Ever have a 'DUH' moment while fishing?

[NateFollmer]

I can't believe I am even posting this, but if you all get a laugh out of my stupidity, then its worth it

I was fishing a few weeks ago in the Juniata River. I was tossing an old Rapala lipless crank (I forget the model, I have had it for years) in a baby bass color... Wasn't catching a darn thing. I just realized today, that there are no largemouth bass in that river and throwing a baby LMB color was probably the last lure I should have been using! I bet the smallies were thinking "WHAT THE HECK IS THAT!".... I know I'm an idiot!

Anyone else ever do anything stupid like that?

[FishingBuds]

I fished with a Shimano reel one time ;D

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seriously tho, Thinking Im pass the strike zone I would reel in my lure to recast back but during the retrieve I'd get a unexpected hit

[Big Tom]

1.  Not long ago I was tying a on a jig using a palomar knot.  I bit what I thought was the tag end and threw my jig over the side of the boat.

It wasn't the tag end.

2.  I threw my buddies pliers in the lake once.  Luckily I had the same pair and immediately gave them to him.  He swears they aren't as good as the pair I threw overboard.

3.  I threw two different combos in the lake on the same day.  The first one was a Powell and a Patriarch.  It slipped out of my hands after a hard hookset on a stump.  My friend was able to grab it before it sank real far.  The second was a BPS Pro Qualifier combo.  I was casting left handed and somehow just let go of the combo.  It sank 30 feet to the bottom.  I caught the combo about 10 minutes later with a Rat-L Trap.

[D4u2s0t]

i've told this one a few times, but it was a good one lol.  I posted a while back that I had a fish that would nip my bait... this was different than any other type of fish I was used to.  It would hit my soft plastic bait in the same spot, every time, like clockwork, for about 3 days.  The fish wouldn't move, wouldn't come out of it's spot, just "tap" every time the bait came past it's nose. 

A few days later, I cast out, get stuck on a stump,  so i'm walking down the dock to get it out.  I make it down the dock, start walking down the beach, and all of a sudden my bait starts wizzing towards the dock!!  I wasn't prepared, there was slack in the line, and the fish came off as I was running full speed and reeling full speed at the same time.  As I finished reeling in, a big muskie comes right to the edge of the dock and did a 180... I didn't get a real good look, but it was enough to know it was not small, and I wish I kept pulling instead of walking down the beach.

Seems like an honest mistake, until you factor in that I was fishing over a beach, and literally besides the sand there's nothing to get snagged on...man, did i kick myself after that lol

[NateFollmer]

1. Not long ago I was tying a on a jig using a palomar knot. I bit what I thought was the tag end and threw my jig over the side of the boat.

It wasn't the tag end.

Man I do that a lot too. I at least catch it before I throw though

[Micro]

Yes.  Everytime I try to cast with the bail closed.

[Big Tom]

Yes. Everytime I try to cast with the bail closed.

I don't use spinning gear much but when I do, this happens a bunch.

;D

[bigfruits]

i dont know, maybe they weren't into the lipless crank that day/time. doesnt it kind of look like a baby smallie? or maybe other kind of baitfish? ive caught bass on shad baits in lakes with no shad and with jigs on lakes that supposedly had no crawfish in MN...

my chartruese lipless crank doesnt look like anything ive ever seen and ive caught 2 fish on it.

i wouldn't consider the time you spent tossing that baby bass bait wasted time.

[Sam]

No. Other than forgetting to put the plug in the boat. 

[fathom]

brother-in-law lives on a fine lake.

pulled back to the dock one evening and, right after unloading the boat, we look across the lake and see 'em jumping crazy in the ole honey-hole.

so here we go...practically slobbering with fish-lust, we jump back in the boat and go rocking across the lake...slowed down 1/4 mile away and eased up on 'em...killed the motor and reached down for the...

yea...you guessed it...rods and reels were back at the dock...right where we left 'em.

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[brushhoggin]

stared in amazement as my line move slowly but steadily across the water without setting the hook. a serious brain fart

[NateFollmer]

stared in amazement as my line move slowly but steadily across the water without setting the hook. a serious brain fart

Ahh I do that sometimes too. Just last week something grabbed my jig and the drag was screaming. I just started reeling like an idiot and didn't set the hook. I think it was a pike though because the trailer was cut in half and the jig head had a scrape in it. Id love to catch a pike but I'm glad it wasn't a lost bass haha

Bigfruits, you have a point. The crank was green with black stripes (typical lmb colors). I guess it would work because of all those crazy colors that don't resemble fish haha

[Bass XL]

Only thing I have is when I'm pitching a lure and knock the reel handle, engaging the reel and then my jig swings around and hits me in my head.

[frogtog]

I love to fish a Barracuda spoon and skirt in the cold months for bass. This bait is notorious for getting hung and that morning I could throw it in the bushes and ease it out with no problem. After about a half hour I looked at the spoon and half the hook was gone. I tied on another one and got hung the first cast.

[grimlin]

Yes. Everytime I try to cast with the bail closed.

I feel extremely stupid when i do this and pretend it was the reel and not me....lol

[Keri]

This is a great fun thread. I too cast with the bail closed and so does Glenn but don't tell him I said that.

It's inevitable everyone gets the virus “Stupid” every once in a while. Thanks goodness it's easily shaken. LOL

[Bassn Blvd]

I suppose I'll post this AGAIN for the newbies.  This is what happens when you back the boat down the ramp and then decide to stay in the truck to eat lunch, forgetting you unhooked the boat from the trailer.  I only had to swim about 30 yards to retrieve her.

[NateFollmer]

HAHA Bassn Blvd that's awesome. I usually do the opposite and forget to unhook the wench and wonder why the boat isn't coming off the trailer! It really sucks when you do this and you are launching by yourself

[Other.]

Lets see....

I have forgotten ALL my tackle once on a trip. You know how hard it is fishing with out any lures? My day ended a little early that day 

[.dsaavedra.]

using a wrench to loosen the nut on the positive terminal of my battery to disconnect my trolling motor i tapped the negative terminal. a ton of sparks and a nice burn later my wrench was in the bottom of the lake  :-/ i'm sure that could have been worse.

[D4u2s0t]

I suppose I'll post this AGAIN for the newbies. This is what happens when you back the boat down the ramp and then decide to stay in the truck to eat lunch, forgetting you unhooked the boat from the trailer. I only had to swim about 30 yards to retrieve her.

winner!

[Raul]

I was fishing a few weeks ago in the Juniata River. I was tossing an old Rapala lipless crank (I forget the model, I have had it for years) in a baby bass color... Wasn't catching a darn thing. I just realized today, that there are no largemouth bass in that river and throwing a baby LMB color was probably the last lure I should have been using! I bet the smallies were thinking "WHAT THE HECK IS THAT!".... I know I'm an idiot!

Well, as I say: you don 't have to match the forage because I don 't believe you have too, faithful to that principle I fish with rainbow trout, brown trout, perch, walleye, shad, herring ( to name a few ) patterned baits, the point here is, none of those species live in my homewaters and I still catch fish on them on a regular basis, actually, rainbow trout is one of my favorite patterns. If you are one of the "match the hatch" believers then yes, that was a DUH moment.

Well, we have the forgot to install the drain plug in the boat DUH moment .... several times over. :-?

Forgetting to tighten the knot on your bait DUH moment and when you cast it the bait flies through the air like a friggin rocket.... several times too.

Not thumbing the spool on the BC for whatever reason with the direct consequences ( a megabacklash ) ..... several times too.

Not checking your surroundings when waving the rod to cast just to hang up on that danged brush behind you ..... several times too.

Forgettting to plug in the battery charger the night previous to a trip just to find out your battery is dead in the middle of the lake .... ¿ guess what ? several times too, yes siree ! I 'm constant !

[SoFlaBassAddict]

I suppose I'll post this AGAIN for the newbies. This is what happens when you back the boat down the ramp and then decide to stay in the truck to eat lunch, forgetting you unhooked the boat from the trailer. I only had to swim about 30 yards to retrieve her.

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rofl.  Classic picture.

[SGT Rico]

No. Other than forgetting to put the plug in the boat.

Iam so guilty of this  ;D ;D

[whoopbazz]

A Long time ago when people "made" there own bass boats, I was fishing with such a fella on a small electric motor lake. We were "cruising" across the lake, I leaned back in the rear elevated seat, and the darn bolts ripped out of the plywood floor. Since it was an eletric motor lake we did not wear life jackets.

So hear I am a pole in my hand, sneakers, sweatshirts (it was October), trying to tread water. I yell throw me my life jacket ...throw me my life jacket. My partner sit there laughin at me. I screamed this ain't funny I'm F'n drownin' here.

He yells back just stand up you moron!  Here I am 100's of yards from the nearest bank, I try standing up...and it's only waist deep!

Did I feel like a dufus.  Like I said it's late October and I'm soaking wet. So I strip down naked, put my rainsuit on, he takes me back to his truck for 30 minutes of sitting in some heat, and got back out there and finished the day out....BRRRRRR!