Stupid mistakes while fishing

[sasto]

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Me too me too.

You gotta' catch 'em before you can release 'em!

In need of some more fishing stories....C'mon guys. fess up!

 

[tomdinwv]

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Allright, not really a stupid fishing trick, more of a bait suggestion. A few years ago the Mrs. and I took the boat out on the river. I didn't think to buy bait when we gassed up but I did get a few snacks. We were beached on the bank and she's giving me a hard time about forgeting to buy her bait. I reached into the bag of snacks and pulled out a Nacho Cheese Slim Jim and told her to put some on her hook. I figured that would keep her satisfied so I could relax. She baited the hook and tossed it out. It wasn't 2 minutes and she squalls "I've got a bite!". She pulled in a nice little (14 or 15 inch maybe) catfish. Now everytime we go fishing she wants a Slim Jim. Go figure.

Last year, we were boatless. I caught alot of grief for selling the boat but that's another story. We pulled the camper down to East Lynn lake and were right on the water. Didn't really catch anything but some little bluegill. We had our dog Punchy with us (dog in my avatar). Punchy hates anything that moves (as long as it's smaller than him). Wife reals in a small 4 or 5 inch bluegill and Punchy went bat crap crazy trying to get that fish. Imagine some big fat guy (me) wrestling a good size Boxer/Sheppard mix for a little bluegill. I was trying to keep him from getting hooked or finned and I got my hands pretty scratched up in the process. Punchy spent the rest of that weekend unable to get close to the water while we were fishing.

 

[sasto]

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Imagine some big fat guy (me) wrestling a good size Boxer/Sheppard mix for a little bluegill. I was trying to keep him from getting hooked or finned and I got my hands pretty scratched up in the process. Punchy spent the rest of that weekend unable to get close to the water while we were fishing.

Had a Golden Retreiver that did the same. My "Punchy" (Regal) was my best fishing friend. She loved fishing, sometimes more than me.

Born 'n raised, in WV.

Once a Mountaineer.....Always a Mountaineer!

 

[tomdinwv]

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Had a Golden Retreiver that did the same. My "Punchy" (Regal) was my best fishing friend. She loved fishing, sometimes more than me.

Born 'n raised, in WV.

Once a Mountaineer.....Always a Mountaineer!

I love it here. I've lived in a couple of other states but this is home.

 

[erwinner]

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My GF's Lab/Pit mix is the perfect boating/fishing dog! Doesn't even rock my 14' little boat, just stays perfectly still and enjoys the air and spray while underway. She loves it when we catch fish, but only pokes them with her nose. Never tries to bite them or gets too excited.
My boy daschund, on the other hand, got a little too excited the one time I took him out on the boat and jumped out while underway. :facepalm:Thinking he was going to sink like a rock, I jumped in fully clothed after him. Turns out he can swim a lot better than my old daschund and made it to the shore before I did.

 

[lncoop]

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You gotta' catch 'em before you can release 'em!

In need of some more fishing stories....C'mon guys. fess up!

Well, here's one I caught and released..........
















into hot grease.

 

[sasto]

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well, here's one i caught and released..........
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into hot grease.:d

lol!

 

[26aftcab454]

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Took this photo yesterday on Lake Grapevine. step son's GF-- Caught 7 or 8 decent Sand (White) Bass.
Many years ago-After a night consuming adult beverages on the lake-decide to put the boat back on the trailer and go home.. Back the trailer into the storage , unhook trailer an I'm puttin gear in the back of the truck--wife decides to "help me" . When we go to leave-BOOM- here comes the trailer behind the truck-we jump out and look at the boat trailer-She had attached the safety chains back on the truck, I said " Why did you do that?" She said"Cuz that's were they go!" blond

 

[BobList]

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Small lake, me and Mary fishing in my 12' jon boat, only 2 other boats there fishing. I stood up to do something, sat back down to fish, felt a sting in my...., I guess my scrotum sack would be the proper terminology, Yep, sat on a Hula-Popper. Right in the Jimmies. I was trying to assess the "situation", and Levi's jeans didn't help. Dear Wife was wondering what was going on back there, and I asked her to help get it out. She looked concerned, but of course, only for a second, and burst into female-pants-wetting laughter, and told me I might as well drive back home with my butt hovering over the seat, because there was no way she was gonna give the visual impression to some Dad and his young son in the other boat nearby that we were on a honeymoon cruise. She said some nurse somewhere could have the honors of Hula-Popper removal, and she was no help anyway, laughing and all. Thank God I pinch the barbs down on all my lures and hooks.