Most Memorable Fishing Moment?

[Thornback]

My buddy and I were given permission to fish a lime pit on private property that the owner claimed had bass. We drove to the pit with my buddy's little jon boat in the back of my pickup. Once close we carried the jon boat to the water. We were casting plastic worms when suddenly my buddy set the hook and his pole made a U shape. As he started reeling he remarked, "This one is big". He got it up to the boat and I lipped it. He had brought along a portable live well with a little hinged door in the top because we were fishing for food. I told him I wanted to take a photo before he put her in the live well. I had him hold it in several poses and got some nice photos. Afterwards he opened the little door in the portable live well, holding the bass vertical by the mouth, dropping the bass' tail into the live well, she flipped and sailed overboard. I'll never forget the look on his face and I couldn't stop laughing. At least we got a photo of "the one that got away'.

[gulfcaptain]

The day my son caught his first bass on his own on a 4" yum dinger rigged up MJ style. 

[Bankbeater]

First time I took my two daughters fishing. We didn't catch anything except weeds, but we had a good time.

[Bluebasser86]

This one 

[buzzed bait]

Mine is easily the day my dad, brother and I went fishing and my dad fell out of the inflatable boat into the lake.  overalls, tennis shoes, cell phone, chewing tobacco and all right in the water.....

 

my brother and I still just die laughing about it to this day, mostly because right before the fall my dad was talking so much trash.... good times!

[Ratherbfishing]

My buddy and I asked his mom if she could drop us (and his 12 foot jon boat) off at a bridge on the Sangamon river and then pick us up later at another bridge a few miles dowstream.  Well, it had been a very dry summer and we found ourselves carrying the boat more than riding in it.  Finally, the water began to get deeper but we noticed that there still wasn't much current.  Around a few bends we realized why:  There was a huge log jam damming up the river and there was almost NO water downstream of it.  Already hot and sweaty we wound up carrying the (not light) boat about a mile through the woods and through stinging nettle.  Then, once we finally got to the road, we still had to walk about 3 miles to bridge where we were supposed to be picked up.  It was one of those "we can laugh about it now" experiences.

[corn-on-the-rob]

In the spring my dad brother and I were fishing the islands on Erie and hit the perfect day (beautiful weather and constant catching). We each caught around 30 smallmouth each and all were good sized. Caught my pb in my profile was 5.7 lbs.

The funniest part was the amount of drum I caught. I stopped counting at 45 and all were drag peeling and at least 8lbs most over 10lbs and caught a few around 15lbs. Also ran into a giant school of rock bass that you could catch on every cast. Never have caught rock bass schooled up.

[*Hank]

Mine has to be catching my pb, (6lbs.)

It was a cold foggy morning and my friend and I were fishing and he snagged up with his crankbait on a stump and I threw my 2.5 squarebill to the same stump and as soon as it nocked of the stump the bass hit it and it was an awesome fight.

[whitwolf]

There are more than a few but I would have to say the day my wife, on our honeymoon, broke her personal best three times.

[RSM789]

There are more than a few but I would have to say the day my wife, on our honeymoon, broke her personal best three times.

I thought this was supposed to be about fishing...

[massrob]

I just started fishing this past year so I don't have to many memories yet but my best day fishing was in my little inflatable boat with my mom on this little pond behind a supermarket that barely anyone fishes at. We had been there a few times but had never gone all the way to the back until this day. It was going pretty bad for the first hour then all of a sudden I got a bite and I pulled in a 5 lber then a few casts later another one even bigger that I almost lost this fish did not want to get caught it got wrapped up in the oars and I couldn't believe it when I got it in the boat. I can't believe in my first year of fishing I caught 6 fish over 5lbs. I'm completely hooked on bass fishing.

[desmobob]

My most memorable fishing moment was not a bass fishing day, but a day fly fishing for Dorado off Loretto in the southern Baja of Mexico.  We were having a slow day when I noticed a marlin in the distance, stitching across the water is a series of wild jumps.  The guide ran the boat over to the area and told me to throw out a big live bait on a spinning rod.  

 

We were way offshore in open water and by the time we got to what we figured was the right area, the fish had stopped jumping.  I figured it was pointless, but lobbed the bait out anyway.  In about two seconds, the line was flying off the reel.  I closed the bail, set the hook, and started a long and exciting fight on the medium spinning gear.  I can't believe the way that fish jumped!  Eventually, I landed the 110lb. striped marlin.  It was a fish I never dreamed I'd catch, ever.  

 

Happy holidays,

Bob

[ThatZX14Fella]

For me it would probably be the first time I caught a bass out of the river. It was April or May of this year if I remember correctly. I've been bass fishing ponds for two years and just got the chance to go to the river often this year. Anyways, I was throwing a $1 spinnerbait by some logs knocked in the river by tornadoes and got a strong hit. I always get hung up when I river fish so I thought I caught a log. Kept reeling and pulled in a 2lber. Bigger than any bass I've pulled out of the pond I fish.

[aprestonSEK]

Catching 200 bass in 2 days with my brother.

 

Catching the bass in my profile picture on 8lb test and a finesse worm. A few casts later my brother Mike catches one pretty close in size off of the same point on the same lure.

 

Night fishing last summer catching them on swim jigs, chatterbaits, and black jigs.