just SEE a fish they think it was a good day!
RyneB reply :
On 2/1/2014 at 8:17 AM, Scott F said:I find guys who musky fish pretty peculiar. They can fish all day and if they just SEE a fish they think it was a good day!
I hear you, ill be talking to them at the ramp and they'll say something like "had a decent day, brought a few up but never hooked any." I have no response for them.
Mainebass1984 reply :
I fished a club tourney with someone I had never fished with before. When we would get to a new spot before he would make a cast he would look up to the sky and yell "caw cacaw caw" rather loudly and with a slight lisp. He said he was calling in the bass. It didn't work. He did this at every spot. Other fisherman looked over in wonder.
Naterwedge reply :
On 2/2/2014 at 9:13 PM, Mainebass1984 said:I fished a club tourney with someone I had never fished with before. When we would get to a new spot before he would make a cast he would look up to the sky and yell "caw cacaw caw" rather loudly and with a slight lisp. He said he was calling in the bass. It didn't work. He did this at every spot. Other fisherman looked over in wonder.
Lmao! I do something similar, I use the reverse psychology like I do with my 3yr old. I'll be working a Carolina rig and quietly saying "You don't want this lizard, it's just too delicious.."
boostr reply :
On 1/31/2014 at 10:06 AM, Jon G said:I always get a good laugh watching people use spinning reels "backwards" Just like in the picture
Lol, my wife was guilty of this one time... one time, and do I miss her.
Fish Murderer 71 reply :
My fishing partner does this little hop thing whenever he casts, I'm just waiting for him to hop out the boat one day. I've tried to time a trolling motor burst to help him. No effect yet...
Ratherbfishing reply :
On 2/3/2014 at 11:44 PM, Fish Murderer 71 said:My fishing partner does this little hop thing whenever he casts, I'm just waiting for him to hop out the boat one day. I've tried to time a trolling motor burst to help him. No effect yet
You have to anticipate the hop. When he's ABOUT to cast is when you hit the TM. Just be sure he hasn't borrowed one of your rods.
Lucky Craft Man reply :
On 2/1/2014 at 8:17 AM, Scott F said:I find guys who musky fish pretty peculiar. They can fish all day and if they just SEE a fish they think it was a good day!
Imagine fishing hour after hour casting 8+ ounce lures without seeing a thing only to have on that next cast your lure is shadowed by this large menacing figure stalking your bait closely as you retrieve it back to the boat. This nefarious creature doesn't give a d**n that you are standing almost on top of him as he knows he is King of the Lake. He will follow your lure around and around with what looks like the intention to kill only to simply slink away into the depth leaving your heart racing and knees shaking. So, yes, seeing a fish could be a good day.
coryn h. fishowl reply :
On 1/31/2014 at 9:12 AM, jar11591 said:It wasn't really a habit because this person hadn't fished before but a buddy that went fishing with me rigged his pole up with a Rapala Husky Jerk and then put a little piece of worm on a couple of the hooks and and casted right next to shore and just waited. I could not stop laughing. When i told him you don't have to bait the hooks and that you usually should keep retrieving the lure he was shocked.
BEST EVER!!! that's hilarious
coryn h. fishowl reply :
On 2/1/2014 at 3:26 AM, Ratherbfishing said:It's only perverted if you use your tongue.
"I am not a fish licker."
Avalonjohn44 reply :
I spit twice into the water after every fish. Because the river god likes it.
0119 reply :
My fishin' buddy strategically waits for the very moment a slow bite has me in a daze and yells "pow" as loud as only a hawg calling country boy can do. One day I'm going to show him and have a heart attack.
bartdude186 reply :
took 3 of my friends fishing that had not fished much before, and the ones that had were hook and bobber types. told them they could pick anything out of my tackle box to use and i loaned them all rods. after a while i turned around and all 3 of them were standing behind me with their rods propped up and lines in the water. I knew there was not a single thing in my tackle box that should be fished that way so i asked what the were using, and one replies "A little worm thingy" and they reel in and i see 3 crappie jigs with grubs on them, 5 INCH GRUBS! keeping a straight face i told them that was one of my favorites and let them fish like that for 30 more mins before showing them how to fish hahaha.
Teal reply :
I have a buddy who does not fish tournaments, although he possesses the knowledge and instincts to do so. My thing with him. HE IS SO DARN SECRETIVE!!
He never takes anyone to his really productive spots
He keeps his lures down low in between casts if another boat is within eyesight.
He rarely even tells me ( his best buddy) what his pattern is, or what he is using.
We do a lot of fishing together, and go on shopping trips to bass pro together. We talk fishing together and will help each other when we are planning on fishing together or a after a trip.... But other than that he is pretty tight lipped.
It just kills me, I would expct it out of a out of town pro, but my best pal... . Crazy.
KritterGitter reply :
Whenever my buddy ties a lure on he makes sure he "sweetens" it with a lil copenhagen flavoring. I think he just dosent want me to ever ask to borrow a lure haha
hookset on 3 reply :
On 2/5/2014 at 7:29 AM, 119 said:My fishin' buddy strategically waits for the very moment a slow bite has me in a daze and yells "pow" as loud as only a hawg calling country boy can do. One day I'm going to show him and have a heart attack.
Charlie, I LMAO. it just struck me so funny. Reminds me of when I was a kid, my Brother would always try something like that if I was zoning out. LOL!
You need to teach that Ol' Boy a lesson!
Fishing Rhino reply :
Last spring, a buddy and I were fishing around a rocky island. There was a couple of fishermen nearby. Every time one of them made a cast he'd utter a weird grunt, a kind of huhhhh.
It got to where we had to move because we laughed every time he did it. He sounded like a cat trying to cough up a hairball.
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
On 1/31/2014 at 7:55 PM, Bankbeater said:Kissing fish before releasing them.
my dad does the same, exspecially if it has been a while since he caught one
crankbait2009 reply :
On 2/5/2014 at 7:29 AM, 119 said:My fishin' buddy strategically waits for the very moment a slow bite has me in a daze and yells "pow" as loud as only a hawg calling country boy can do. One day I'm going to show him and have a heart attack.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
papajoe222 reply :
I lost a friend a couple of years ago that, upon hooking into a big fish, would stomp his feet on the floor of the boat like a little kid. Always brought a smile to my face. Man I miss him.
spartyon8 reply :
When I fish with my uncle, I sit in the back and face away from him. When he lands one, he takes it off, gives the usual smirk and casts again. The problem, he keeps his fish in the other hand and then lobs it toward my end of the boat. EVERY TIME!!!!!
The Rooster reply :
My brother and I both do this one. We will make the first cast of the day and then burn it back in as fast as possible hoping NOT to catch anything with it. Bad luck if you hook one one the first cast. Means the rest of the day will suck.
AQUA VELVA reply :
A guy on my lake said he quit using spinner baits because they were more trouble than they were worth. When I asked what the problem was, he said the snap always ended up tangled in the blades.
The Rooster reply :
On 2/24/2014 at 8:29 AM, AQUA VELVA said:A guy on my lake said he quit using spinner baits because they were more trouble than they were worth. When I asked what the problem was, he said the snap always ended up tangled in the blades.
You should be a pal and tell him about closed loop frames.
RB 77 reply :
A good buddy of mine used to strip line off his reel after EVRY cast. No matter if he backlashed or not. No matter what bait he was fishing. It was guaranteed very cast, every time. After constant badgering by from me to break that bad habit and several lost fish in the process he has finally broke that habit.
Now if I can get him to start casting with two hands instead of the one handed "flick" (which I sometimes use for up close applications when appropriate) he'll be in good shape. Don't even get me started on trying to teach him the importance of learning how to flip n' ptich in certain situation when called for he will be styling!
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