RMcDuffee726 Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Today I had a little kid run in front of my car so I had to slam the breaks and I skidded everywhere. I didn't hit the kid, but I did manage to put my nice 8 foot kayak clean through my windshield. Thank you god for insurance. Definitely could have been worse, but it still wasn't an ideal situation to have happen haha. The worst part is that I didn't even make it to my fishing spot. Quote
Super User Catch and Grease Posted June 2, 2014 Super User Posted June 2, 2014 Lost a 8lb+ bass yesterday, PB is 5lbs, yeah so far that's the worst :L 1 Quote
Djman72 Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 I've been skunked a few times.... That's the worst. In all seriousness i've had good luck in this regard while fishing, the worst thing is I caught a nice treble to the shoulder from a friend's back cast. 1 Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted June 3, 2014 Super User Posted June 3, 2014 Today I had a little kid run in front of my car so I had to slam the breaks and I skidded everywhere. I didn't hit the kid, but I did manage to put my nice 8 foot kayak clean through my windshield. Thank you god for insurance. Definitely could have been worse, but it still wasn't an ideal situation to have happen haha. The worst part is that I didn't even make it to my fishing spot. Yea... Wow glad you didn't hit the child... Everything else is nothing to handle but man if you would have struck a chid? It would hurt for a very long time. Glad you both are safe! Godspeed on you're repairs!!! 2 Quote
Super User bigbill Posted June 3, 2014 Super User Posted June 3, 2014 Caught on the water with a 16' boat in a micro burst. I had a kid run into my car at a red light. As I went to move he rolled off my hood and ran. Quote
PondHopper96 Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Snapping a rod! Or falling in ice cold water, Not sure which was worse Quote
Super User QUAKEnSHAKE Posted June 3, 2014 Super User Posted June 3, 2014 Couple years ago went to set the hook on a bass and BAM ZAP down I went. Lower back went out and in a world of pain and no vicodin with me. Im now crawling to a bench about 75' away praying dont get worse dont get worse. I manage to get to my feet by using the bench to pull up on. Too I had my bike with me so needed to get that now plus my rod/reel with the fish still on it. Im actually telling myself "Its time to MAN UP" make it to the suv 1/4 mile away. I get the bike, go back get the rod, reel in the fish my arms shaking flop the fish back in the lake. Im walking now and feel my back getting tighter and tighter. Im now thinking Im not going to make it so; I get on the bike. The handlebars are helping with support of my back. Im standing up pedaling through the grass for about 100yards til I get to the paved path. Now I can coast for a bit but a slight hill to conquer still, manage that then its downslope to the suv. Im at the suv now and the last part to get done, take the bike wheels off and get the bike in the suv. Im looking around for a person to help me see two older men and my pride took over and so no way could I embarrass myself by asking for help. After each tire comes off I have to brace myself on the trunk to let some pain subside. I dont have much left in me so I brace with one arm and grab bike frame with other and basically toss the frame in the back along with the tires and finally Im getting in to sit. Im taking a few deep breaths a few WTH and some other language and now thinking Im glad I dont have a stick shift anymore. Home I went. Quote
Super User Catt Posted June 3, 2014 Super User Posted June 3, 2014 Found out how much water you can put it a 19' Champion & it not sink! Pulled a guy out of the water who was thrown from his boat but not before it ran over him twice. Found the body of a guy who had drown 3 days earlier. Quote
rmcguirk Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 I feel very lucky. The "worst" thing that has happened to me is getting skunked or one time getting a treble hook buried in my wrist -- and the worst thing about that was that it took me away from actively biting fish. Reading some of these stories, like I said, I feel pretty lucky. Quote
Tylertut Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Caught a 36" pike last summer in a river that I thought had no pike. It was way to far south. But I had to lip him because I was wading and had few tools on me. He shook and put two trebles straight through my knuckles. My father had to rip them out. Got some pretty scars from it. It was well worth my first pike though. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted June 3, 2014 Super User Posted June 3, 2014 Today I had a little kid run in front of my car so I had to slam the breaks and I skidded everywhere. I didn't hit the kid, but I did manage to put my nice 8 foot kayak clean through my windshield. Thank you god for insurance. Definitely could have been worse, but it still wasn't an ideal situation to have happen haha. The worst part is that I didn't even make it to my fishing spot. Slow Down. A-Jay 3 Quote
RMcDuffee726 Posted June 3, 2014 Author Posted June 3, 2014 Slow Down. A-Jay I was driving fine. 1 Quote
Tony L. Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Well I certainly cant top that one. Thank God no one got hurt though, or it would have obviously been much worse still. I think that my worst fishing experiences have all typically involved running a hook into some part of my body or another. Its usually my hand or finger, but I did once manage to catch myself right between the shoulder blades on my first attempt at learning how to use a fly rod. Still don't have that type of casting down-- its a completely different animal Quote
Tony L. Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 When I was little, I mean like 4 years old little, I tried baiting my own hook with a nightcrawler to catch bluegill. I was probably too young to have been doing that for myself. Needless to say, one of my uncoordinated little fingers ended up stabbed by the hook point. Sobbing, startled, and obviously very confused about the source of my pain, I turned to my parents and proclaimed that "THE WORM BIT ME!" I don't recall that being a very fun fishing experience.... 1 Quote
BuzzbaitBite28 Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Worst thing had to be when me and my buddy were trolling for crappie and bass fishing on the side when I happened to cast my crappie rod into the water instead of my lure. Rod goes in the water and line wraps around the prop... That was a bad event but I ended up getting lucky and happened to have my rod tangled up enough to get it back Quote
tholmes Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Probably burying two points of a 2/0 treble hook into my knee. Way past the barb. But I did end up catching two nice stripers so the day wasn't a total wash-out. Tom Quote
B@ssCrzy Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Fishing a kayak tournament, catch-photo-release, and landed a hog at least for the lake that I was fishing. She was the third fish of the morning so I had a full "bag" if you will. Took some pictures and on the last picture she kicked and knocked my camera/cell phone in the water!!!! Another angler took some pics of her for me and won big bass and the $60 that went with it. Cost me $600 for new phone. Would have placed second had I had the other pics. Quote
RF813 Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Casting sidearm under some trees while bank fishing. I didn't hear my Son coming up behind me and it smacked him pretty hard across the back of the head on a cast. He doesn't sneak up on me anymore. (but I felt horrible). Quote
Super User Master Bait'r Posted June 3, 2014 Super User Posted June 3, 2014 Couple years ago went to set the hook on a bass and BAM ZAP down I went. Lower back went out and in a world of pain and no vicodin with me. Im now crawling to a bench about 75' away praying dont get worse dont get worse. I manage to get to my feet by using the bench to pull up on. Too I had my bike with me so needed to get that now plus my rod/reel with the fish still on it. Im actually telling myself "Its time to MAN UP" make it to the suv 1/4 mile away. I get the bike, go back get the rod, reel in the fish my arms shaking flop the fish back in the lake. Im walking now and feel my back getting tighter and tighter. Im now thinking Im not going to make it so; I get on the bike. The handlebars are helping with support of my back. Im standing up pedaling through the grass for about 100yards til I get to the paved path. Now I can coast for a bit but a slight hill to conquer still, manage that then its downslope to the suv. Im at the suv now and the last part to get done, take the bike wheels off and get the bike in the suv. Im looking around for a person to help me see two older men and my pride took over and so no way could I embarrass myself by asking for help. After each tire comes off I have to brace myself on the trunk to let some pain subside. I dont have much left in me so I brace with one arm and grab bike frame with other and basically toss the frame in the back along with the tires and finally Im getting in to sit. Im taking a few deep breaths a few WTH and some other language and now thinking Im glad I dont have a stick shift anymore. Home I went. Throwing one's back out must sound like science fiction to people who haven't experienced it. Mine is killing me right now- I KNEW I shouldn't have moved that mattress alone! Quote
dam0007 Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Striper fishing with my buddy from a pier that also serves as a storm drain run off. In the crack between sections a giant racoon and its babies came out trapping us at end of pier. So I grab my trusty filet knife in case they attacked us. They grabbed 2 of our mackrel and went back in the hole. I hand the filet knife to my buddy so I could jump over hole and move stuff up to the safe end. As soon as went to jump the big racoon jumps out as well startled me and I jumped back swinging my arm and my buddy unwillingly stabbed me in my pinky finger right through to the bone. It sucked! 1 Quote
bulldogfandan Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 I broke my Fibia and Tibia about two years ago when I fell into shallow water while fishing. My grandpa had to take me up the hill in a wheelbarrow (that might be one of the worst experiences of my life) A couple days ago, I got off balanced in my jon boat, and while i was falling into the water, I broke my big toe, cracked the toenail on it, and got a bad cut on my toe, which leads down to the fracture, so there is a huge risk for infection. Quote
Super User Ratherbfishing Posted June 3, 2014 Super User Posted June 3, 2014 Found out how much water you can put it a 19' Champion & it not sink! Pulled a guy out of the water who was thrown from his boat but not before it ran over him twice. Found the body of a guy who had drown 3 days earlier. Winner winner chicken dinner. A prize (and experiences) I'm sure you'd prefer to pass on. Did they guy who was thrown from his boat survive? 1 Quote
Super User Catt Posted June 3, 2014 Super User Posted June 3, 2014 Winner winner chicken dinner. A prize (and experiences) I'm sure you'd prefer to pass on. Did they guy who was thrown from his boat survive?[ /quote] Yelp! This was before kill switches, he was hit by prop both times. The only way he could have avioded being hit was to dive under the boat. But he couldn't do because of his life jacket. Quote
Super User Fishes in trees Posted June 4, 2014 Super User Posted June 4, 2014 Just the normal stuff. I've fallen out of the boat. I've had hooks in my hands past the barb. I've hooked a venomous snake with a buzz bait. Recently I had motor issues with my outboard and hit a deer with my fishing truck, back to back in consecutive trips, so I missed most of the spring season. In the past, I've stepped on snapping turtles (no damage, big scare) and tripped over nesting geese on an overgrown pond bank, where I got slapped around a little by its wings and got pecked a few times, no blood, some bruises. Once I got my wits about me, the Canada goose got some bruises also. I'd call that quarrel a draw. I've had a few good quality rods and reels go overboard, lost forever, because I did something dumb. If you go fishing at all, it isn't a matter of if a calamity will happen, it is just a matter of when will it happen. Several years ago, I had an acquaintance who was inadequately prepared weather wise for an early spring tournament. By noon, he was showing signs of hypothermia (I think that is the term, i.e. he was way too cold and inadequately dressed for the weather and a 50 MPH trip in a bass boat) and his fingers got frostbit. He got an overnight in the hospital out of it and minor damage to nerves in his fingertips is permanent. None of this is a reason not to go fishing. I just try to be aware that on occasion stuff will happen. I just try to be prepared for current conditions and not make dumb stuff happen. 1 Quote
Zach P Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 I was in a small john boat on a private pond that is known for holding bass 5+ with some exceeding 7. I was with my buddy and we were positioned just slightly outside of a submerged group of trees. I had my spinnerbait literally 1 foot from the boat when a 7+ destroyed it. I was slowly working him around the boat when I realized we were drifting too close to the trees. My friend (who was manning the trolling motor) was in the process of tying on another bait when I saw the bass swim towards a tree limb and.....pop my line. Easily my worst day of fishing. That bass still haunts me today because it might be the biggest in the pond. To make matters worse 5 minutes later I saw him jump out of the water trying to dislodge my spinnerbait from his mouth. Quote
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