Time to fess up guys. What's the stupidest thing you've seen while fishing, or done yourself? Here's mine.

Last year I was out on Des Moines pier. I'd been getting fouled up on the reef all morning, and had just about had it. The next time I got caught, I just yanked back on the rod as hard as I could out of frustration. All of a sudden there was this *SNAP* and pieces of the rod were falling everywhere. The line was still whole, though, and the top of the rod slid down it into the water. I looked up and said out loud to myself, "Man that was stupid." and the guy next to me goes, "Well, I didn't want to say anything, but yeah, it was pretty stupid." Luckily, I always carry two rods with me and was able to finish up the day, skunked.

I could post a long "missing drain plug while launching the boat" story but it's self explanatory...

missing drain plug story- short- no plug, launch boat, neice and step son watch boat fill up with water at launch, mad dash to retrieve boat now full of water. No other witnesses=priceless.

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Night fishing one night this summer for kings. I hooked one on my favorite pier rod a 10'6" Lami float rod and a abu garcia morrum. fought the fish for around 20min it was showing signs of giving up so I became a bit more relaxed. Off if goes on another run and the rod slips out of my hand with ease. Stood there speech less while my freinds were laughing on the ground. Probably the funnieset thing I have ever seen someone do was launching a boat. My freind and I launched his and the boat next to us were getting ready to launch well the boat wasn't hitched to the trailer at all and my freind said to them they should at least have the safety chain on. They told us we have done this a million times so there isn't a problem. Well off we go, then all of a sudden we hear an ear drum bursting screaching sound. Well it was the lower unit from there I/O digging into the cement. Our laughter almost caused a boat accident ourselves. Then last fall casting for staging kings. A boat who must have been new to trolling around the gap was cutting way too close to the rocks. We warned them that they were out of the channel so it gets shallow super quick, no sooner did my freind say that all of their 4 rigger booms started bending and the cables from their side riggers were digging into the fiberglass. Never seen people run soo fast in a boat. Needless to say they lost all of their rigger balls, lures, bent rigger booms, and damage to their hull.

OK not a plug but a fire. I was on a guided trip fishing on the Cowitz a couple of winters ago. Hooked a nice fish in the lower section below BC. We drifted down stream not noticing an approaching tree in the river until we were right on top of it. The guide put the motor in gear and in the process threw me up against the propane heater. I continued to focus on the fish but started smelling something different wafting up around me. Someone in a passing boat yelled "Hey, you're on fire!!" and sure enough I was. The focus changed quickly. Put the fire out but lost the fish. Lesson learned - stay as far away from the heater as possible!!

John P.

We launched the boat and I thought I tied it to the dock. Had to move the motor home and when I got back the boat was gone. This was night time so I was able to wave a guy over in his boat to help me look for it. Hour later he gave up so I went walking around the lake and a half hour later I found it against some rocks in 2feet of water with the motor still running. Hopped in and went back to the dock. I FORGOT TO TIE THE BOAT TO THE DOCK. The Duck

Here is the scene, mid november air temp 30degrees, water temp maybe 45, snowing like there was no tomorrow. Fishing my home river below a coffer dam for steelies with a buddy we can't help notice this idiot casting a spoon right up into the dam in an area that is clearly marked no fishing. OK, this guy gets hung up on bottom with his gorrila cable and cannot pull it free, so he hands his rod off to his buddy, proceeds to take off his jacket and tshirt, empties his pockets and dives right in to retrieve his $2 spoon. Somehow he got it out of the rocks and made it back to shore, then puts his clothes back on and starts casting again. We seen this guy pull the same stunt one more time before retreating for some warmth.

Another one was this past fall at a boat ramp. We had just pulled our boat out of the water and had some guys next to us doing the same. The guys next to us start pulling there 16ft aluminum V out of the water and as soon as they get it up the ramp it flips over off from the trailer smashing all of there rods, reels, tackle, motor casing, etc.. We did help them get the boat back on the trailer but had a hell of a laugh on the way home.

First time fishing with this particular board member so I won't name him. Launch at Sultan on the SKY. Drift around the corner and decide to anchor in front of the rip rap for a while. Oh CRAP!!! Current WAY too fast. Hook snags bottom, boat nearly submerges, anchor is fouled so pulling it up requires lining up current. Just about to cut line when the anchor comes loose. Three sets of dirty pants to change. The only thing that kept us from getting very wet was one of us leaning out over the bow to sort of counterbalance the boat. Judging from some recent posts, this particular evolution should be the subject of mandatory boat training for anyone launching there. It seems to be a common occurance that doesn't always turn out as happily as it did for us.
G

Saw a couple pull their brand new Striper out at the Everett ramp this summer, forgot to tilt their brand new out board up. The husband gives the wife the "OK" to pull forward, all you could hear was the skeg and prop dragging across the parking lot. She took off like a bat out of hell with him chasing her down, she must have gone a couple hundred yards before he caught up to her or she noticed him. People were yelling and waving, she just waved back. Needless to say, the motor wasn't brand new anymore.

Kev

Mine was this summer at the Clay Banks I was trolling and there was a boat mooching right in front of me. I trolled around him maybe 50' away and saw they had a fish on the surface right next to the boat. I usually turn away to get away but they had it there and I figured they'd net it and all would be fine, plus I wanted to see the fish when they pulled it out of the water. It made a run down so I didn't get to see it. Well, I was about 100' away when my downrigger pops and I set the hook and feel a constant pull and see the dude with the fish on fighting toward me. I knew instantly that his fish ran into my rig and we snagged up so I just freespooled and let him reel me in. He was not happy to see his fish turned into a flasher and hootchie. They shouted some friendly encouragments to me and asked if I wanted my gear back. I shook my head yes and he threw it in for me to reel in. I was so disgusted with myself that I just reeled in all my gear and went home.

If that was someone on here - Sorry, dude!

Three years ago I was fishing Vernita for salmon and hooked a big sturgeon. No boats around so I figured what the hell, I'll try and land him. Two hours later my hands were tired and the sturgeon was not. I almost jumped in after the pole when it slipped out of my hands but was so tired from fighting the fish I figured I would have probably swam like a rock. If anyone found a Berkley Series 1 10-25lb salmon rod with a 8ft sturgeon hooked to it..........Can I have it back.

I was chinook fishing two years ago. I started at daylight. I was fishing from the bank and had walked in about a mile to my fishing hole. Second cast I caught a keeper. Re-rigged and continued fishing. Soon I had a boat in the lower end of the drift. Fished for about an hour, hooked another. Landed wild female and released her. As I was retying my leader. The boat was now in front of me, just about 10' further than I was casting. So I was kinda angry, but it was good fishing. We fished like this for about an hour when I hook another. It was fighting great. Took one run down stream clear of the boat, so I follwed it a ways beacuase the boat guy evidently wasn't going to move for me. I got the fish about 30' from the bank and of course it freaked out. Back up stream it went and I couldn't turn him. I yelled at the guy look out he is coming for your boat. I almost get it stopped and the guy is looking over the edge of his boat at where my line is in the water. He yells yeah I see it right here. About that time it makes a pass around his anchor line and snap. I lost my fish, full set up, and about 75 yards of line. I am furious and just staring at the guy. I was speechless. First thing out of his mouth was "Wow must have been a good fish to fight like that."

The plastic bushings on the flow redirector on my jet had broken off and the part was rattling like crazy. This is the part that kicks over the nozzle to give a jet reverse. I took it off when I figured out what the rattling was because I didn't use it anyway.

On my next trip out with some of my buds we fished all day and had a real good time, caught fish, had a good lunch and all. When I came back in to the boat ramp I head straight for the rock bank and threw the boat into reverse and gunned it. OOOOPS it didn't slow down!

a few yrs ago i seen a guy try to run his sled up onto his trailer.. insted of going at it with the right speed to get it on the trailer he gunned it and hit the trailer so fast and hard he smashed down the bar the crank was hooked to and ran the sled right up into the back of his pickup.. i ran up to make sure he was alright which he was but the trck bed sure took a beating.. i tried not to laugh but the look on his face was to much...


or the guy who put his hugh sled in the nooch when the river was to low and said no probblem.. seen him up river about a quater mile flagging everybody he could down to help him... he tried to run the narrow slot and sucked up a whole lot of gravel....

I was fishing the big eddie on the Snoqualmie River near the mouth of Tokul Creek a couple of years ago. One of the guys upstream in the creek itself hooked a fish which then did the run downstream. Lower in the creek, another fisherman was standing in the water fishing. As the fish ran down past him, rather than step back out of the water, the guy tried to simply jump straight up and let the line go under him. Well, he jumped and the fast current of the creek knocked his feet right out from under him. He got swept downstream a bit but wasn't injured at all.

I was fishing with my uncle when we where about 12 in a small Snohomish county creek. We had just caught enough grass hoppers ,to resupply for the rest of the day, from a big field. We stop at the electric fence between us and the creek and he says " I got to pee wanna see what happens when I pee on the fence ?" I said "sure". He starts peeing then lets out a scream and jumps back a few feet and falls to the ground. He is laying on the ground with his wedding tackle in his hand and his eye sall bugged out groaning. It was a few minutes before he could speak. He did not say much the rest of the day and kind of a glazed look in his eyes. Another time he had waded out to the middle of a small river trying to fish a hole before I got there. We competitively fished each always trying to catch more,bigger faster than the other. Anyhow I see him out on this rock and he is all hunched up. I yelled to him to see what he was doing. He yells back that I need to wade out and help him. turns out he got to the rock and had to pee . He saw me coming and decides he better hurry and get his line in the water. He zips his wanker in his Jeans zipper and it's stuck, real stuck. I tell him I will just yank the zipper real hard so we can get back to fishing. He says no thanks and wants me to help him wade back to shore so he can go back to camp and have his mom look at it.

humpy fishing 2003 on the snohomish river in my buddy's boat.......my buddy hooks one and brings it into the boat...it was pretty tied up in the line so i'm trying to un-ravel it and hook goes into my thumb under thumb nail....ouch that smarts....later that day.........we had acouple in the boat by this time, blood on the floor........I went to set the hook on a fish and slipped in the blood.....went arse over tea kettle and ended up in the drink......luckily as i was going in i chucked my rod in the boat....buddy reeled in the fish, before he helped me back into the boat.........not a great day to say the least

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Grumpr thats funny. Lots of years ago. Its all about learning aye? I seem to recall someone also breakin a rod that day too........


Thanks,

Kevin