Your Moron Moments

[RB 77]

7 hours ago, RDB said:

Sitting on the bed last night switching out some trebles for an upcoming trip.  I went to sit up, not realizing that I had dropped a 110 next to me, and buried 2 hooks through my shorts and into the left butt cheek and the other hook through the sheets and into the mattress.  I can only tell what’s going on by feel as I can’t see.  At this point I am pretty immune to hook sticks but I am literally pinned to the bed, no one else is home, no knife, and the hook cutters are 10 feet away teasing me.  I yanked and pulled but gave up and finished my project.  A few hours later the wife comes home but she’s not going to touch it, so I had to wait another hour for one of the boys to get home.  After a few wire clips, a lot of laughter and pictures, and my inability to coach through 2 failed floss tricks, I convinced them to push the hooks through and I was a free man, none the worse for wear.  The only cost was $100 to keep my wife from posting it on her d**n Facebook.

 

Just curious if I am the only one that has brain fart moments.  Unfortunately, this experience is called a Tuesday in my world.

 

 

Dang man, sorry to hear. Thats a rough one!

 

At this point I feel like I have just about done it all. The following have either been done by me, my father or my cousin while we have been fishing: 

 

Launched without the plug in, Left the boat keys at home, taken off while on anchor, taken off with the little motor down, broken rods, clipped main line instead of tag and tossed bait overboard, fallen in the boat, fallen on the bank, rolled my kayak, left gear at home, etc... The list goes on and on. Haha

 

[LrgmouthShad]

[Mobasser]

In the very first tournament I ever fished, I drew an older guy. He bought a nice new cap at the marina that morning. I think it was my second cast, he said something as I was bringing my rod overhead to cast. I still don't know what happened exactly, but my rattletrap hooked his new hat, and I cast it into the lake.                                                            I retrieved it , shook it off, and gave it back to him.  He wasn't pleased. He said" your d**n lucky you didn't hook my ear! " Now, watch your back cast son!" It was a moron moment. I felt like I was about 2" tall.

[volzfan59]

I have had to have numerous hooks removed from finger's and my arm, fell in twice (once from a boat, slipped while wading once). Neglected to put the plug in once.

My most embarrassing, and expensive wasn't fishing related at all. When I was still racing stock cars, we got to the track  early to practice a little before qualifying. After a bunch of laps, I'm feeling pretty good about myself. At this point I'm the only guy on the track. Came out of turn two a little high, kissed the wall. Car's still going straight, no big deal. Went into three, no problem. Came out of four and all heck breaks loose! Right rear axle snapped at the hub...no more right rear tire and wheel. Slide up into the turn four wall, happened so fast I didn't realize what happened so I'm getting on the throttle. Car climbed the wall, flagman abandoned the flag stand as I'm headed straight for it. Thankfully I came off of the wall, across the track and into the inside wall. Saw a wheel and tire and thought they looked familiar, it was mine. Crew Chief and best friend came on the radio and asked if I was ok, I was. Then he said something like, "Maybe this ain't for you. You're the only s.o.b. that I've ever seen destroy a car on a short track by yourself." Talk about insult to injury!

 

He was wrong by the way, had to reclip the rear frame section and replace the majority of the body, two wheels and all four tires. Turns out he didn't know what he was talking about!

RIP Richard, I miss you.

Edited February 21, 2022 by volzfan59
I misspelled the word "and"

[TnRiver46]

4 hours ago, Mobasser said:

In the very first tournament I ever fished, I drew an older guy. He bought a nice new cap at the marina that morning. I think it was my second cast, he said something as I was bringing my rod overhead to cast. I still don't know what happened exactly, but my rattletrap hooked his new hat, and I cast it into the lake.                                                            I retrieved it , shook it off, and gave it back to him.  He wasn't pleased. He said" your d**n lucky you didn't hook my ear! " Now, watch your back cast son!" It was a moron moment. I felt like I was about 2" tall.

Don’t feel bad, KVD buried mustard triple grips on a jerkbait into a camera man. You’ve seen how hard he casts. It hurts to watch, the sound of the impact is disturbing 

[jbsoonerfan]

My story does not involve hooks, but it is a moron moment for sure. I went out one day and launched the boat and had my life jacket on as usual and hooked up to the kill switch. Ran to my first spot and took my life jacket off. Fished for a little bit and went to move and my motor wouldn't start. Sounded like it was trying to crank, but nothing. Tried and tried till I was afraid my battery was about dead. Called a buddy to meet me at the ramp when he got off work. There was NO ONE on the lake so I trolled back to the ramp, about an hour and a half. I pulled the cowling and was messing with the fuel filter, carb , etc. My buddy showed up and we could not figure out what was going on. Finally, I thought that maybe when I took my life jacket off I flipped the kill switch. Sure enough, that was it. Flipped it and she fired right up. I missed out on 4 hours of fishing because I was a dummy.

[fishinNWA]

I went to cast a ned rig on a spinning reel and the line slipped out of my fingers mid cast, I slammed that hook past the barb into my head. My Dad yanked it out, ( I literally felt my skin tear) told me to take off my shirt and stuff it on my head, as the blood was streaming down my head, and put my hat on. I did and kept fishing!

[TnRiver46]

I ain’t posting any of mine! I’ve had a few end up a lot worse than getting hooked or missing a trip 

[volzfan59]

26 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I ain’t posting any of mine! I’ve had a few end up a lot worse than getting hooked or missing a trip 

Come on brother, I posted mine!

[TnRiver46]

10 minutes ago, volzfan59 said:

Come on brother, I posted mine!

I’ve tried to block them all out so I don’t remember how big of a moron I am haha! 

[Skunkmaster-k]

That gives a whole new meaning to being butthurt. Woo-wee !

[TnRiver46]

8 hours ago, Skunkmaster-k said:

That gives a whole new meaning to being butthurt. Woo-wee !

I see what you did there 

[Retiredguns]

So so many. One of note, 3 casts into a tournament I got my Devil's Horse stuck in a low hanging tree. It was in a spot that almost always gives up a nice Bass on top water. I whipped my pole 10-15 times when it finally came loose and back at me 100mph. I ended up with 2 sets of trebles in the side of my neck. Was able to get one out, but had my partner just use side cutters to snip the lure free leaving the other set in my neck for 8 hours until I got home. My Wife then had the pleasure of berating me while she performed surgery lol. Me and my partner won 2nd place and big bass that day so well worth it.

[FishinBuck07]

Too many to list!

[SRQAlex]

When I was a little boy, maybe 6 or 7 my dad took my fishing on the Ringling pier in Sarasota. All was going well until I went to cast a fresh pinfish out and got stuck on something behind me. It turned out to be A WOMANS EARLOBE. I straight up gave her a perfect ear piercing. The pin fish was dangling from her ear! Luckily the lady took it all in stride and laughed it off. I’ll never forget the look on my pops face. Pure terror. 

[cyclops2]

 

I am perfect. I can not remember anything I was not perfect in.      

[Big Rick]

9 minutes ago, cyclops2 said:

 

I am perfect. I can not remember anything I was not perfect in.      

Somehow, I'm not surprised.....

[cyclops2]

  ?

[Skunkmaster-k]

7 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I see what you did there 

Pluck the fruit when it’s within reach. 

[Bluebasser86]

Hauled my last kayak to a creek to fish, realized after unloading everything that I'd forgotten my paddle. Loaded everything back up and drove right back home 

[Miabucman]

Yikes.  I have hooked myself a couple of times but luckily it wasn't in the rear end. 

I have an older boat and I also messed by not checking the kill switch closely.  It was pulled just enough down that it wouldn't start but looked like it was up.  After the hour long trolling motor trip to the ramp, my wife was not a happy camper once I found the problem>

[WC53]

You owe me half a bourbon, it came out my nose! ?

[fin]

25 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Hauled my last kayak to a creek to fish, realized after unloading everything that I'd forgotten my paddle. Loaded everything back up and drove right back home 

 

I've done the equivalent as a bank fisherman - I left my shoes at home and had to drive back home because I was barefoot.

 

 

 

[roadwarrior]

3 minutes ago, fin said:

 

I've done the equivalent as a bank fisherman - I left my shoes at home and had to drive back home because I was barefoot.

 Ding, ding, ding!  I think we have a winner.

 

                                              

[Way north bass guy]

59 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Hauled my last kayak to a creek to fish, realized after unloading everything that I'd forgotten my paddle. Loaded everything back up and drove right back home 

I’ve done that same thing, only it was with a canoe while duck hunting. The only saving grace was the round mouth shovel I had in the truck. It actually worked pretty well as a paddle.