Paranormal Fishing Stories

[lo n slo]

12 hours ago, IgotWood said:

I used to striped bass fish behind an abandoned asylum in Connecticut. Up north, striker fishing typically happens at night. We’d hike through the property at night to get to the beach. When you’re exhausted, standing in the water in the middle of the night your mind tends to play tricks on you. If you turn around you’ll see the building with a giant steeple standing against the moonlight. There are rumors about what took place here way back when. It’s a very eerie place to be at night by yourself. And it’s always very quiet foggy out there. You’ll sometimes hear some movement close by, but when you turn to look there is nothing there. It always drove me nuts being there. I always had goosebumps when I was there. If the fishing weren’t so d**n good, I’d have nothing to do with that place. The worst part is hiking out of there by yourself after a long night of no fish. 

 

 

no thanks! ?

[Crow Horse]

12 hours ago, IgotWood said:

I used to striped bass fish behind an abandoned asylum in Connecticut. Up north, striker fishing typically happens at night. We’d hike through the property at night to get to the beach. When you’re exhausted, standing in the water in the middle of the night your mind tends to play tricks on you. If you turn around you’ll see the building with a giant steeple standing against the moonlight. There are rumors about what took place here way back when. It’s a very eerie place to be at night by yourself. And it’s always very quiet foggy out there. You’ll sometimes hear some movement close by, but when you turn to look there is nothing there. It always drove me nuts being there. I always had goosebumps when I was there. If the fishing weren’t so d**n good, I’d have nothing to do with that place. The worst part is hiking out of there by yourself after a long night of no fish. 

 

 

Sometimes it's not the mind that is playing tricks on you....

[Sam]

9 hours ago, EGbassing said:

what.

A future University of Alabama student for sure.

 

I think what he does is great.

 

I am sure EG and his girlfriend have had some interesting encounters.  

 

My paranormal story: Not about bass fishing, but a client of mine in Alexandria, Virginia, had a building that the janitors have said for years was haunted. In fact, they refused to go into the basement area. And some would not return to clean the building at night. They were 100% scared.

 

So big ole me said I will go down to the basement and check it out on one of my visits. Well, I went down the stairs, felt the cold air, felt something looking at me in the dark, and I set a new record for going back up the stairs and out of the basement. Never ever considered going back.

 

Found out later that the building was built over an old Indian graveyard and that there had been many instances of "hauntings" in the building. Plus the fact that no one, even the executives, would go into the basement.

 

Building was torn down and the graves moved to another cemetery so no more problems.

 

I still get goose bumps when I think of going down into that basement. EG is on to something.

And by the way, my house in Richmond is haunted.

 

Ghost smokes a pipe and he has been a good ghost for the past year.

 

Have seen some "flashes" of something moving fast in the upstairs hallway from time to time, but he has stopped moving things which is nice and my wife appreciates it.

 

As I have mentioned on this site before, there are three cemeteries on the old plantation where my house is built and so far the archeologists have found only two. I think I know where the third one is located.

[EGbassing]

1 hour ago, Sam said:

A future University of Alabama student for sure.

 

I think what he does is great.

 

I am sure EG and his girlfriend have had some interesting encounters.  

 

My paranormal story: Not about bass fishing, but a client of mine in Alexandria, Virginia, had a building that the janitors have said for years was haunted. In fact, they refused to go into the basement area. And some would not return to clean the building at night. They were 100% scared.

 

So big ole me said I will go down to the basement and check it out on one of my visits. Well, I went down the stairs, felt the cold air, felt something looking at me in the dark, and I set a new record for going back up the stairs and out of the basement. Never ever considered going back.

 

Found out later that the building was built over an old Indian graveyard and that there had been many instances of "hauntings" in the building. Plus the fact that no one, even the executives, would go into the basement.

 

Building was torn down and the graves moved to another cemetery so no more problems.

 

I still get goose bumps when I think of going down into that basement. EG is on to something.

And by the way, my house in Richmond is haunted.

 

Ghost smokes a pipe and he has been a good ghost for the past year.

 

Have seen some "flashes" of something moving fast in the upstairs hallway from time to time, but he has stopped moving things which is nice and my wife appreciates it.

 

As I have mentioned on this site before, there are three cemeteries on the old plantation where my house is built and so far the archeologists have found only two. I think I know where the third one is located.

Why are there no pictures or any evidence of any kind if ghosts are real? 

[Sam]

There are photos of ghosts.

 

In Louisiana, at The Myrtles in St. Francisville, the place is haunted and there is at least one photo of a ghost in a photo. You can see the photo and its explanation as it is on display.

 

https://www.myrtlesplantation.com/

 

People have been known to leave in the middle of the night due to the ghosts and the ghosts behavior.

 

My wife and I toured the place during daylight hours and the tour was excellent. Did not see any ghosts and left for Baton Rouge for an LSU football game so we did not stay the night.

 

I suggest you and your girlfriend make a visit one weekend to The Myrtles and let us know if you made it through the night.  

[EGbassing]

5 minutes ago, Sam said:

There are photos of ghosts.

 

In Louisiana, at The Myrtles in St. Francisville, the place is haunted and there is at least one photo of a ghost in a photo. You can see the photo and its explanation as it is on display.

 

https://www.myrtlesplantation.com/

 

People have been known to leave in the middle of the night due to the ghosts and the ghosts behavior.

 

My wife and I toured the place during daylight hours and the tour was excellent. Did not see any ghosts and left for Baton Rouge for an LSU football game so we did not stay the night.

 

I suggest you and your girlfriend make a visit one weekend to The Myrtles and let us know if you made it through the night.  

That picture could be of anything. Or it could be photoshopped. Also, if ghosts were real, I think we would see them everywhere.

[EGbassing]

8 hours ago, Crow Horse said:

????

No offense, and I wasn't there, but I just can't believe that happened.

[Crow Horse]

6 minutes ago, EGbassing said:

No offense, and I wasn't there, but I just can't believe that happened.

None taken.....

"A mind is like a parachute. Neither work well unless they are open."......

 

If one embraces only the physical world, I recognize that things of this nature sound like Bovine Scatology. In western society, it's perfectly acceptable to go to synagogue, mosque, church or other places of accepted worship and pray to something unseen. In indigenous cultures, the world of spirit is very real and permeates everyday life. It's really about one's perception of reality.

 

Research in neuro-physiology tells us our brain processes 400 billion bits of information a second yet we are only aware of something in the order of 2000 bits of information per second. If so, then what are we missing? Answer - nearly everything. Society (western) conditions us to believe these things don't exist and are of little value. Children "see" perfectly, meaning that they sense and intuit things that most adults cannot. This aperture of "seeing" slowly closes for most until it is completely gone. For a few it does remain open. For others, a traumatic event awakens this ability. One of my favorite teachers who was a former Ranger company commander was shot in the head by a machine gun bullet travelling 2832 feet per second when a machine gunner in a support by fire position shifted the wrong way during a lift and shift. Miraculously, he survived. Not only did he survive, but he also had clairvoyant/pyschic abilities when he had none previously.

 

That said,and assuming you are young, I would suggest you keep an open mind in your life's travels. Think outside the box, and new worlds errupt.....

4 hours ago, EGbassing said:

That picture could be of anything. Or it could be photoshopped. Also, if ghosts were real, I think we would see them everywhere. 

If I remember correctly, there's something that psychologists call reticular activating systems, where the brain screens out images that it's been conditioned to believe don't exist. If you have been conditioned to believe they don't exist, then you won't see what's really there....

[Crow Horse]

4 hours ago, EGbassing said:

Why are there no pictures or any evidence of any kind if ghosts are real? 

There is, but for the reason that you mentioned, any photographic evidence, no matter how compelling, will be said to be altered in some way.

 

A very good way to photograph spirits is with a full spectrum camera which few people have....

 

The most compelling evidence is direct experience. I'm not suggesting that you get a Spirit Board and summon spirits. That's a wrong and a very dangerous approach. Never summon what you cannot dismiss....

 

[Sam]

9 hours ago, EGbassing said:

That picture could be of anything. Or it could be photoshopped. Also, if ghosts were real, I think we would see them everywhere.

Go to the Myrtles for the tours and stay in the plantation for one night and let us know what happens.

[Crow Horse]

19 hours ago, Sam said:

Go to the Myrtles for the tours and stay in the plantation for one night and let us know what happens.

I recognize that this wasn't directed towards me but I feel the need to chime in. I've been on several paranormal investigations and have a diverse background in this arena, yet I would be extremely cautious when visiting such places. Attachments can and do happen even with  proper preparations and that can get really bad really quickly. This is just my opinion based on my experiences.......

 

The event I shared is just the tip of the iceberg regarding my experiences. I've had 3 other significant experiences and you definitely won't believe yet they happened and two of the three were witnessed by others....

[Glenn]

On 1/13/2019 at 6:13 AM, Sam said:

Ghost smokes a pipe and he has been a good ghost for the past year.

 

Hey Sam,

Just curious if you still have your house guest?

[Sphynx]

On 1/13/2019 at 6:13 AM, Sam said:

A future University of Alabama student for sure.

 

I think what he does is great.

 

I am sure EG and his girlfriend have had some interesting encounters.  

 

My paranormal story: Not about bass fishing, but a client of mine in Alexandria, Virginia, had a building that the janitors have said for years was haunted. In fact, they refused to go into the basement area. And some would not return to clean the building at night. They were 100% scared.

 

So big ole me said I will go down to the basement and check it out on one of my visits. Well, I went down the stairs, felt the cold air, felt something looking at me in the dark, and I set a new record for going back up the stairs and out of the basement. Never ever considered going back.

 

Found out later that the building was built over an old Indian graveyard and that there had been many instances of "hauntings" in the building. Plus the fact that no one, even the executives, would go into the basement.

 

Building was torn down and the graves moved to another cemetery so no more problems.

 

I still get goose bumps when I think of going down into that basement. EG is on to something.

And by the way, my house in Richmond is haunted.

 

Ghost smokes a pipe and he has been a good ghost for the past year.

 

Have seen some "flashes" of something moving fast in the upstairs hallway from time to time, but he has stopped moving things which is nice and my wife appreciates it.

 

As I have mentioned on this site before, there are three cemeteries on the old plantation where my house is built and so far the archeologists have found only two. I think I know where the third one is located.

If he smokes a pipe he's alright in my book, lord knows there are few enough of us who enjoy them for brown leaf left in Louisiana, though I daresay those who enjoy a very different color leaf are abundant.

 

Can't say I've ever had any fishing related activity, but it is generally agreed that grandfather keeps a watchful eye on the family homestead, the smell of toast, and of either Sir Walter Raleigh or Half and Half pipe tobacco are smelled several times a week, and whenever one does not return his tools to the proper place there is an inevitable feeling that you have been a disappointment to the families patriarch which will settle over the offending party, personally I find the presence comforting, and I often drop by to smoke a pipe with grandpa and to chat about life, I have found many times in the quiet of the basement with a pipe and his company that many of life's difficulties seem to become less complicated, I  do not generally fear ghosts, spirits or the other unexplained mysteries of life, some of these things it is my lot to discover, the good lord will be certain to leave productive work for those who come after me.

[DomQ]

6 hours ago, Sphynx said:

If he smokes a pipe he's alright in my book, lord knows there are few enough of us who enjoy them for brown leaf left in Louisiana, though I daresay those who enjoy a very different color leaf are abundant.

 

Can't say I've ever had any fishing related activity, but it is generally agreed that grandfather keeps a watchful eye on the family homestead, the smell of toast, and of either Sir Walter Raleigh or Half and Half pipe tobacco are smelled several times a week, and whenever one does not return his tools to the proper place there is an inevitable feeling that you have been a disappointment to the families patriarch which will settle over the offending party, personally I find the presence comforting, and I often drop by to smoke a pipe with grandpa and to chat about life, I have found many times in the quiet of the basement with a pipe and his company that many of life's difficulties seem to become less complicated, I  do not generally fear ghosts, spirits or the other unexplained mysteries of life, some of these things it is my lot to discover, the good lord will be certain to leave productive work for those who come after me.

You should write scary stories.

[MGF]

Nothing that I could really say was paranormal or supernatural but I remember how (when I was young) the woods and waterways that I wandered often seemed to have unearthly or "spooky" feel. I think that added to the excitement of many of the extraordinary, but natural, things I saw.

[Randy Price]

I have a good friend that is a single mom and she lives in a rental home she swears is haunted.  Shortly after she moved in things started getting so bad she had a heart to heart talk with the ghost.  She said out loud "Please stop what you're doing!  You're scaring the **** out of my kids!"  She never had any issues after that.

 

 

This is hunting related but 40+ years ago we were pheasant hunting with one of my Dad's employees in a new spot that he had permission to hunt.  We were walking across a farm field and right in the middle of it was a "newer" looking tombstone which was weird enough (being where it was located) but when we got closer we both looked at the name and said "whoa"  The surname on the stone was the same as ours!  Now Price is a pretty common last name but it was sort of freaky!!

[Sam]

18 hours ago, Glenn said:

 

Hey Sam,

Just curious if you still have your house guest?

Hi Glenn, and yes, we still have the ghost.

 

So far this year he has been quiet, although we see glimpses of him in the hallway.

 

Once you get used to him there is no problem.

 

Wish he knew where the bass are hiding when I go fishing!!!!

[TcRoc]

Fishing ..no... but the Arizona Desert one night about 25 years ago. No clue what it was in the sky but is wasn’t normal to me or my buddy....but it was amazing .  and we were both sober lol. 

[Sphynx]

6 hours ago, DomQ said:

You should write scary stories.

That would take time away from fishing, and is not likely a decision I would make.

[wdp]

On 12/13/2018 at 2:03 PM, TOXIC said:

How about a positive story?

 

One of the most traumatic experiences of my life was losing my maternal Grandfather to leukemia.  He was 52.  I was in my teens.  I am 1 of 4 grandchildren.  Only child of his daughter and oldest of the four grandkids.  My maternal Uncle has 2 boys and a girl.  I spent every summer growing up with my grandparents on the farm in Iowa.  We lived in Omaha, Nebraska.  My grandparents went to Canada every year, Lake Lac la Ronge in Saskatchewan.  Back then you had to drive 150 miles of gravel road to get to the cabins they stayed at (Lindy's).  It was no cushy trip.  You had to split your own wood for heat and carry your own water.  The standing rule for the grandkids was that you could go as soon as you were old enough to pull your own weight.  I was the first and only one to make the trip before he passed.  He brought his own twin 35 hp Johnson motors for the deep v wooden boats used.  He had the same Indian guide every year.  To say it was a trip of a lifetime is an understatement.  We had shore lunch every day, we caught walleye, pike and musky by the hundreds.  We did a fly in to an even more remote lake by seaplane.  It instilled in me my love for fishing.  When he passed, I gave up fishing.  It was too painful.  Fast forward 25 years.  A neighbor prodded me back into picking up a fishing rod again.  We went every once in a while and I got interested in smallmouth wading on the Shenandoah river here in Virginia.  I had access to 3 miles of isolated riverfront and camped there often.  It was on a warm summer's morning, I woke up just before sunrise, gathered my spinning rod, put on my waders and headed out to the middle of the river in a heavy fog.  I could only see about 4 feet in front of me but I knew this section of the river like the back of my hand.  The river was perfect, the air cool, the current smooth, no wind and other than the sound of the river, there was beautiful quiet and calm.  Made a few casts, caught a couple smallmouth when all of a sudden I felt someone touch my shoulders as if putting their arm over them.  I don't know how I knew, but I knew it was my grandfather.  Just as sure as I sit here and type this I knew it was him.  No doubt in my mind.  I heard his voice and saw his smile all in my mind.  It was if he was standing right next to me.  I felt his joy.  Just at that same time, out of the mist and fog came a herd of about 15 deer wading across the river.  They didn't spook, they split and went around me on both sides, close enough I could have touched them.  As they disappeared into the fog, I found myself once again alone in the river with total peace and serenity covering me like a blanket.  From that day forward I was a fisherman at heart and to this day, every time I pick up a fishing rod, a little bit of that memory resurfaces and I smile.  Every time.   

@TOXIC thx for sharing this. Wow! I got goosebumps reading it. I really believe the miraculous happens with a whisper in those truly quiet and still moments, instead of these huge, grand events like we often expect. If we could only slow down and be still & quiet, moments like this would happen more frequently...... and the world would be a better place. 

[Bankbeater]

I was looking through some old fishing pics and found this one. I was walking around a pond a few years ago and came across this little statue sitting on the bank.  It made me feel kind of creepy and I didn't stick around to fish the area. A friend of mine was out there fishing about a week later and said the statue was gone.

[schplurg]

If the paranormal were real it would be normal.

[MIbassyaker]

I don't believe in ghosts, but I think paranormal stories are fun.

 

A compilation of paranormal fishing stories would make a good book project.

[MIbassyaker]

On 1/13/2019 at 3:19 PM, Crow Horse said:

If I remember correctly, there's something that psychologists call reticular activating systems, where the brain screens out images that it's been conditioned to believe don't exist. If you have been conditioned to believe they don't exist, then you won't see what's really there....

 

Well...no. I'm afraid this doesn't make sense.

 

While experiences influence perception, people do not simply fail to see objects or images they have been "conditioned to believe don't exist".  This is a myth.  What happens instead is that familiar objects and patterns are perceived more quickly and with less effort than unfamiliar ones.

 

The Reticular Activating System is a network of cells in the brainstem that help regulate our level of arousal. It is involved in the the sleep-wake cycle, and level of general awareness..... but it does not participate directly in visual recognition.  It does not screen out images, except to the extent that you're losing consciousness and screening out everything.

[Glenn]

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