funniest dam fishin story ive had

[shakyhead]

i was telling a friend about this and thought i would share with youall.  last summer i was fishing a night tourney with an older gentleman friend of mine.  he doesnt see too well at night. i was watching my line, all of the sudden he yells he has a bite. i look over and see his line is not in the water, but in fact on the bank up a tree hanging over a limb. it was a full moon so i could see his line rather well.  in that instant he yelled he had another bite and while i was looking at his line and getting ready to tell him of his misfortune, i could see a shadow in the same vinicity as where his line ended on the limb. and it was moving! so i begin to say to him i think. . . . . . . .  all of the sudden he says " there it is again"  trying to hold back my emotions, i tell him i believe you are up a tree and bird has gotten it. of course he says no way(he was not using night line so he didnt even know where his line was) and then again he gets bit and sets the hook!  he set on slack line so of course he says "dam i missed"   then "heck there he is again" and just before he sets the hook he says " i think he got off".

at this point i am crying and trying to tell him hes up a tree and getting bit by an owl!!  after a few minutes of him telling me im crazy,  he gets another hit, sets the hook, all hell breaks loose!  the limb snaps, the owl flies, and that my friends is the gods honest truth!!  everytime i tell the story i get choked up with laughter and i STILL think he thought he was on a good fish!!!

[bilgerat]

Over twenty years ago my buddy and I are fishing his grandfather's farm pond. I wanted to get to another spot which required me to climb a small hill.

As I got to the top, I was face to face with a huge female goose sitting on her clutch of eggs. She starts honking and flapping her wings. I about crapped myself and went tumbling backwards back down the hill, my tacklebox dumping it's contents the entire way. I'm laying there with grass and leaves all over me as my buddy is in tears.

I hate geese to this day.

[shakyhead]

i hear ya!  i casted too far once and it landed on the bank near where a goose was sitting on eggs. the other goose who was guarding ran over and started stepping/biting my spinnerbait before i could retrieve it. as i was reeling my line the dern thing followed it most of the way back! 

same spinnerbait different day, again i casted a little to close to the bank and when the thing hit, up jumps the biggest buck i have ever laid eyes on, i mean horns growing out everywhere!  it was on an island of course where you cant hunt, a mile from any shoreline!!!!

[Fishmaster10]

That is hilarious

[Sam]

Good ones. 

[CAdeltaLipRipper]

I got this one on video. I was about to go fish my pond when i caught this happening.

[Bluebasser86]

That's great! I had an owl pick up a jitterbug while I was night fishing several summers ago. After a brief fight and after breaking my new rod, the big bird came crashing down onto the shore into some sticker bushes. The hooks got tangled in the bushes and when it took off again the hooks pulled free and the owl flew off. Probably only lasted 30 seconds but it felt like forever that I was trying to get that owl pulled back down not knowing what I was going to do if I got it in. In the end it turned out alright though. The owl flew off and didn't seem any worst for the wear.

[joshholmes]

my uncle snagged a 2.5 foot snapping turtle with his crankbait and tried to unhook it with his bare hands. i dont even have to tell you the rest

[joshholmes]

oh and i had a mink chase down my husky jerk last week at the waters edge. luckily it didnt bite it

[vegas679]

Thats pretty funny. I got one, a little different, but still funny. So one day I was fishing an appartment complex pond up the street from my house. I was doing fairly well, caught 4-5 in like 30 min. Nothing with any real size. I thought I was the the man, I had my new rod and reel, and had a whole tackle bag packed with goodies. Well one of the little neightborhood kids up to me, about 10 years old, and is like "what are you using". I proceeded to show him this awsome looking jig w/ a rage craw trailer. I thought it looked sweet, and began to explain what it was to him. He wasnt impressed as was like you should use a hotdog. I was thinking to myself, yeah right kid, dont you see all this sweet gear I have, and besides, I'm catching fish. Well he goes and disappers, and returns about 5 min later w/ a little cheap zebco and a bobber, and puts a little piece of hot dog on it, about 10 feet from where I was fishing. I was thinking to myself, kid you got this whole pond, and you have to stad 10 feet away from me. Anyways, with in 2 min he's like fish on. The kid reals in an 8 lb bass right next to where I had been fishing the whole time. He looks at me and say, "told you to use a hotdog" I've been feeding them hotdogs every day after shool for the last 2 weeks.

[Brandon K.]

Too many stories about geese. I wish they would all die.

[L a r r y]

Thats pretty funny. I got one, a little different, but still funny. So one day I was fishing an appartment complex pond up the street from my house. I was doing fairly well, caught 4-5 in like 30 min. Nothing with any real size. I thought I was the the man, I had my new rod and reel, and had a whole tackle bag packed with goodies. Well one of the little neightborhood kids up to me, about 10 years old, and is like "what are you using". I proceeded to show him this awsome looking jig w/ a rage craw trailer. I thought it looked sweet, and began to explain what it was to him. He wasnt impressed as was like you should use a hotdog. I was thinking to myself, yeah right kid, dont you see all this sweet gear I have, and besides, I'm catching fish. Well he goes and disappers, and returns about 5 min later w/ a little cheap zebco and a bobber, and puts a little piece of hot dog on it, about 10 feet from where I was fishing. I was thinking to myself, kid you got this whole pond, and you have to stad 10 feet away from me. Anyways, with in 2 min he's like fish on. The kid reals in an 8 lb bass right next to where I had been fishing the whole time. He looks at me and say, "told you to use a hotdog" I've been feeding them hotdogs every day after shool for the last 2 weeks.

I bet that will learn ya to listen

[Oscar O.]

Hahaha these are all great! I guess I'll throw one in as well:

Back when I was in middle school, my dad would take me to fish for trout in a local lake every now and then. On one of these trips, we were fishing next to this one guy and not much was happening, just soaking up some sun. Then the guy sees his bobber go down, he gets his rod and proceeds to reel it in. Sure enough, while fighting the little stocked trout, it was splashing a little at the surface and down comes an osprey to take his would-be catch! Now his drag is screaming louder than kids on a roller coaster and he's trying to pull the bird back but to no avail because within seconds he ran out of line and you hear a *kink*. Guy looks at his reel and realizes that not only did the osprey take his catch, it took the rest of his day of fishing. He was a good sport about it, but his body language and facial expression were priceless.

[Fishing Cowgirl]

My husband and I were fishing a team tournamnet on Lake Kissimmee by Jack Slough. We were flipping some really thick Kissimmee grass mats and he flipped a 1 ounce weight to a "dark spot" in the middle of one. Well the "dark spot" turned out to be the head of a VERY large alligator. There was a roar, a lot of splashing, (which was hitting us), brush and grass shaking. Both of us looked at each other, our feet were running in place, but where you gonna go? The gator came out next to the boat and right alongside as though to get a good look at disturbed it's nap. Our boat is 19'6" and he was just about 16' long.

He continued past us, not bothering to submerge as though he KNEW he was the baddest gator around. He swam off towards some other anglers, creating his own wake and we could easily see his entire top line until he went to another grass mat.

I told my husband to take "closer look" at the dark spots before he flips something at it. (It's not easy climbing on top of the back seat)

[Uncle Leo]

That my friend is funny as heck

[splitshot00]

I took my daughter fishing a few weeks ago for bluegill and crappie. She hooked her first two she was excited but i was noticing how she was holding the rod she held the rod in one had the line in the other i asked her why she said she could hook it better that way when her bobber goes under. Granted we are on a dock so we just dropped our lines in da water so she hook number 3 when she seen the size of it she got to jumping up and down daddy i want it i want dont let it get away,i said reel it in she said i am in the mist of excitement she had the spinning reel turned face up so she couldnt reel it she said daddy help me so i helped her reel it in. so i get her fish on board get the hook out i said do u wanna hold ur fish she said no im scared she wouldnt come near it lol. So she caught two more fish a lmb and a crappie i got skunked that day but i aint laugh that hard in yrs.

[lou304]

I go on a trip every summer with 3 or 4 guys to a remote lake to fish, eat and drink for 3 days. 2 years ago, on the second night, after Happy Hour, everyone heads out to fish the evening bite. I'm sitting in my 12 ft aluminum boat which is pulled partly up on shore, with my back to shore, organizing my rods before I go out. All but one of the guys is already out on the lake. Sam, the one guy left, who had a good toot on, apparently decided he was going out with me, without telling me, instead of taking his canoe.

Now Sam is about 6"4" and about 250, All of the sudden I hear a bang, and I'm underwater. I stand up in the 2ft deep water sputtering, as my boat settles back down and my tackle bag is floating upside down next to me. Sam is laying in the water like a big, drowned bear, and my boat is half full of water.

From what I was able to gather from talking to him, since I had my back to him, was that he went to step down off the bank into my boat and stepped on the gunnel instead, flipping the boat, me and my stuff into the water.

It took about 1/2 hour to find all my stuff, none the worse for wear, and we had a good laugh, hung our clothes to dry and had a few more beers.

What was even funnier is when the other guys came back to camp, they pulled up in their boats and asked us what happened, laughed at us, and then one of the guys fell out of his canoe into the drink.

Can't wait till this year!!!

[airborne_angler]

I've got a few I'd like to share.They all occured when I was stationed in Alaska.

I was at a lake on the military installation,throwing spinners for trout.I had caught 3 really nice ones and had them on a stringer loosely tied to a log about 10 feet away from where I was fishing.I'm admiring the scenery,when I see a Bald Eagle circling above.I'm in awe,I haven't ever seen one in the wild.

The eagle proceeds to dive bomb where my stringer was and take my catch,all 3 fish and my stringer.

A few weeks later,same lake, I'm fishing with my daughter.Using Powerbait,I hook the fish and let her reel em in.I set the hook on what I feel is a pretty small fish.I hand the rod and reel to my daughter and she starts reeling in the fish.

Suddenly the rod doubles over and the drag starts screaming.I'm freakin out.I hear some commotion on the surface and look.While reeling in her catch,a Loon dove down and got my daughtes fish.The Loon managed to shake the hook and all was well,but man what an experience.

[AndyPlaysDrums]

Too many stories about geese. I wish they would all die.

LIKE!

[kennyo]

My mom and dad were out fishing in Jon boat. Mom got her spinnerbait hung up in a tree that was hanging out over the water. So my dad motors in to let her get the bait. She reaches up and starts untangling it, when a gust of wind blows the boat... My dad yells, let go, let go... SPLASH! She goes completely under water in spite of her life jacket. As the life jacket propels her back to the surface she grabs the boat and rolls in over the gunnel breaking my dads new g. Loomis in the process.