Funny Fishing Stories

[Rip_lipz]

Last April I went out to a local lake to get the boat started for the first time. New England springs can be really cold, this day was about 40 degrees out. As I launched the boat the wind started to pick up. I floated about 400 yards from the launch casting at a drop off. My fingers started to freeze so I decided to wrap it up and motor back in. I cranked the motor a couple of times but I could not get it to start. I got on the trolling motor and managed to make it back to the launch, the wind was so bad that the boat kept spinning out of control. With out the big motor I could not get the boat on to the trailer. Every time I got the boat far enough out to pull it onto the trailer I started spinning in circles. I made the decision to get into the water and center it. After about 10 minutes of fighting the boat in freezing cold water, I final got in on. I couldn't feel my legs or hands, I towed the boat home frustrated and cold. The next day I hooked up the hose and tried diagnosing the issue. Guess what? The fuel selector valve was turned to off. Lets just say it took a couple of days for me to laugh about the situation!

[BadContrakt]

Got a few just from this year... Nothing amazing or jaw dropping but some good ones that made us collectively laugh and some good highlights of the day

 

My buddy has been sitting in the captain's chair on his phone (probably on social media) for the last 15 minutes while I've been on the bow punching pads in the hot summer sun for that whole time. I hadn't caught a thing. He lazily grabs his frog stick and throws out his frog (while still sitting in the captains chair with one hand still on his phone) into the most juicy little pocket 10 foot from the shore. Big blow up ensues! I duck for the hook set (in case a frog came flying toward the boat) and I look back and there he is, reamed into the fish with rod bent fully over.... While still sitting down.... He horsed it through the pads and all the way to the side of the boat and leans over and lips it. Boy was I laughing. He throws it back and then picks his phone back up and casually says "nice fish" I DIED on the deck of the boat laughing.

 

Literally 15 minutes later our boys in their boat come around the corner. I motor us out of the pads and we meet out in open water. Have some bottled water... Tied the boats together. Discussing plans for the day. Then, my same friend who just caught the frog fish, says "Oh guys (talking to the guys in the other boat that we were tied to) check the action out on this whopper plopper (he just bought a new one that morning on the way to the lake and the smaller sized one had a much better action than my larger one). He gets up, tosses it out in the middle of nowhere and we're all staring at it and watching the "action" of the plopper and WHAM he gets absolutely slammed by a Smallmouth in a predominantly Largemouth lake. We were all, first and foremost, laughing hysterically because of what just happened, but also taken aback at the fact that he just hooked a Smallmouth on accident while showing off his new bait... Gosh what a good season it's been for us. Lots of memories made in 2019 and we're not even done fishing yet.

[N Florida Mike]

We were fishing Sante Fe lake one time and I had to pee. So my friends let me out on a cypress tree so I could get a good angle. So they took off and drove around for awhile laughing before finally picking me back up.

 

We fished a night tournament in the same lake. An ALL night tournament. You know it’s bad when it’s 230 in the morning and you find yourself trolling a crankbait. So I hook something big -My partner who had been asleep -finally woke up after I yelled enough. If you’ve ever fished much at night , you know how it is- normal things become distorted, it’s hard to tell what’s really happening, at least until you find the light. So I would reel, gain line, and it would pull all of it back out, all this time the boat is moving around with the wave action etc. AFter much effort, I finally get it up to where I could see it. I just knew I had won the tournament and it was a .... trot line. A dad-gum trot line. It didn’t even have a catfish on it. I did not win the tournament.

 

Another time my dad and me were fishing on a pier and right as he cast out a seagull flew by and He hooked it. But he didn’t realize it at first. He said something like “ What in the world “ The seagull was flying away and my dad had to reel it in. That thing was NOT happy!

 

[Jleebesaw]

A friend and I were fishing along a thick weed line. He gets a big bite. As hes fighting it, I can tell it's big but hadn't seen it. It surfaced once and I didnt see it. I told him I didnt think it was a bass, it seemed too big. It surfaces again, i still dont see it, but he starts screaming. "Its a bass, it's a bass, its huge!"  So now I'm watching. It comes close to the surface again and i get a glimpse of it. I could have sworn it was a bass. So now we are both screaming and getting crazy. I get the net and it turns out to be a catfish about 2 and a half feet long. We laugh a bit and he holds it up for a pic. Holds it by its mouth like a bass. The closest boat to us was about 100 yards away. Close enough to hear us screaming about a bass and see him holding a big fish. We move to a spot around the corner, and when we come back by theres 3 boats on that weed line. We still laugh about that every time we go to that lake.

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On 8/19/2019 at 12:56 PM, BadContrakt said:

Got a few just from this year... Nothing amazing or jaw dropping but some good ones that made us collectively laugh and some good highlights of the day

 

My buddy has been sitting in the captain's chair on his phone (probably on social media) for the last 15 minutes while I've been on the bow punching pads in the hot summer sun for that whole time. I hadn't caught a thing. He lazily grabs his frog stick and throws out his frog (while still sitting in the captains chair with one hand still on his phone) into the most juicy little pocket 10 foot from the shore. Big blow up ensues! I duck for the hook set (in case a frog came flying toward the boat) and I look back and there he is, reamed into the fish with rod bent fully over.... While still sitting down.... He horsed it through the pads and all the way to the side of the boat and leans over and lips it. Boy was I laughing. He throws it back and then picks his phone back up and casually says "nice fish" I DIED on the deck of the boat laughing.

 

Literally 15 minutes later our boys in their boat come around the corner. I motor us out of the pads and we meet out in open water. Have some bottled water... Tied the boats together. Discussing plans for the day. Then, my same friend who just caught the frog fish, says "Oh guys (talking to the guys in the other boat that we were tied to) check the action out on this whopper plopper (he just bought a new one that morning on the way to the lake and the smaller sized one had a much better action than my larger one). He gets up, tosses it out in the middle of nowhere and we're all staring at it and watching the "action" of the plopper and WHAM he gets absolutely slammed by a Smallmouth in a predominantly Largemouth lake. We were all, first and foremost, laughing hysterically because of what just happened, but also taken aback at the fact that he just hooked a Smallmouth on accident while showing off his new bait... Gosh what a good season it's been for us. Lots of memories made in 2019 and we're not even done fishing yet.

You should put him on your hook, he flat out catches fish!

21 hours ago, Jleebesaw said:

A friend and I were fishing along a thick weed line. He gets a big bite. As hes fighting it, I can tell it's big but hadn't seen it. It surfaced once and I didnt see it. I told him I didnt think it was a bass, it seemed too big. It surfaces again, i still dont see it, but he starts screaming. "Its a bass, it's a bass, its huge!"  So now I'm watching. It comes close to the surface again and i get a glimpse of it. I could have sworn it was a bass. So now we are both screaming and getting crazy. I get the net and it turns out to be a catfish about 2 and a half feet long. We laugh a bit and he holds it up for a pic. Holds it by its mouth like a bass. The closest boat to us was about 100 yards away. Close enough to hear us screaming about a bass and see him holding a big fish. We move to a spot around the corner, and when we come back by theres 3 boats on that weed line. We still laugh about that every time we go to that lake.

Same thing happened to me at a night tourney, I hooked into it and my rod doubles over. I thought I had my first double digit bass. The boater was just as excited as I was and gets the net. I get it to the boat, but can’t see it. He says, it’s got whiskers and then says, get the hook out in the water, I don’t want that slimy thing in my boat.

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Knock, knock...

Who's there?

LMB guys fishing with fluoro...

[geo g]

One time fishing with a friend in my boat, I made a extra long cast into 12 feet of water and almost immediately hooked a monster.  I set the hook hard, and felt a little movement.  I was using heavy braid line so felt comfortable I could bring in whatever had my bait.  The rod bent and again I felt movement and it started to glide to the side.  I told my partner I had a monster and she was running.  Even though the drag was tight it was taking some line.  The boat was also being pulled during the fight.  You would think I had a big gator on the line.  With 30 yards of line out it was quite a battle.  I could feel it gliding right and then left, and then up, and then with my thumb off the spool down again.  It just never stopped moving.  Bye now I was convinced this was a big gator since I've caught several of them before.  But unlike the others, this guy wanted to stay deep.  After about a 5 minute fight, I pulled up a basketball sized rock of limestone, an epic battle that I won pulling it right off the bottom, with heavy line, strong hook, rod and reel.  The hook was embedded into the rock crannies.  It had to weight 20 pounds minimum, and for about 3 minutes I was sure a new state record catch.  It was always on the move, and constantly hitting other bottom derby.  It put up a hell of a fight!

Oh well that's fishing for you!

[Wizzlebiz]

Today I had a squirrel steal my earbud headphones. I dropped them and didnt realize it until I saw him taking off with a shinny thing and my earbud bouncing behind him. I yelled, people pointed and laughed. It was a good time had by all. 

[DanielG]

I was fishing in the rear of the boat and my friend was fishing in the front. He hooked what must have been a big one and it bolted under the front of the boat. He was working it as he didn't want to break the line or bend the hooks. At that second I also hooked a fish. We both had 50 lb braided line and I was reeling as hard as I could . We realized we both had a monster as the more we reeled the harder it was. I thought the fish was in the weeds so having a glass rod and good line I gave a monumental yank on the pole. At that point my friend (on the boat bow) dove headfirst into the water.

Now, when I yanked and the fish let go of the weeds, my engine which had been on idle, opened wide as I fell backwards on the throttle pushing it completely forward. I was on my back with my shoulders on the wheel and my legs up over the seat back. I was stuck. Good thing we were in a wide and open portion of the lake as we were going about 40 mph in a few seconds. After the boat began to plane I saw that my buddy was gone. I panicked. I began scanning the surface looking for him. As my gaze approached the boat aft I saw that he was walking on water. Or rather sliding along fast on his feet. He was holding onto his Shimano pole with one hand with the other hand flailing around in a large ark as he tried to hold his balance. He was foot skiing. I was amazed! I reached for the throttle but decided to see how long he could maintain his balance. I mean, you don't get to instantly learn to foot ski every day.

He saw that I wasn't slowing down so he took his flailing hand and began to reel himself in. He had to take a second to tighten the drag but after a fashion he was near the transom. I reached out with my long handled net, lobbed it over his head, and  pulled him in.

He was so angry. He'd lost the fish and blamed it on me. Today he's a feature attraction in Florida. He skis on his feet after hooking a boat with a cast from his pole as it speeds by. He's making the big bucks but I'm happy to still be here fishing.

That's my story, and I'm stickin' with it.

[jr231]

On 8/23/2019 at 9:36 AM, BassWhole! said:

Knock, knock...

Who's there?

LMB guys fishing with fluoro...

Lol what's funny about this ? Because fluoro has more advantages than just line visibility .

[The Baron]

Way back when I was about 16-17 I was on a canoe trip on a local river with my Dad, catching smallmouth.  I was up early and out slaying them with a floating Rapala Rattlin’ Fat Rap, but had caught too many fish without checking my knot or re-tying (this was back in the Stren 8# mono for everything days).  I had just hooked in to another good fish when it almost immediately broke me off.  I was pretty disappointed because that was the only one of those lures I had with me.  But, about 1 second after breaking off that fish jumped.  I heard the lure rattle and saw a little plop in the water about 5 yards from where the fish had jumped.  I paddled over and retrieved my lure, retied and went right back to fishing. ???