Worst Thing That Has Happened To You While Fishing?

[Bankbeater]

Going to the ER to get a hook removed from my hand.  Not one of my favorite trips.

[hoosierbass07]

Last year was my first year fishing and the worst things to happen to me - catching big fish but grabbing the line right near the hook. When the bass jumps the line breaks. I did that three times and I know one of those would have been my personal best last year. I've learned tho, I never grab the line near the hook anymore. I do grab it but an arms length up the line. Also, I blame P-Line Floroclear for being nothing but junk. Now I use regular mono and no knot breaks yet.

[MacP]

I got a hemorrhoid from pooping over the side of my boat once.  I think it was the weird angle.

[Suspendingjerk]

Last year was my first year fishing and the worst things to happen to me - catching big fish but grabbing the line right near the hook. When the bass jumps the line breaks. I did that three times and I know one of those would have been my personal best last year. I've learned tho, I never grab the line near the hook anymore. I do grab it but an arms length up the line. Also, I blame P-Line Floroclear for being nothing but junk. Now I use regular mono and no knot breaks yet.

Man that sucks. I use p line on two of my reels with no problems. Have to lube the knot before tightening it.

I got a hemorrhoid from pooping over the side of my boat once.  I think it was the weird angle.

Hahahahha

[Fish Murderer 71]

The first time I took my youngest son fishing on Lake Fork, we were fishing some timbers and he got snagged up and didnt know to say something, The next thing I hear was SPLASH!!!  I looked back and Luke was GONE!  My heart stopped till I saw him still facing the timber he was hung up in (and yes, he had his PFV on). Unfortunately he lost his brand new Zebco 33. 

[NorthStar]

I trusted a fart once and sharded myself, later that afternoon I gave the term Lake Commando a whole new meaning. 

[blackmax135]

I had finally gotten into bass fishing so i invested in a baitcaster got good with it.  So i made my buddy get one, if he was gonna get serious as i was about bass fishing.  He finally got it down pretty decent so we headed to the river and got in one of the natural lakes off the river.  This lake has tons of trees hanging over the water and it seamed that was were my friend was aiming lol every other cast we had to go to the tree and grab the stupid crankbait.  I had finally had enough and it was a tree we couldn't reach by hand i took the reel from him and started snatching and shacking the tree then wap! wap! two water mocassins fall on the front deck of the boat with me one lands on my foot and i sling him to the back of the boat and my friend didn't know what was going on so all he could do was trip and fall out the boat when he seen a snake.  I think that baitcaister is still hanging in that tree from six years ago. lol Earlier this week we took my little john boat to the swamp and i was fishing on a cooler in the middle of the john boat and my buddy (same guy from earlier) makes a sudden movement and there i go in the water back first.  Took 2 seconds to get back in the boat.  Goin over a tree farther down the swamp he was yanking on the boat standing on a tree trying to get over the tree laying down.  Splash down he went.  We don't have phones anymore

[sparky241]

I had a cat fish clamp down on my thumb when I was real young, that was my introduction to cat fish, I have a scar on my thumb still

[phototex]

I've lost a couple of DD bass, and those were bad...but the worst was getting sprayed by a skunk when I let my boat drift too close to the bank one night.

[TNRanger]

Kicked a flailing catfish as a young kid and he spurred me in the big toe (painful).

Dropped one of my dad's baitcasters over the edge of the boat while right after getting a small fish off the hook. It's still there.

Nearly lost a finger when my launching rope got caught on it once.

Forgot to tie my launching rope to the boat once and had to take a quick swim (or watch my boat float away).

Removed my aerator pump because it crapped out and forgot to put in the new one before I went out. Quickly found out water comes in through that hole.

[ABW]

ALMOST had something terrible happen. I snagged my lure onto an old crankbait laying in the water. I didn't see it until I yanked my rod to free my lure and it came flying at my face. I was quick enough to dart my head to the right to avoid getting hooked in the eye. lol

[everythingthatswims]

Forgot my trout fishing setup the other day at a creek, we had a bunch of rods in the car from bass fishing earlier and I didn't even know it was missing...$130 Setup, and the reel was a brand new shimano sahara. Went back to look for it the next day and it was gone. I learned my lesson for sure!

[plumworm]

If I can put this down right, it is really funny. Have a spare key in my wallet. Put the boat in and leave the keys in truck. Fish down the bank and hook a 2-3 lb. smallie. Bring to the boat and proceed to have the fish and my thumb hooked to the same crankbait. Find my sidecutters and disengage  the fish but have a #200 bandit in my thumb. Back to the boat landing. My cell phone is in the truck. My key is in my wallet in my back pocket on the same side as the lure. I am standing in the parking lot, hook in hand and can't reach my wallet. Drop shorts and reach around. Bare azz in the parking lot to get to my key. To make matters worse, my cousins wife was the ER nurse and the whole family knew about my problem within hours.

[Bluebasser86]

Happens to me every time, I have to stop fishing and go home 

[fishva]

I accidentally slapped my friend in the face with a crappie once.

Oh wait, you said worst things. Wrong thread:)

[lmoore]

Forgot to tie boat up when launching by myself and ended up swimming naked to get it (long story).

Had a big raccoon get into the boat one night while I had it outside ready to go for the morning, was taking my mom for a boat ride the next day and it chose to exit the boat doing about 30 in 3' rollers.  Turned out to be funny in hindsight.

Trolling motor died on me last weekend out in the middle of a flooded marsh on the Mississippi, had to walk it through trees and brush and backwater muck out to a main slough.  Had all sorts of creepy crawlies on me when I got back in the boat.

[Fish_Whisperer]

Here's my worst thing...http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/123514-some-good-news-today-theft-involved/

[teh_skeeze]

When I was 17, my friend and I found a small pond along the railroad tracks and we had the idea to try and stock it. A couple of weeks later, I caught a 3.5 lb smallie, and put it on the stringer to take to the pond. Just before I go to make my next cast I feel a sharp pain in my right shoulder blade. Turns out my friend had just hooked me in the back. I had to let the fish go, and walked the 2 miles home with a hook and worm in my back. My dad had to push it through the other side and cut it to get it out.

[Jd_Phillips_Fishin]

My dad hit me in the back of the head with a shaky head once. Thankfully thats all thats happened.

[jhoffman]

Fell in raging water over the top of my chest waders and dropped an $800 rod/reel combo. Got the rod back, reel was shot, company replaced the rod. That one scared me!

[Snakehead Whisperer]

One time I was fishing the area around the boat ramp after dark. I used my bow mount trolling motor to get back to the ramp because I was only a few hundred feet from it. Long story short, I forgot to pull up the trolling motor and proceeded to power load my boat onto the trailer. The crash was horrendous. Trolling motor was fine albeit a little bent, but the deck was a different story. 

 

This isn't the worst thing that's ever happened to me, but it's getting up there.

[BG RTR]

I got a 6xd hung in the lower limbs of a tree. Co-angler was helping to get it out. He grabs the 6xd Boat moves. Treble goes into finger rather deep and long. Ended the day but glad I had a first aide kit.

[Nibby]

Me and a buddy ordered a few nice poppers from bass pro. Decided to go night fishing to test them out. He didn't use his lure holder and the only the the popper caught was the side of my face on the walk back. Had to push the single hook of the treble all the way through the skin before we broke it off. Needless to say haven't been night fishing since

[Ratherbfishing]

My friend and I were on a trolling motor only lake.  We were in an area where there was only one submerged tree strump (visible, anyway).  It was breezy and somehow, while I was distracted, the front motor got wedged in the roots.  With the wind and waves, the boat shook back and forth and, unable to pull the motor up, RIIIIPPPPPP!!!!, the trolling motor ripped out of the deck.  Unhappily, I lay the motor down in the boat and we continued to fish with the back trolling motor.  We got into some thick slop and my friend was trying to run the fouled motor until all of a sudden, the wires on the motor began to melt and burn.  I had enough presence of mind to grab some plyers and yank the wires off the battery but afterwards I, myself, almost had a melt down.  It was my fault for not having a circuit breaker or fuse wired in place so I can't point the finger at anyone other than myself but THAT was a pretty crappy day.  The only good thing was that we were pretty close to the ramp when the second motor went out so I was able to paddle us back without too much difficulty.

[grumpydog]

First time I fished with my wife (4 months after we met) I tried to impress her with my casting prowess. Ended up smacking her with a weedless frog, the kind with the weighted belly. Left her with a nice bruise on her cheek and some serious doubts.  It worked out though, 5 years later and we are still fishing together.