Dumbest thing ever happend while fishing

[NRG]

Ive had so many dumb moments.. over the years .. more than I care to repeat lol
Most involved me going into the water, breaking rods, or being hooked.. the most memorable was ..
I was 17 when I was living in WV. Just had purchased my first real Bass Boat.. 2nd trip out.. I filled the tank up with gas .. started the motor, ran up river to the dam to catch some smallies.. got to the dam made a few casts hooked what I thought for a second was a monster smallie.. then soon realized this was way bigger than a smallie.. it was a 50" Musky.. got the fish to the boat but didnt have a net no where big enuff to land the fish, and having a mouth full of big teeth liping was not an option.
Musky also have sharp gill plates, not thinking about that I held the rod in one hand and grabed the fish by the gill plate, sliced my hand open immediately let go .. dropped the rod and then tripped over the tie off cleat.
Over board I went.. right on top of the musky.. managed to hook the 6" Bagley tail spin top water bait hanging from the muskies mouth in my arm.. so here I am attached to a 50" pissed off Musky by treble hooks and in the water.. I managed to finnally wrestle the Musky into the boat ripping the hook out of my arm at the same time... the current pushed me and the boat to shore.
I climb back in the boat, wrap a old shirt I had in the boat around my arm, take the hooks out of the fish, go to release the fish after measuring it.
Then to top all that off, I stepped on the rod, crack, while picking it up to inspect the damage.. a barge came through and waves knocked the boat around and I dropped the rod in the river.. tried to get it but was gone..
Sat there for a while in the sun drying out cussing about the pain in my arm, but was more upset about losing the rod and reel.
I had only had that rod for 2 weeks.. Bass Pro rod I had received as a gift from a local bass pro that had taken me under his wing.

So after gathering my composure.. I pulled out another rod.. and went back to fishing.. my mom freaked when I got back to the dock with blood every where , she took me to the doctor and they gave me 7 stitches.

I may be accident prone , but I dont give up lol

 

[tie1on]

I dont know if this is the dumbest, but I think its purty funny. When I was about 10yrs old, my grandpa, mom and I when to do a little bream fishing at the dock at harrison bay. My mom had a hook and bobber using worms. Well she slung back for a cast and hooked herself in the butt with the worm dangling from her rear! With about 8 strangers watching she yelled "Get it out, get it out!" I said "No way!" Good thing her dad was there. He got it out after about 5 minutes of fiddlin with it!

 

[JaSkynyrd]

Wow NRG, that's the best one I've heard yet.

 

[clutch442]

I think NRG takes the cake thus far for sure!

 

[jim4596]

the craziest thing I have ever seen was on woods reservoir. its the middle of the night and we are night fishing. in the middle of the night this boat goes running in a creek. makes a sudden u turn and comes running back out of the creek. i was thinking man this guy is crazy. i hear his outboard running and i see the boat. he is running right at the rip rap bank at the dam. i was thinking surely he was gonna stop, but nope. he ran the boat into the rip rap and up onto the road above the dam. the motor hits the guardrail on the road and stops the boat from going on over the dam. my dad was down there by the dam and he went and checked on him and the guy was asking him if they could get the boat back into the water. uh no is the answer. emoLaugh

 

[SethColeman]

HERE GOES NOTHING. ME AND PNUT DECIDED TO HEAD OVER TO CAMP COLUMBUS TO FISH ONE FRIDAY NIGHT, AND I HAD TO STOP BY THE HOUSE TO PU THE COOLER FOR BEER AND BAIT. AFTER OPENING THE COOLER I REALLIZED I HAD LEFT SOME NIGHTCRAWLERS IN THERE, AND NEEDLESS TO SAY THEY WERE.....MELTED AND ROTTEN. I HAD TO STICK MY ARM IN THE COOLER OF MELTED ICE AND WHEN I PULLED OUT MY ARM,IT SMELLED LIKE I HAD GIVEN A PROCTOLOGY EXAM TO AN ELEPHANT. WE HEADED TO THE STORE FOR A SIX PACK AND SOME BAIT. AFTER ENTERING THE GATE AT CAMP COLUMBUS, I CRACKED OPEN A BOTTLE OF MILLER HIGHLIFE, AND HEADED FOR THE BATH HOUSE TO TRY TO GET THE STINCH OFF MY ARM. WELL I WASHED UP AND GOT BACK IN THE TRUCK AND HEADED FOR THE BOAT RAMP. PEANUT IS IN FRONT OF ME IN HIS TRUCK AND IM DRIVING THE OLE' MAZDA B2300 5 SPEED(REASON LISTED....COMING). WELL APPARENTLY I DIDNT GET ALL THE SOAP OFF MY HAND BECAUSE WHEN I WENT TO TAKE A PULL OFF THE BEER(MY FIRST) IT SLIPPED OUT OF MY HAND AND FELL IN FLOOR BY THE DOOR. THE SPEED LIMIT IN CAMP COLUMBUS IS 15MPH. THERE IS A SHARP RIGHT HAND TURN TO THE BOAT RAMP ABOUT 100 YARDS AWAY, AND I THOUGHT THE BEST WAY TO GET RID OF THE BEER WAS TO OPEN THE DOOR AND LET IT DRAIN OUT(WHILE DRIVING OF COURSE). AS I APPROACH THE TURN,NOT THINKING,AT 15MPH, HOLDING THE DOOR OPEN WITH MY FOREARM.......I MAKE THE SHARP TURN......AND THEN.........WHAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP....IM OUT OF THE TRUCK DOING BARREL ROLLS ON THE CONCRETE WHILE THE TRUCK ROLLS THROUGH THE FIELD. AT THIS POINT THE TRUCK IS ROLLING WITH THE DOOR OPEN, PARALLEL WITH PEANUT......HE WAVES AT THE TRUCK AND CONTINUES TO THE RAMP. AFTER I FINALLY GET A LIMPING TROT UP, I CHASE THE TRUCK DOWN, IT DIES BECAUSE OF BEING A 5 SPEED,THANK GOD! BLEEDING, BRUISED, AND EMBARRASSED I HEAD TO THE RAMP. I ASK HIM WHY HE DIDNT STOP WHEN HE SAW THE TRUCK IN THE FIELD AND HE THOUGHT I HAD MY HEAD OUT THE DOOR BARFING BECAUSE OF THE SMELL(EARLIER I WAS GAGGING). HE PULLS UP HIS RODS AND OFF THE EMERGENCY ROOM.........THOUGHT MY HIP WAS BROKEN. WE HAD TO TELL THE EMERGENCY ROOM, I WAS ON THE TAILGATE OF A TRUCK GETTING FIRE WOOD AND FELL OFF! WHAT A STORY, I AM THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW WHO HAS EVER FALLEN OUT OF A VEHICLE THEY WERE DRIVING!!!!!!

 

[bill_collector]

When I was 12 I sneaked into my neighbors pond behind my house. I was throwing a rattletrap and it got hung in a tree. So I reeled in the slack and jerked as hard as I could. Next thing I know it hits me in the face and is stuck through my eyelid. I had to sneak back home with it hanging from my eye and my dad cut it out with a razor blade.

 

[salecreekaviator]

SETHAVELLIE - 4/15/2010 1:32 AM HERE GOES NOTHING. ME AND PNUT DECIDED TO HEAD OVER TO CAMP COLUMBUS TO FISH ONE FRIDAY NIGHT, AND I HAD TO STOP BY THE HOUSE TO PU THE COOLER FOR BEER AND BAIT. AFTER OPENING THE COOLER I REALLIZED I HAD LEFT SOME NIGHTCRAWLERS IN THERE, AND NEEDLESS TO SAY THEY WERE.....MELTED AND ROTTEN. I HAD TO STICK MY ARM IN THE COOLER OF MELTED ICE AND WHEN I PULLED OUT MY ARM,IT SMELLED LIKE I HAD GIVEN A PROCTOLOGY EXAM TO AN ELEPHANT. WE HEADED TO THE STORE FOR A SIX PACK AND SOME BAIT. AFTER ENTERING THE GATE AT CAMP COLUMBUS, I CRACKED OPEN A BOTTLE OF MILLER HIGHLIFE, AND HEADED FOR THE BATH HOUSE TO TRY TO GET THE STINCH OFF MY ARM. WELL I WASHED UP AND GOT BACK IN THE TRUCK AND HEADED FOR THE BOAT RAMP. PEANUT IS IN FRONT OF ME IN HIS TRUCK AND IM DRIVING THE OLE' MAZDA B2300 5 SPEED(REASON LISTED....COMING). WELL APPARENTLY I DIDNT GET ALL THE SOAP OFF MY HAND BECAUSE WHEN I WENT TO TAKE A PULL OFF THE BEER(MY FIRST) IT SLIPPED OUT OF MY HAND AND FELL IN FLOOR BY THE DOOR. THE SPEED LIMIT IN CAMP COLUMBUS IS 15MPH. THERE IS A SHARP RIGHT HAND TURN TO THE BOAT RAMP ABOUT 100 YARDS AWAY, AND I THOUGHT THE BEST WAY TO GET RID OF THE BEER WAS TO OPEN THE DOOR AND LET IT DRAIN OUT(WHILE DRIVING OF COURSE). AS I APPROACH THE TURN,NOT THINKING,AT 15MPH, HOLDING THE DOOR OPEN WITH MY FOREARM.......I MAKE THE SHARP TURN......AND THEN.........WHAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP....IM OUT OF THE TRUCK DOING BARREL ROLLS ON THE CONCRETE WHILE THE TRUCK ROLLS THROUGH THE FIELD. AT THIS POINT THE TRUCK IS ROLLING WITH THE DOOR OPEN, PARALLEL WITH PEANUT......HE WAVES AT THE TRUCK AND CONTINUES TO THE RAMP. AFTER I FINALLY GET A LIMPING TROT UP, I CHASE THE TRUCK DOWN, IT DIES BECAUSE OF BEING A 5 SPEED,THANK GOD! BLEEDING, BRUISED, AND EMBARRASSED I HEAD TO THE RAMP. I ASK HIM WHY HE DIDNT STOP WHEN HE SAW THE TRUCK IN THE FIELD AND HE THOUGHT I HAD MY HEAD OUT THE DOOR BARFING BECAUSE OF THE SMELL(EARLIER I WAS GAGGING). HE PULLS UP HIS RODS AND OFF THE EMERGENCY ROOM.........THOUGHT MY HIP WAS BROKEN. WE HAD TO TELL THE EMERGENCY ROOM, I WAS ON THE TAILGATE OF A TRUCK GETTING FIRE WOOD AND FELL OFF! WHAT A STORY, I AM THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW WHO HAS EVER FALLEN OUT OF A VEHICLE THEY WERE DRIVING!!!!!!

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Well, I think NRG and Sethavellie are real close in this battle of tales. NRG, that is just a string of real bad luck, real close together. </p>

Sethavellie, I gotta tell you it is hard to believe there is not much, much more alcohol involved in that one. </p>

 

[JaSkynyrd]

Yeah, lotta alchohol. NRG's is like 5 pretty good stories all happening at the same time, there's gotta be a multiplier there like when you kill a bunch of guys in a row on a video game.

 

[tnsojaman]

I think the funniest thing that ever happened to me happened while I was trout fishing. It was that magical time, the last couple hours before dark when the hatches start and the trout REALLY turn on. The sulpher hatch was in full swing and I was catching trout on nearly every cast and having a ball. I got my fly caught up in a little sapling on my back cast so I had waded back into the bank to get it free. The fish were rising everywhere so of course I was in a hurry to get back so I bent the sapling down and THOUGHT I had freed all my fly line from the sapling. What I didnt know is that when I had bent the sapling over, one of the branches had picked up another loop of my fly line. I released the sapling, and as it whipped back up, FIRMLY SET THE HOOK OF A #10 SULPHER PARACHUTE IN THE RIGHT CORNER OF MY MOUTH.....

I am wasit deep in water trying to dance on my tippy toes on slick rocks. I get my clippers and snip the line. I cant get this fly out of my mouth, evidently your lips are REALLY, REALLY tough when it comes to getting a hook out. It is not hurting all that much and the trout are still rising. I do what most die hard fisherman would do..... tie on another fly and go back to fishing. I was at least a couple hours from the nearest hospital and like I said.... the trout were still rising like crazy. No way I was gonna miss that. HA! The only thing time that it bothered me was when I tried to smoke, I guess puckering my lips caused the hook to hit a nerve or somthing becuase it smarted pretty good.

You should have seen the looks on their faces when I walked into the ER!! Have you ever tried to act non-chalant with a fly hanging out of your face? Hard to do but I think I carried it off pretty well. Then the ER doc came in and cracked a couple of jokes and then said this would be easy to remove. I told him it was in there pretty good. He grabs the bend of the hook with some pliers and puts hit other hand around the place where I am hooked and gives a big ol' yank. He then holds up the fly and proudly says "I got it" . I look at the fly and reply, " Not all of it you didnt". It broke right at the bend. So then he has to cut me open to try and get the rest of this hook out, and he can't find the rest of the hook. Two weeks later I have to go in for surgery and they try to ge the rest of the hook out, but they cant find it either.

Another one was the time I went fishing with my aunts new boyfriend who was supposed to be this big time , hot shot, self proclaimed bass fishign guru. We pull up to this bank and he grabs a crank bait and begins to explain all the nuances of working this bank and why he picked this lure and blah blah blah..... He gave me an identical bait to tie on and as I was tying it on and nodding my head "yes" to all this knowledge he was bestowing on this 15 year kid, he rears back and with one mighty heave buries BOTH sets of trebles in my left forearm. We just sort of sat there and stared at each other for what seemed forever but I am sure it was only a few seconds. Then he proceeds to cuss becuase he has a backlash and starts picking it out, didnt offer to help me get these hooks out the first time. I tried for thirty minutes to back the hooks out and could not do it so I finally decided to push the hooks on through and cut off the barbs, which is what I did. By the way a small footnote, the skin of the forearm is apparently as tough as the skin in your lips and extremely hard to push a hook through. The high light of the trip was my bass guide guru let me keep the bait that I dug out of my arm.

I was wrong about him not offering to help me get the hooks out, he did let me use his pliers and asked me a couple of times between casts if it hurt.

 

[tnsojaman]

NRG has the worst luck in the world, at least on that particular day!!! LOL

 

[NRG]

I have others .. like the day I fell through ice , on a partially frozen trout stream head first, while fighting a 5 lb rainbow trout, came up under the ice, struggled to find the opening , still hanging on to my rod and the fish.. finnally found the opening.. and landed the trout.

Oh and the ooh too recent falling in the lake in November at the ramp just above Chick dam.. ruined my cell phone, camera, smokes.. swam to the bank tied the boat up to the dock first of course, and went fishing anyway.

Like I said I have many more such events over the years .. but I dont give up easily

 

[Sammy3531]

won't never forget the time my buddy stuck a spinnerbait in the back of my head....lol emoBadLanguage

 

[hazzzardcounty]

wow man thats some crasy story.....hope your ok