2007 Bonehead Maneuvers

[Guest avid]

Yo Zel.........

You really mean that spending the night with the mook of all mooks is not something you want to do again?  

I'm shocked, shocked I say  

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

Wow If I think back....I would have blisters on my fingers trying to type all of it.

One simple little dumb s--t maneuver that comes to mind though:

After I tie my lures on, I normally out of habit just toss them overboard to get them out of the way or to see how they look.I was preparing a brand new never used jig,combing the skirt and adding a trailer.I then tossed it overboard and then picked up my rod,no jig on the end!In my haste I forgot to even tie it on! DOH!! ;D

[Korea_Bassin]

Wow If I think back....I would have blisters on my fingers trying to type all of it.

One simple little dumb s--t maneuver that comes to mind though:

After I tie my lures on, I normally out of habit just toss them overboard to get them out of the way or to see how they look.I was preparing a brand new never used jig,combing the skirt and adding a trailer.I then tossed it overboard and then picked up my rod,no jig on the end!In my haste I forgot to even tie it on! DOH!! ;D

So I'm not the only one to experiment with this technique???  :-[

[Guest avid]

This isn't my biggest bonehead move of 2007 but it's one of my favorites.

I had a little jam in my spool when I cast a spinnerbait while fishing with steveP.

Man, it's awsome how far you can cast one of those when it snaps your line and sails off into the sunset.

So Steve was mildly amused and made a few mook worthy comments.

I tied on another spinnerbait but neglected to clear the overrun.

There goes another one.

Steve commented that he now understood why I like Japanese lures.

They fly alot further than the American ones.  8-)

[Zel]

Yo Zel.........

You really mean that spending the night with the mook of all mooks is not something you want to do again?

I'm shocked, shocked I say

Man Avid, I guess me telling a story is like me telling a joke.  I always end up having to explain it.  :

Problems not the fishing with the Duke of Mook, but rather charging through the darkness in a submerged boulder field like a Burley in a China shop, with nothing more than the light of Muddy's cell phone to guide the way.

Half a league, half a league,

Half a league onward,

All into the valley of Boulders

Rode the two Mooks.

"Forward, the Fish'n'Ski!

"Charge the bass!" he said.

Into the gloom of the night

Rode the two Mooks.

[DaHorns]

Here is a good one...

I was launching my boat solo on Lake Austin.  When I do this I tie a rope to the cleat and the other end to the trailer to ensure it doesn't float off.  Well, I followed the same proceedures I do every time, only problem this time the rope had dry rotted (been awhile since I launched solo) and it broke when I started to pull it back in.  Needless to say the lake had a small flow to it this morning and it started off down the lake.  Had to get in and chase it down by swimming after it.  Finally got it and swam it back to the ramp.  When I got back to the ramp I got a standing ovation from the sunbathing ladies on the dock at the spa next door.  What a start to the day........ :-[

[fishfordollars]

Years ago on Lake Palestine 7:30am 19* air temps. Kicked the trolling motor around to the right, hit a stump, and walked right out of the boat. Had a change of clothes. While I was drying off with nothing on another boat that was close by came over to offer assistance. Standing there with nothing on and only a towl in my hand I asked the boaters if they had an extra heavy shirt I could borrow. They informed me that nothing they had would fit me as all they had were women's sizes. Yep, it was two ladies all bumdled up fishing the same tournament. Naturally they weighed in in a flight earlier than mine. I caught all kinds of ribbing when I got to the weighin stage. Thankfully there were no pictures being passed around. We all had a good laugh though.

[.dsaavedra.]

a day on the lake with my dad in our old leaky jonboat. we were fishing on a new lake and we got as far away from the truck as possible in our search for the good spots. we had a crummy old interstate battery powering our 36lb thrust minn kota and the batterey was old and weak. to make matters worse we forgot to charge it the previous day. to make matters even worse, we forgot to pack oars. to make matters as worse as possible the batterey died on us at the complete opposite side of the lake than where we parked. so we had to row back to the truck with a stick that i snagged. took us like 45 minutes to get back to the truck. we got a new batterey the next day

[Tin]

Attempting to jump out of 5.0's crawdacious in the parking lot, getting my foot stuck. And fall out of it (which was already in his f-150) and coming down on my side into a curb.  The ribs hurt for about a month. Was not fun. But now I look back, it was funny.  8-)

[detroit1]

This is great everone, thanks for sharing. Alot of this sounds familiar to me....

[Buckeye1955]

Having the bad habit of setting things on top of my soft sided tackle box, especailly black things as it is also black! Result --- flipped a pair of black handled pliers and a black walkie talkie into the drink by opening the top of the bag while looking somewhere else! Had to drive an hour each way to pick up another walkie.

[JonBasser]

I was in a hurry one morning, and was tying a crankbait onto some braid.  I was using a new pair of stainless steel scissors to cut off the excess.  I had the scissors in one hand, and the crankbait and the excess line in the  other. Instead of throwing the crankbait and a little piece of line into the   water, I throw the scissors.  Wow, now that is stupidity. :-?

[Hooked_On_Bass]

Well, one evening last year the wife made me take her darn new cell phone with me fishing as we were expecting some family to come over and she wanted to be able to get a hold of me to let me know they arrived. Well, she called to let me know and after I got off the phone with her I sat the phone on top of my tackle box . Soooooo......I went to change baits, flipped open the top of my box and the phone went over the side of the boat and into the lake, never to be seen again :-[. Well I knew I had to do something special or I would be in some serious "doodoo". So on the way home I stopped anywhere I saw flowers (or what I thought were flowers) on shore and picked them. When I was done I had enough to make a beautiful (IMO) bouquet, which I did. I tied them all together with fishing line and surprised her with them when I met her at the dock ;D. You know what? It actually worked! After I gave them to her and explained what happened, she was laughing her a** off ;D. The end :-[ ;D.

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

a day on the lake with my dad in our old leaky jonboat. we were fishing on a new lake and we got as far away from the truck as possible in our search for the good spots. we had a crummy old interstate battery powering our 36lb thrust minn kota and the batterey was old and weak. to make matters worse we forgot to charge it the previous day. to make matters even worse, we forgot to pack oars. to make matters as worse as possible the batterey died on us at the complete opposite side of the lake than where we parked. so we had to row back to the truck with a stick that i snagged. took us like 45 minutes to get back to the truck. we got a new batterey the next day

AHHH,BEEN THERE DONE THAT.You ever try the anchor technique?Throw the anchor out in front of the boat and drag it back.Had to do it before when I got stuck out in 30 MPH winds with dead battery.GRRRRRR!

[JonBasser]

Yeah I tried the anchor method.  I was making good progress until the rotten rope broke.  Lets just say I am glad I carry two anchors.

[Other.]

I have actually forgot my tackle box twice :-[ I have no idea how I could let such a major item behind... Good thing I always have something tied on before I get to the lake.