Murphys' Laws for fishing

[Kirtley Howe]

1. The weatherman always lies.

2. Whatever day you go fishing....you should have been here yesterday.

3. Whatever rods and reels you bring will be the wrong ones.

4. Whatever lures you bring will be too big, too small, or the wrong color.

5. Your best reel will always backlash just as the fish start busting on the surface.

6. You will catch the bush behind you while making that critical cast to a lunker.

7. If the fish are biting, so are the bugs.

8. If you wear waders, they will leak.

9. No matter how carefully you plan your fishing trip, something will come up to interfere with it.

10. If fishing from a boat, either the main motor or the trolling motor will act up.

   10a. The batteries in your boat will always fail in the middle of the fishing trip.

11. Your most expensive lures are the ones that will get irretrievable snagged.

12. You will forget to retie just before you hook your personal best fish.

Add your own Murphys' Law.....and GO......

[casts_by_fly]

The fish will hit your lure when you are least paying attention and always in the worst position to set the hook.

[VolFan]

If you make the perfect cast, you will foul on your hook or a leaf or a random filament of something that shouldn’t be there.

[BrianMDTX]

As soon as you stop the boat for the first time and prepare to make the first cast of the day, your work phone starts vibrating (and no, leaving it at home is not an option!). 

[LrgmouthShad]

The better looking a spot is to me, the less bass will like it

[Bird]

Weather man said calm today so headed to my favorite " VERY CLEAR " lake and rigged up finesse last evening,

Drop shot, flickShake and Mojo.

 

Got on the water early to white caps and had to completely change my game plan.

 

Weather men are the biggest liars and a disgrace to society ?

[Drawdown]

When hunting, if you move, ducks show up.

[detroit1]

wasn't holding my mouth right

but i just re-tied that knot

yeah,i remembered the drainplug,,,or wallet...or phone...or lunch

wait. what?

[ScottW]

Right as you make ‘that cast’ to where you saw a lot of bait fish being blown up you feel a tickle on your left ankle and look down to see the biggest, hairiest spider you’ve ever seen. True story and yes, I screamed like a little girl.

[Darth-Baiter]

bring 8 rod/reel/bait combos and the bass only need one.

 

next day, bring just the one...nothing.  

[A-Jay]

Even if there is only One Deal on my truck, boat, motor or trailer that needs maintenance, and I put it off, you can bet that's what will fail the very next trip out.

#procrastinatorsanonymous

A-Jay

[gim]

18 hours ago, Bird said:

Got on the water early to white caps and had to completely change my game plan.

 

Weather men are the biggest liars and a disgrace to society

I can relate to this one, seemingly on a relatively frequent basis.  You check the conditions the night before, rig up, and when you get there it looks like the Bering Sea.

[Bird]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

I can relate to this one, seemingly on a relatively frequent basis.  You check the conditions the night before, rig up, and when you get there it looks like the Bering Sea.

Yes and I wasn't kidding about yesterday.

Forecast said 6-8 mph west winds and was limited to 3/4 oz jigs and Spinnerbaits......30 mph gusts.

 

When I happened to hook a fish , had to get on the trolling motor and head for open water just to allow time to fight and unhook the fish.

Next time it's forecasted for high winds, I'll be on the water at daylight ?

[Bankbeater]

The one thing you drop overboard while out on the lake will be the one thing that won't float.

[BustedSwimbait]

On 6/13/2023 at 2:13 PM, BrianMDTX said:

As soon as you stop the boat for the first time and prepare to make the first cast of the day, your work phone starts vibrating (and no, leaving it at home is not an option!). 

"Sorry, boss! Drag was spinning too loud, couldn't hear the phone ring!"

[Steveo-1969]

On 6/14/2023 at 6:35 PM, BustedSwimbait said:

"Sorry, boss! Drag was spinning too loud, couldn't hear the phone ring!"

Boss replies “What? I thought you were home sick?!?!?”

[Woody B]

4 hours ago, Steveo-1969 said:

Boss replies “What? I thought you were home sick?!?!?”

 

I'm not sick, my arm is in a "cast".