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Title: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: reubenpa on Mar 28, 2004, 07:57 PM
Has anyone started a thread on the stupidest mistake in fishing? 

The stupidest one I have ever made is that I didn't go fishing a couple days last week!!!!   :) 

One of the many, and the only one that comes to mind right now is the time that I tried 2 # test line for crappies. I was using a 5.5 foot 4 piece travel fishing rod that a guy gave me one time, and I was casting a little spinner.  Well, the spinner caught something and the line broke and the tip of my rod flew off and out into the water about 30 feet with my spinner, therefore ening the usefulness of that rod!!!  I can't remmebr the others but I know I had done some DUMB ones!!
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: broken rod on Mar 28, 2004, 08:07 PM
i guess i can admit to sticking a bucktail in the back of my head  ;D
i just cut the line and went on fishing and got it out when i got home later that day ;D
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: shark on Mar 29, 2004, 04:47 AM
 Biggest mistake was not buying more tackle last time I was at Gander Mountian.LOL

                 
NEED MORE STUFF



    Mark
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: Fat Boy on Mar 29, 2004, 12:43 PM
I've got a few. 

Stupid mistake #1:  I drove over an hour to wade my favorite river and when I got there realized that I forgot my wading shoes...

Stupid mistake #2:  That same day I tried to wade my favorite rocky swift river with tennis shoes.  After 15 minutes of trying to wade out to my spot and falling a dozen times and accumulating several shin, knee and elbow bruises, I decided to call it quits and head home to get my wading shoes.  Both mistakes cost me an extra 2 hours of fishing time that day when the fishing was really hot.

I've made many more, hopefully learned a bit from them too.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: vancouvercanuck on Mar 29, 2004, 01:03 PM
Letting my significant other load the boat after a day on the water and forgetting to put the trim up. Not much was left of that prop. Will post a picture tomorrow.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: TroutFishingBear on Mar 29, 2004, 06:18 PM
Going down rapids in the gunnison gorge without  my pole caribeened on to my personal pontoon boat. (cataraft) I lost my 20$ pole and 80$ real, and brought no others so I had to use a stick to fish and I could only fish by handlining the line while I was drifting up and down some longer holes. I still caught some nice browns and bows.


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Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: big walleye on Mar 29, 2004, 07:55 PM
Well one of my dumbest bone headed moves was forgetting my fishing poles at home. Now that was dumb. :-[ :-[ :-[
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: reubenpa on Mar 29, 2004, 08:28 PM
now I don't feel so bad, keep them coming!!

Today I did a dumb one, but didn't know it really...  my waderws had holes in them, so I stood in Maxwell creek for 3 hours with frozen feet!!  I didn't know they had holes!!!!
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: broken rod on Mar 29, 2004, 08:30 PM
thats how i usally figure it out ;D
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: chrisfrank on Mar 29, 2004, 11:20 PM
Just last week me and my girlfriend drove about an hour and half to fish a small lake.  After unloading the canoe and filling it with gear, realized we didn't bring the paddles.  She had to drive to the nearest tackle shop to get some with the $20 we had.  Ended up with the smallest paddles i've ever seen.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: Fat Boy on Mar 30, 2004, 10:49 AM
I'm surprised that there aren't more drain plug stories coming out...gotta be one coming up soon!!! ;D
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: vancouvercanuck on Mar 30, 2004, 01:06 PM
I'm surprised that there aren't more drain plug stories coming out...gotta be one coming up soon!!! ;D

Ok, you got me now.

Lets see if I can remember now....it goes something like this;

The g/f and I are at a boat dealer looking at used boats. I had never owned a boat before so this would be all new to me. We pick out a boat (the boat we own now) and liked it. It was used but in great shape. 18' runabout, open bow, inboard/outboard motor. We all know the kind. Anywho, we wanted to take it out and try it to make sure it ran good and what have you before we bought it. So the salesguy hands over the keys, hooks up the boat, and off we go to the nearest lake to test drive it.

So we get there and I back the boat into the water and the g/f starts it up no problem. I go and park the truck and hop in the boat. So off we go, good hole shot, goes fast, handles good, etc etc. Well we stop the boat and try the hole shot again, except this time the front of the boat goes up like 8' out of the water and we can't get it up to plane. We stop the boat, shake our heads and try it again. Same thing, goes REALL slow and won't go up on plane. So we stop the boat and look around the boat to see what's going on. Well, the back of the boat is slowly filling up with water, yep you got that right, we forgot to put the plug in. I didn't know it needed a plug. We get back to the boat launch, I race up to my truck, and remember this would be the first time in my life i'm backing up a trailer. Well I couldn't believe it, I backed that thing up like i'd been doing it for 30 years. Get the stupid boat on the trailer and pull it out. Let the water drain out and remember about the plug. Well we didn't feel so bad because the salesman forgot to give us the plug at the shop.

End of story.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: dachmation on Mar 30, 2004, 02:13 PM
Well FatBoy you asked for it.

   We were running up Brest Bay in Lake Erie from Bolles Harbor to Sterling State Park area, the lake was dead calm and smooth as glass. As we passed Monroe we had to cross where the River Raisin dumps into Lake Erie. We were going flat out in a 16 ft SmokerCraft with a 50 Hp Evinrude on it. We were running toward the sun so there was a glare on the water and we didnt see the small wave or current formed by the river coming into the lake. We hit that wave and went airborne, with the back of the boat coming down first and we landed just about straight up and down. Needless to say we were very lucky to stay afloat and all in the boat. We had gear everywhere so we slowed down and fixed things up then continued up to Sterling. We stopped offshore there to drift and fish and as I was sitting in the front I soon realized my feet were squishing as I moved around. I looked back at my buddy who had water halfway up his shoes and said "Hey Jack wheres all the water coming from?" He looked down and said "what water?"and then a real quick "OH S**T". He flipped on the bilge pump and it started spraying out about 30 ft. instead  od the usual trickle. So then we started checking and discovered the plug had got knocked out in the rough landing. We did have a spare plug but it was a long reach down to put it in over the stern. Eventually we got it in then got the motor started and tried to get it up on plane to drain it but was still to heavy so we cruised slow until bilge pump finally drained the boat. We went back to port and loaded the boat to finish draining it. Needless to say the next time out we had a screw in plug inserted from the inside, instead of the fold over type put in from the outside. One good thing about that trip we got limits of walleye and  an Eight and a half pounder. Quite an exciting trip.

Mike
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: Hollywood on Mar 30, 2004, 05:22 PM
Ever see a guy get excited while fighting a big fish & put his cigar back in his mouth .......backwards? PPSSSSTTTTTTTTTT. AARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Quite funny to watch actually.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: Otter on Mar 30, 2004, 07:32 PM
Caught the biggest trout I'd ever caught on a flyrod (22"), then falling down on the rocks and breaking it after releasing the fish.  Doh! 
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: hosscletuslulu on Apr 25, 2004, 07:43 AM
I launched my boat at the marina and sent my buddy back to the camp on the other side of the lake with the truck and trailer.Then I tied off at the marinas dock to go on shore to check on another buddy that was working on his boat.I was standing there and looked at the plug in his boat and the bells went off,my plug was on the dash of the truck!So I ran back to the dock the boat was about half full of water I turned on the bilge and got moving went to camp and yelled to buddy on shore to get plug allwas saved.Just some info if you keep moving the water will be drawn out of the plug hole we used to do this in our small fishing boat pull the plug and drive around until the water is gone ,better than bailing with a beer can!
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: camo_fish on May 01, 2004, 05:19 PM
I put all my tackle in my buddy's boat before launching, and my new rod was pointed toward the back of the boat and hanging out of the side. My buddy had pvc pipe guides on the back of his trailer for easier loading. When the boat started floating and launching backwards my new rods tip was on the otherside of the pvc pipe and proceded to bend as the boat was backing up. I was yelling stop, stop, my rod and about that time. SNAP!!!  A few cuss words and Sh*t happens. My new 8 1/2 foot medium rod was no more. The next bad thing is when I went to return it to the store, there was no more, no more, what! So I ended up buying a different 8 1/2 buss ramsey rod, this time, 10x better, and more money, but love it. I guess it was just meant to be, because I looked at that rod before I bought the cheaper one. That will teach me to just buy the better one next time, and always make sure the rods or down in the boat or straight out the front.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: kerosenecounty17 on May 03, 2004, 06:55 PM
When you're all by yourself, make sure you tie off or drag the bow up a good couple of feet onto shore before you go to park the truck/trailer.  Especially when the wind is blowing toward the oposite shore.  And it's early May.  And you're in Wisconsin.  Man that's a COLD swim.

kero
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: TroutFishingBear on May 05, 2004, 05:05 PM
I do this probably once every three trips. I will catch a nice, big brown. probably about 4 pounds. They are toothy, right? Well, I dont re-tie my knot, and sure enough, the next fish I hook is even bigger, like a 7 pound rainbow or brown and they break the line at the knot.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: fozsey on Jun 06, 2004, 08:18 AM
I have done the "oops, no plug ritual"  too many times to count.

How about casting into a good walleye spot only to lose everything to a snag and being the gifted intelligent person that I am I retie and throw it right back into the same spot only to lose it all again.

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or...

tieing an 8' stringer full of fish 6' from the stern of the boat and moving only to discover that your 8' stringer is now 6' and the fish seem to have vanished.

 :o
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: Polar on Jun 06, 2004, 10:30 AM
I'm surprised that there aren't more drain plug stories coming out...gotta be one coming up soon!!! ;D

Did not want to say much :-[,Last year put the boat in at the Friend's Landing Tied it off too dock.{Never noticed the water coming in} Parked truck,when I got to the boat sitting on the bottom of ramp.{didn't put in plug}It get's better Run up to the truck guess what? keys locked inside.Nobody around,I have no cell phone.Somebody pulls in 15 minutes later flag him over.He has cell phone,Cant get a sigal.We come up with a plan lauch his boat,recover my boat and put on his trailer.Then he takes me around till we get a signal,I phone home.Wife laughs hysterically. It shows you fisherman stick together no matter what.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: vancouvercanuck on Jun 11, 2004, 11:58 AM
That's a great story there Polar. Hope that never happens to me. *knocks on wood*
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: slipbob on Jun 11, 2004, 01:02 PM
I've done this twice.  My fishing rods in the back of the station wagon with the rod tips up near my driver's side seat headrest and the reels near the tailgate.  It's warm out and I lower the driver's side back window and don't notice the rod slides over and the tip sticks out the window.  Get to the spot, park, hit the power window button for the drivers side rear window and hear crrrrrrunch.  Yepper that 7 foot walleye rod is now a 6 footer and missing some guides on the end.  Slipbob's golden rule don't let your pole hang out of the rear car window and forget about that when you roll your window up.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: fozsey on Jun 21, 2004, 06:56 PM
While we were fishing at Sioux Narrows we went into town for some brews and a couple new Shad Raps. When we got to the dock we saw a boat tied to the dock with the hood off the engine and two guys emptying cans of ether into the carb. We both looked at each other and said "poor guy". He came all this way only to have his boat not run. We walked up and got all the stuff we needed and came back to the boat to return to the cabin. I asked one of the guys working on the boat what he thought was wrong with it and he said that the night before they left the dock to go across the lake to the cabin they were staying and tied the boat up to the dock there. They went inside and started sipping a few brewskys and never went to check on their boat. The next morning they went out to get into their boat to go fishing and guess what....no boat. The owner forgot the plug in his shirt pocket and the boat went to the bottom. They dragged it out and pumped the water out, but couldn't get the motor to run. I had a sick feeling in my stomach. I can't imagine what he felt.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: TroutFishingBear on Jul 12, 2004, 09:00 PM
See my new post "My weekend smallmouth adventure (float)"
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: Phoenix on Aug 18, 2004, 07:00 AM
I'm surprised that there aren't more drain plug stories coming out...gotta be one coming up soon!!! ;D

Buddy and I drove 800 miles non-stop to remote Canadian lake. Brought his brand new 18' boat. By the time we unloaded the truck, loaded the boat, drove 60 miles up lake to an island campsite, unloaded the boat, set up camp, rigged a way to moor the boat offshore (boat was fiberglass and the shoreline rocky), we were exhausted and retired to the tent. When I opened the tent door six hours later the first thing I saw was about two feet of bow sticking up out of the water about 30' from shore. We had forgotten to put the drain plug in the livewell. The water was about 40 degrees which precluded playing around in it, we waited three days for someone to come along with a boat. How's that for dumb!
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: fozsey on Sep 15, 2004, 11:38 AM
That is a good one. Hope you had plenty of beverages to keep you occupied...LOL
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: Liar on Sep 16, 2004, 05:25 AM
  :'(  :'(  That would be enough to make a grown man cry........ :'(   :'(   :'(
Title: Easter
Post by: patrout on Sep 16, 2004, 07:14 PM
Well that would have to be the Easter Sunday my buddy talked me into pulling my down 65 Suszuki  and hooking the fairly new 25 Yamaha on the back of my boat to get some striper fishing in. Then I asked him If he wanted to lock it on or bolt it. but he said no need it's not staying on the boat. Well the first day of fishing went well with some small stripers but the next morning while running up the river we clipped a sunken  tree floating down the river. I looked back to see no motor gone in about 40ft of water. :'( That trip was a nightmare got home about 5 hours later for Easter dinner .The wife still brings that one up ::) Never did get the motor 
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: Mikepike on Feb 19, 2005, 08:48 PM
me and my dad where driving 100 miles to a lake trout lake in the middle of the bush. we load everything in and get going. we stop at a creek to try for some grass pike and notice the tailgates open. we had a cooler of 6+dozen minnows right at back GONE!

Lesson learned: make sure you shut your tailgate securely!



we ended up catching this 10 lb laker with a vibrax tipped with rubber minnow anyway! ;D
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Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: cnyfishing on Mar 09, 2005, 06:30 PM
stupid mistake#1= trying to wade across belly deep white water on the Ausable river good thing it was august but it was still cold water  :pinch:

Stupid mistake # 2= loosing my $45 net while fishing for Walleyes in the fall.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: monarkman on Mar 09, 2005, 07:13 PM
When you throw an anchor in November,make sure your not standing on the rope.BURRRRRRR :o
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: Pasquatch on Mar 27, 2005, 08:45 AM
Reaching my entire arm under the ice after a salmon that broke off in the hole and is swimming away on Lake George this winter.
I got the salmon, but it wasn't even legal sized! :cursing: Not to mention that it was -5 degrees out and  I had NO SHELTER! :o
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: big big rdg on Mar 27, 2005, 09:06 PM
#1One thing that i did was forget the plug and me and my buddies were fishing and we were like ***censored****? Why is there water in here. Then we looked and we lauched it without the plug. The water was about 1.5 feet up to the middle of the boat so we booted into shore and got the plug that was left at the camp.
#2Drove with the anchor down."Why arent we going fast"....."I dont know" Then my bro gets off the gas a little and we look up and the anchor is flying over our heads and the anchor line hit my bro in the face. It flew litterally over the entire boat .NO LIE. LOL :D
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: allenca on Mar 27, 2005, 10:36 PM

#2Drove with the anchor down."Why arent we going fast"....."I dont know" Then my bro gets off the gas a little and we look up and the anchor is flying over our heads and the anchor line hit my bro in the face. It flew litterally over the entire boat .NO LIE. LOL :D
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  I've done this before luckly it didn't hit the motar like yours did.
 #2 my one budy bought a new rod when he came over he bent it like they do on the ugly stick comercial snaped right in half, ha ha ha he didnt think it was funny. ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: fishNH on Mar 28, 2005, 11:25 AM
Strapped the kayak back on the roof of the car after fishing, and headed home.  Once I got home and looked back out at the car I realized that I lost my paddle (that I for some dumb reason left it strapped to the kayak) somewhere along the way.  The spot I fished was only a few miles away so I raced back to see if I left it on the ground or if I could find it along the road.  Well, no luck at all, so had to get a new paddle (about $90) for the next trip.  Just got myself a paddle strap off ebay so I don't do the same stupid thing again this year.   ;)
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: chrisN on Mar 31, 2005, 06:48 PM
#1- last summer i got knew rope for the boat, went to tie it to the dock but 10 minutes later the boat was out in the lake.  forgot to tie the rope to the boat >:(

#2 forgot to put the plug in the boat.  didnt notice for a while.  boy do boats ever sink fast :o

#3 left a knee board on the hood of the boat, didnt fly off until we where going 30mpf.  hit all 3 of us in the heads than flew 15 feet into the air.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: shrub on Apr 07, 2005, 04:23 PM
I've done this twice.  My fishing rods in the back of the station wagon with the rod tips up near my driver's side seat headrest and the reels near the tailgate.  It's warm out and I lower the driver's side back window and don't notice the rod slides over and the tip sticks out the window.  Get to the spot, park, hit the power window button for the drivers side rear window and hear crrrrrrunch.  Yepper that 7 foot walleye rod is now a 6 footer and missing some guides on the end.  Slipbob's golden rule don't let your pole hang out of the rear car window and forget about that when you roll your window up.
one day my mom came to pick me up from a local pond i was fishing and she had my dog in the trunk so instead of risking letting the dog out i just stuck the rod tip out the window now this is one of rods i really liked because it probably would have cost 100 bucks a piece but it only cost 10 because a guy my dad works with gave me the quantum rod and i was in the in walmart looking at reels for the rod and a salesman marked down a 50 dollar spidercast reel to 10 bucks :o :o well needless to say i got home and my mom forgot my rod was in the back and hit the power window  button, crunch, 5 inches of the rod gone, well i told my mom it was ruined so she bought me a 30 dollar uglstick ulright light, and 2 weeks later i bought a rod tip repair kit and fixed th other rod :evil:
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: ol crawdad on Jun 08, 2005, 02:40 PM
#1 forgot to strap down the 14 footer on top of the van.  Just a rope from the front of the boat, to the front bumper.  The boat stayed on the van all the way from Jersey, to deep into the Quebec bush, when I hit the brakes to avoid a deer.  THAT was a sight...The deer almost got hit by a boat!
#2 Leaving a deep diving lure on my pole and flying along back to the dock - the lure caught some water, and the pole flew right by me.  BAM, $200 gone, just like that.  (This was 4 days ago)

Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: shrub on Jun 10, 2005, 04:09 PM
i forgot my tackle box the other day, that wasent fun lukily my buddy was there so i just mooched of him ;)
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: buzz bait on Jun 10, 2005, 07:05 PM
the stupidest thing that  i did was when i was trolling with seth green rig . i made a real sharpe turn and the wind pushed the bow around real quick . causeing 1 rig to get sucked up in the prop  >:( >:(. so i shut the motor off got the line out took about 10 mins and i left the other rig out  :-[. than i got the motor going agian by that time the rig i left out the line was straight down . than the rod bent hit the water i  thought s#*% i'am snaged on the bottom gave it a good wank  to free it when i did that i gave a big wank back . well to make a long story short  the thing that wanked back was 1 of the biggest lakers i,ve got out of the finger lakes  16 pound plus  :o maybe it was not a stupid mistake after all lol.  :D god i  love telling that one .
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: pirkaus on Mar 12, 2006, 03:59 PM
Was striper fishing and caught a blue fish, not thinking I lip grab him OUCH  :cursing:
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: Polar on Mar 19, 2006, 01:35 PM
I have a new mistake for 2006 that just happened. Always make sure YOU check to make sure your fishing pole is in the bed of the truck before shutting the tailgate. To make matters worst I had two poles one the value is about 50 dollars the other was worth just about 100. Can you guess which one I did the Bill Dance special too?
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: crowkiller on Mar 19, 2006, 01:37 PM
thats why i buy 2 piece poles its a little harder to close them in the gate or door
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: WANNAKETCHUM on Mar 20, 2006, 01:23 AM
Was striper fishing and caught a blue fish, not thinking I lip grab him OUCH  :cursing:
Man!!! That's definitley a big NO-NO
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: walleyechaser on Mar 20, 2006, 02:31 PM
i would have to say mine is losing 2 nice steelhead my buddy caught.  I put them on the stringer but didn't loop the stringer through again like you're supposed to.  the first one stayed on long enough to get hit by the second one which knocked both of them off back into the river.  So much for that steelhead dinner.  They were both really nice fish too.

Then of course back at camp no one believed that we caught any fish.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: scansy on Mar 20, 2006, 09:12 PM
Getting married and having kids..... I don't fish as much now. :D

Gotta be careful, the wife is sitting next to me! :o
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: Skipper on Mar 27, 2006, 07:47 PM
My brother and me were out fishing with buzzbaits for northens one late summer day when he decided to switch to a green one that he had just bought. It still had the tags on it, he said "green is always a killer, youll see".  He was right, one fish after another swelled up on it, but not one got the hook. This struck us as strange because buzz baits usualy hook up real well. After missing at least five fish, he inspected the lure closely and there was a small piece of clear tubing over the point of the hook to prevent people from getting hooked in the store. I still give him flak over that one.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: WANNAKETCHUM on Mar 28, 2006, 12:42 AM
Well....maybe this won't seem like much of a mistake to most of you, but back in 1985... a friend and I were fishing Seneca lake for a day and when we came back to the dock...I took my fishing vest off and hung it on a dock post while we were loading up. We left and about 50 mi. down the road I realized what I did. We turned around and drove back but to no avail. I went to the park office where we were at to see if anyone had turned anything in and they said no, so I gave them my home address, phone# etc. etc. and they said they would contact me if it was turned in. Well folks... it ain't about the $50.00 or so worth of tackle that bothered me so much... I had 3 yrs. worth of Pa. fishing licenses in a pin-on holder on that vest. No big deal you say... well I replaced that current year's license no problem, but I had been collecting MY states licenses(my own) since I was 16 yrs. old. Whoever got my vest was more than welcome to keep the tackle that was in it...but they had no use for the licenses. To this day...I still collect my licenses but I will never have a complete collection because of some lowlife, dishonest #$#%$#@# that did not turn my vest in to the park office. WK >:(
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: Pigshanks on Mar 28, 2006, 07:26 AM
Leaving a receipt on the counter showing what I actually pay for "Bargin Bin" fishing stuff I always come home with.  :cursing:
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: tucker on Mar 28, 2006, 07:38 AM
thats not stupid, that suicidal! :nono:
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: fishinfergy on Apr 01, 2006, 04:56 PM
Well one day in the middle of may i grabbed my stuff and went to the stream and rounded up some live herring and took them down to the dock.  I put one on live lining it and opened the bail and rested it in someones sailboat straight up so it would go no where.  Well went back up the dock to grab the rest of my stuff and on the way back down, out of the boat my rod went flying threw the air! Gone was a nice st. Croix and shimano Calcutta baitcaster, never to be seen again.  Then i got to let all of the nice live bait go.  That was the worst fishing experience ever.

Ferg
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: WOLF1964 on Apr 04, 2006, 08:39 AM
WOULD HAVE TO SAY MINE WAS WHEN I BACK THE BOAT DOWN INTO THE LANCH AND PULLED AWAY TO PARK AND WHEN I CAME BACK THE BOAT WAS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LAUNCH. FORGOT THE CORK!!!! TONS OF FOLKS WAITING TO GET IN AND OUT AND NOW MY SUNK 14' ALUM WAS SITTING ON THE BOTTOM OF 5 ' OF WATER. DID I FEEL DUMB...!  THANKS TO SOME VERY NICE PEOPLE HELP ME PULL IT OUT AND LET IT DRAIN. LOADED UP AND WENT HOME WITH TAIL BETWEEN MY LEGS...LOL.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: Hood on Apr 04, 2006, 08:55 AM
I got a few....one i checked my line for chaffe...bit off a few feet, grabbed the end which i thought was the main line on the rod, tied the knot and tossed it over and couldnt figure out why it just sank...actually tied to the cut off chafe line i wanted to get rid of....another time I had a nice stringer of brookies hangin over the side and didnt pull them in the boat before draggin tit back up onto the dock and the stringer got pinched under the boat and snapped off...sank to the bottom in about 5 foW and before i could get a rod and snag it up a snapping turtle came from under the dock and was off with a nice fat meal for itself...what really sucked was there was a PB 2.5 pounder on there, last one was this past winter i was settin tippers for pike with a sounder and set my depth like i wanted but never pulled the sounder and baited with a smelt...for hours i couldnt figure out what happened to the sounder until i went for a round of checkin baits...LOL
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: fishnut on Apr 08, 2006, 09:54 PM
Was striper fishing and caught a blue fish, not thinking I lip grab him OUCH  :cursing:

I did that with a Bullhead once.  I grabbed him by his back and ended up with a nasty cut on my hand.

When I was little I used to suck my thumb.  When me and my dad went fishing we jigged with smelts.  I took my hand, grabbed a smelt and stuck it on, put my hook down in the water, and continued sucking my thumb...for about 2 seconds... :sick:
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: Tom Leitz on Apr 13, 2006, 07:58 AM
How about forgetting gear?

This past winter I got up at 4:30, left the house at 5:00 and arrrived at the Lake at 5:45.

Problem was I forgot the auger!
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: crowkiller on Apr 13, 2006, 08:03 AM
How about forgetting gear?

This past winter I got up at 4:30, left the house at 5:00 and arrrived at the Lake at 5:45.

Problem was I forgot the auger!
ouch 
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: OTIS on Apr 13, 2006, 12:08 PM
How about forgetting gear?

This past winter I got up at 4:30, left the house at 5:00 and arrrived at the Lake at 5:45.

Problem was I forgot the auger!

Been there done that, nothing sucks worse than forgetting gear.  I left my auger in the back of my truck, and walked 2 or three miles with the kids.  Got them settled in and went to drill a hole, DOUGH!  Luckily Walleye1 was there and I got to use his new Nills.  When I got back to the truck, my Laser was gone.  Two days later I had a new Nils.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: beerman on Apr 13, 2006, 01:25 PM
we had desided to go to another pond and strapped my rod to my 4 wheeler and took off. Well since we were only going a couple hundred yards down the trial i left the rod togther and hanging strait off the back.  the lure i was using got off the guide and snagged a branch. well need less to say i got to the next pond grabbed my rod and there was only like 20 yards of line on it. 
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: Reel Wet Ride on Apr 13, 2006, 02:51 PM
I dropped an anchor overboard with no rope on it. It had rope tied to it, and it was all wound up from storage that winter, problem is about 3' up from the anchor it was broke off and no-one ever fixed it.

When I was younger I broke my foot playing baseball, so I had a cast on my leg. I went fishing and when I got back to the dock I tried to stand up to get out of the boat and fell backwards and snapped all my brand new, (1st day of use) Diawa rods. That was nice.

After bringing a fish to the boat I had my line break. So just like I always do, I removed the lure and tossed it over the side of the boat to keep it from getting tangled or snagging anything....hmmm, wasn't attached to the rod dummy!
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: spoonfed on Apr 22, 2006, 02:24 AM
i bought my first boat site on scene.1967 16ft starcraft w/80h evinrude.450.00.i had the guy run the boat in a tank.ran like a champ.walked around the boat everything looked good.asked him anything wrong, he replies it just need a battery and a new bilge.i think no problem.so i buy it and bring it home.i decide to take it and hang it in the barn sand it down and give it a new paint job.two weeks later after every nite after work working on it i get it put all back together including a new bilge and battery.i took it down to the river near by to take it for a test run. no problems.call my buddy tell him its ready lets go.the next weekend we take off for some salmon fishing (harrisville-lk.huron).launch the boat run out to the fishing grounds (6 miles out).foggy as could be.set lines and start trolling.after a half hour or so of not getting anything we decide to change the setup. my buddy walks back to the board and starts to pull lines.the next thing i hear is him yelling were sinking.i look back and there is water up to his ankles.no problem i'll turn on the bilge.not.i forgot to wire it ??? the only thing we had was 2-20oz coffee cups.we bailed our a** off.we won the battle and continued to fish and bail and bail.when i got it back home i found why the bilge and battery was no good.there was a hair line crack 16" long on the side of the boat.i must of had sucker written all over me the day i bought it. ;D i owned that boat for 5yrs.i wired the bilge. ;D and welded the crack.it caught many a salmon.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: LilWilly on Apr 22, 2006, 06:35 PM
i was fishing on a dam wall that was about two feet wide, all day we sat and caught nothing finally my rod which i stuck in a crevice bends in half drag screaming. i was so excited i grabbed the rod and went back wards over the dam with the hook set, lost the fish and had to swim with my rod to shore get to  the the edge of the concrete wall and realize theres no where to climb up so i had to swim even further and make my way through sinking muck to get back on land.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: bwalleye on Apr 23, 2006, 12:53 AM
End of fishing day..start up the boat..late getting back to camp..WOT for 50 feet..remember the live basket is still in the water with 3 nice pike 1 of which was my youngest son's first pike, a dozen nice perch and assorted gills..all that is left is the rope that held the basket.  Looked for 30 min and more the next day.  gone gone gone.  Made me sick. 
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: jrelaxin on Apr 23, 2006, 05:24 AM
well how about a great early morning canoe run at sunrise. All packed ,off early,pond  was like glass.Lugged the canoe  and gear to the shore, chompin at the bit even remebered the extra life vest.........................where are  the paddles...????. still in the shed...grrrrrrrrrrrr..!0 miles round trip  to retrieve them...........wind was up when I got back................no paddles,no fish,........just a good education........... ;D
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: PerchandPans on Apr 23, 2006, 10:53 AM
After a day on the water with my buddy on his boat ,i head home have to work the next day, he stays to troll for bikini's on the pier . I get a call at noon the next day he's 50 miles away with the bikini ,left his boat(19' i/o) beached with the anchor out , possible tornado coming can you take your truck to get it.Get there boat is on shore filled a third of the way with rain water and three foot whitecaps in a protected bay .after two hours of digging a trench in the sand under water with my feet could barely  navigate into the launch  .Not much damage unless you count his g/f catching him with the bikini ...Oooooops!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: jo-jos_jigs on May 07, 2006, 02:00 PM
I had just bought my first boat a few years ago. The second or third time that I took it out the launch was real busy, and I wasn't the fastst at getting it launched because of people parking where they shouldnt be parked. Well, I get it backed up and set my plug on the back of the boat pull my last strap off and start backing up. OOPs the plug fell off into the water. Well, meanwhile there is an impatient older gentleman cussing everyone out waiting to get backed in. He murmered about idiots forgetting plugs yadda yadda....shouldnt be holding everyone up...... So instead of holding him up, I pull off of the ramp so I can dig my spare plug out of the glovebox. He backs his new grizzly in, ties off, pulls his car away drives the boat away. Meanwhile the next guy starts launching and the old guy starts screaming, spins a "j" and comes flying back to shore. Well noone knows why what his problem isuntil the boat bogs and drops outta sight3 feet from shore! The smart guy left his plug out!
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: Ice Dawg on May 08, 2006, 09:32 AM
Gee WF, this must explain why my call went to voice mail when I tried calling you this weekend.  ::) ;)
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: xrhino on May 08, 2006, 11:17 AM
We were pre-fishing for a salmon tournament on Lake Michigan three years ago, and not doing very well.  With three guys in the boat we had nine lines in the water and had been making small changes in our spread and running to different areas all morning.   We were pretty close to running in and re-thinking when we got a triple -- it turned out to be a coho on a dipsey rod and two chinooks on riggers.  We finally found fish!  I ended up with the dipsey rod and was going to have my fish to the boat first.  Anybody who has done this type of fishing knows what sort of pandemonium ensued.  We were passing rods around each other, pulling other lines, and laughing our heads off.  As Kirk and Steve were fighting their kings, I decided to net the smallish coho myself.  I got the extension net in the water and horsed the fish toward the net.  Stupid.  The hook popped out and the dipsey came rocketing back directly into my face.  I came to lying on the deck with a bloody face, and a fuzzy head.  I was only knocked out for a moment, and my buddies, being the quality fisherman that they are, chose to continue fighting their fish.  We got the fish in the cooler and took a look at my face.  I had about an inch long y-shaped gash in the center of my forehead.  It would need stitches, but we were only a day from the tourney and we wanted to fish this new area some more, so we stayed.  The first aid kit, which has since been replaced, had somehow gotten wet at some point in the past.  The gauze, tape, and butterfly bandages were all either moldy or had lost their adhesive.  I was forced to improvise.  I got the bleeding under control which can be a pain with a gash to the head.  I cut off the sleeves of my t shirt and held them on my forehead until the blood stopped.  But what to do now?  I could hear them re-rigging up on deck, but I wasn't going to be able to fish with my hands on my forehead so I had to think of something to attach the shirt sleeves to my face.  I tried a number of things including mono and a gallon size zip-top bag.  I finally came up with what may be my greatest improvisation to date.  I cut the elastic band off my underwear and tied it around my head, Rambo style.  It held the shirt sleeves perfectly.  We finished practicing, I went for stitches, was both laughed at and commended by the ER staff, and we finished in the money.  I still have the bloody dipsey... and the scar.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: bwalleye on May 08, 2006, 10:30 PM
I made probably the most retarded mistake I've made while fishing ever just this weekend.  Last night had a break-off with something big, lighted bobber started floating.  I went back to the cabin, put-on the waders, and hauled out in the water with the extension net to retrieve my prized bobber.  Thought I'd be able to reach it with the extension net and not get wet.  Yep, I was wrong.  Water 1/4" over the waders probably and soaked me through.  $400 cell phone down the drain that I forgot to take out of my pants :'(

Ouch !

Nearly drowned chasing a downed goose in waders.  Never again!---My cell phone was in a plastic bag---------only because it was raining.  Sorry about your phone.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: jayswimmer09 on May 09, 2006, 08:34 AM
i was fishing for musky and caught a monster. i was so excited i lipped it without even thinking. still got a scar on my fingers
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: BAZOOKAJOE on Jun 09, 2006, 09:49 AM
I went salmon fishing in a local river a few years ago in the fall...an hour drive then realize i forgot my wading shoes (which i had just bought).  Had to buy another pair, luckily there was a big sale at a local tackle shop. 

My buddy bought a new ugly stick last year...first cast the end piece of the rod goes flinging off (not pushed together hard enough).   :rotflol:
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: Polar on Jun 29, 2006, 05:42 PM
This happened to me a few years back on the Cattaraugus Creek.Got to the launch bright and early set boat up,all gear in. Backed the trailer down the ramp stopped the truck to get out and saw my boat float right off.(In my haste I took the front hook off to be a tad quicker) Now my boat is in the middle of the creek,not a soul around and it drifting towards the lake. What seemed like forever.Luckily another fisherman showed up to fish he put his boat in and ran down the Cattaragus to fetch my boat.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: hunters08 on Aug 04, 2006, 04:43 PM
We were pre-fishing for a salmon tournament on Lake Michigan three years ago, and not doing very well.  With three guys in the boat we had nine lines in the water and had been making small changes in our spread and running to different areas all morning.   We were pretty close to running in and re-thinking when we got a triple -- it turned out to be a coho on a dipsey rod and two chinooks on riggers.  We finally found fish!  I ended up with the dipsey rod and was going to have my fish to the boat first.  Anybody who has done this type of fishing knows what sort of pandemonium ensued.  We were passing rods around each other, pulling other lines, and laughing our heads off.  As Kirk and Steve were fighting their kings, I decided to net the smallish coho myself.  I got the extension net in the water and horsed the fish toward the net.  Stupid.  The hook popped out and the dipsey came rocketing back directly into my face.  I came to lying on the deck with a bloody face, and a fuzzy head.  I was only knocked out for a moment, and my buddies, being the quality fisherman that they are, chose to continue fighting their fish.  We got the fish in the cooler and took a look at my face.  I had about an inch long y-shaped gash in the center of my forehead.  It would need stitches, but we were only a day from the tourney and we wanted to fish this new area some more, so we stayed.  The first aid kit, which has since been replaced, had somehow gotten wet at some point in the past.  The gauze, tape, and butterfly bandages were all either moldy or had lost their adhesive.  I was forced to improvise.  I got the bleeding under control which can be a pain with a gash to the head.  I cut off the sleeves of my t shirt and held them on my forehead until the blood stopped.  But what to do now?  I could hear them re-rigging up on deck, but I wasn't going to be able to fish with my hands on my forehead so I had to think of something to attach the shirt sleeves to my face.  I tried a number of things including mono and a gallon size zip-top bag.  I finally came up with what may be my greatest improvisation to date.  I cut the elastic band off my underwear and tied it around my head, Rambo style.  It held the shirt sleeves perfectly.  We finished practicing, I went for stitches, was both laughed at and commended by the ER staff, and we finished in the money.  I still have the bloody dipsey... and the scar.
I feel bad for you but its cracking me up!!!! I guess cause i've had seen those dipsys do that!!!!
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: grumpymoe on Aug 04, 2006, 08:35 PM
several mistakes all in one trip...many moons ago, took my two brother inlaws fishing a remote lake in NW Ontario....nice 18' aluminum canoe....both novices....the newbie 18yr old in the middle....kept asking if he could paddle...fidgety..fidgety all the time we tried to fish...no way!!....next up the following morning was where the bathroom was....."100' straight back of the tent on the log....you wont miss it"....no way I'm taking a dump out in the woods....so I tell him "okay"...hold it then...we're not driving into town just so you can relax on porcelain...so he holds it for the longweekend lmao....next morning we figure there is something simple he can do...wash the dishes from morning breakfast....WRONG...after about a 1/2 hour we decide to check him out in case a bear came along.....well he looked the same color as a black bear...well...his hands anyway....decided to try and wash the coffee pot from the woodfire...you should have seen his hands.... ;D ;D ;D....we did alright for fishing on the weekend, but the last mistake was stopping for breakfast in town at a local eatery (with bathroom)....felt like 3 hours before he arrived back at the table for his bacon n eggs lmao...brushed his teeth for several hours....used the porcelain for awhile.....and we NEVER took him fishing again.......and my sister dumped him not too long after......WUSS......Grump ;D
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: devil-man on Aug 05, 2006, 03:02 AM
LOL! That sounds like my buddies son!
(Not quite as funny, because he is handicapped, but still...)
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: ifishhi on Aug 05, 2006, 08:17 AM
my buddy and i have a friend we pick on and we call him eddy (ed,edd +eddy) so last year he bought some new tip-ups and lined them all and so on. he has been fishing with us before and noticed our backing is slick. he asked why, we said so it wont stick to the ice. so when he set up his new traps he wanted to know what we used... we told him diaper rash cream, i even had some with me :whistling:.so he coted all his new line needless to say he had to buy more.... the mistake was he knew better then to listen to us anyway :unsure: ....for some reason he though that one was real :rotflol:
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: scansy on Aug 09, 2006, 07:01 AM
Here's one from this past Sunday.

I had plans to hit a small lake near here on Sunday morning at daybreak.  I have a small 12' aluminum boat with electric motor.  Saturday night, I got all my "stuff" together, etc. so I could get out the door in a hurry on Sunday morning.  I took my battery to the charger and connected it.

Sunday morning as I'm heading out the door I grab the battery - but it wasn't connected??????  I must have put it next to the charger, but not connected it????

I go out anyway, and the boat is moving very slooooooow.  I figure I should stay as close to the dock as practical.  It's not a big lake anyway.  The battery runs dead on me at about 10:30, I'm about five hundred yards from the dock.  Not a big deal, I have oars.  Oars that I haven't used in years.  Pop them into the oarlocks to head back.  First stroke and one of the oars snaps in half from being rotted I guess.

I paddled back with one oar - zig-zagging all over the place.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: pike hound on Aug 12, 2006, 11:14 AM
This spring I made two. First the last weekend in April I was pike fishing and caught my biggest bass, 20.5 inches and it had a small bass' tail sticking ou of its throat so it had to be over five pounds(which was my biggest) but they were out of season and even though my wife told me to take it, I didn't take my camera so I couldn't get a picture! My second and the mistake I think about everyday, was in May when I hooked what I know was my biggest northern pike probably 36-40 inches and really stout. I got the fish right up to shore and thinking I'd be okay with 20 pound test tried to horse it back in when it made a run and like slow motion watched my line go slack and the pike swim off :'( :'( :'( I've had acyual dreams of this very event! Oh yeah I've upgraded to 40 pound superline and always carry a disposable camera in my tackle bag.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: bmxrider11976 on Mar 27, 2010, 11:11 AM
last week i figured id take my row boat on its 2010 maiden voyage. i was by myself, as my buddy had bailed on me (typical). so i have wood floors in my boat and its pretty heavy and i dont have a trailer. so i push my boat across the yard and lift the tail end in the truck( my truck has a 3 inch lift on it with big rims) so i struggled to do this. finnaly get it all packed up and locked into place. load my gear and head the to lake. i get to the lake and unload the boat. push it in the water and tie off the anchor line
i drive my truck back to the lot and walk back. and what happens? forgot the drain plug at home. its noe of those things you can picture exactly where its sitting. i was furious. walk back to the lot and get the truck. while loading the boat i slip and whack my head on the tailgate. naturally. drive all the way home, get the plug and head back. i was determined this time. made it to the launch finally after an hour and a half of a complete s*** show. fished for 5 hours and caught one. shoulda stayed at home. >:(
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: surflizard on Apr 13, 2010, 05:21 AM
Learned the hard way not to take Mackerel off a subaki rig while underway to another spot :'( 6 out of 8 hooks buried in the paw, that was
a long day  ;D
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: fishandy on Sep 08, 2010, 03:40 PM
I got a good one 2 weeks ago 3 of us were walleye fishing and we got are 9 so we decided to head in forgetting to pull the stringer in.  When we got to the dock we had a stringer with no fish. It went from a real good day to a reall bad day quickly.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: re-pete on Mar 15, 2011, 06:22 PM
well, we forgot to lif tthe anchor, and it was about 20' in the air once it planed lol
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: SkeeterJeff on Mar 16, 2011, 07:55 PM
well, we forgot to lif tthe anchor, and it was about 20' in the air once it planed lol


Did the same thing once.  When the anchor broke the surface it headed straight for the boat and landed in the bow, after grazing the top of my partner's head.  Took 10 stitches, and everyone looked at us like we were crazy when we told them he got hit in the head with a boat anchor.

-Jeff
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: Lake Raker on Mar 16, 2011, 08:31 PM
I got an anchor stuck, I mean stuck. Was fishing a rock pile with my girlfriend and when I went to leave I couldn't yank the anchor. So I fire up the boat and get up wind (opposite side), still nothing. Tried it from several different angles and not a budge. As a last resort I let out a lot of rope and drive the boat around in circles pulling tension on it all the way around both directions. As it was getting dark I had to give up, I tied a piece of foam float to it and cut the rope. When we went back for it, it was gone. I'm guessing a diver took it but I can see some one just grabbing it and pulling it out.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: pikeslayer on Mar 17, 2011, 08:11 PM
o boy embarrassing but one of the stupidest mistakes Ive made was one day we went out tubeing instead of fishing. In the hot weather and after a day of that we were taking the boat outta the water while i was straping the boat down to the trailer. My mom handed me my wallet outta the glove box and i had no pockets so i just set it on the side of the boat. While i finshed straping it down and every thing so we got in the truck and headed home. And went fishing the next day and we were about 50 miles from home and my dad asked me if i had my fishing license and i o yea its in the glove box yet from yesterday. So we get to the lake and i checked the glove box and not ta wallet so i sat in the boat watch my family catch fish all day while i couldn't fish cuz i didn't have my license. So when i got home i looked and looked every where for the d**n thing and i couldn't remember where it was last. So a whole week of not fishing went by and no wallet i got package in the mail and i felt it. And before i even opened it i knew it was my wallet some buddy picked it up some where but all the stuff was taken out of it but my driver license.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: rjhulbert on Mar 19, 2011, 09:26 AM
these are really good ones
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: smokey on Mar 19, 2011, 03:48 PM
I got a few.

#1: Don't hold your rod and cigar in the same hand. You can imagine what happened.

#2: Last Fall, my brother, his fiancee, my girlfriend, and I floated down the Ausable River. We parked his truck downstream and mine where we put the canoes in.Definitely the smartest way to do it. But my brother ended up locking his keys in my truck, a few miles upstream. It had just started raining when he started hiking back up the road.

#3: November 2007, we took our boat out on Lake George for what turned out to be its final voyage. Unfortunately, my dad's friend was paying more attention to a bottle of Jack than he was the depth finder. We came to a spot where there is a shelf that goes quickly from 80ft to 30ft and the cannonballs caught on the bottom. Due to our forward motion and the remnants of a hurricane, the boat kept trying to move and our new anchors cause the stern to dip under the waves. We took on quite a bit of water by the time we chose to cut the lines. We were half under by the time we limped to the closest marina. Tied to a dock and started to bail water. The boat sunk at the launch. Meanwhile, the truck and trailer was 2 miles across the lake. After finding a ride to get the truck, the real fun began. Winching a water filled boat from underwater onto a trailer isn't fun. The moral of the story: don't let the drunk guy in charge of the depth finder.  
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: NYSporty on Jun 15, 2011, 07:49 AM
 Last spring I packed up and drove to Albany for another striper trip.
Meet my friend at the club and start to drink. I tell him I can drink at home let's fish.
So we head out hit the store for food and beer up the creek get bait out to the river.
Fish a while friend gets one small one. The wind picks and we decide to go and stay at an old fishing camp the club owned.
Set up camp get a fire going it gets dark and it's cold like 20's cold.
It snow's an inch by the next morning and it's nasty sleet rain high wind. We wake up run to the creek get more bait fish till noon no fish.
So we head to the camp for lunch By the time we were done eating there are 4ft rollers and white caps The waves start coming over the back of the boat it fills to the top in seconds.
17ft bass boat full of water it is no longer floating so we bail for the next 2hrs finally get it 3/4 of the way empty I say hey lets just get it on plain and pull the plug.
So he hits the gas and the boat stood straight up and it filled to the top in seconds sinks in 4fow we pulled it up to shore bailed 2 more hrs and got her set so it's not going to take on any more water. I'm done fishing soaked to the bone and freezing We stay at the camp again I told him I need to be home early because it's mothers day Sunday. No problem he has to get back early too. We get up at 6am and the tide is out Way out we didn't leave there till 1:00. 

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Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: leejonespta on Jun 28, 2011, 09:26 PM
So I am taking the wife out for our first fishing trip together in Irondequoit bay..Lunches packed rods all rigged and ready to go boat hooked up and off we go.. Get to the rush/scottsville exit where they were doing some road work. Looked in the rearview mirror and asked out loud Where is the boat? My life laughs and says stop joking..aparrently i had a look of horror on my face because she quickly realized i wasn't kidding she turned and looked and sure enough no boat!! :o We quickly make a illegal u turn to see how bad things are thinking the whole way..did the boat hit someone? Is the boat in pieces? Did I lose $1000's worth of fishing gear? ??? Drove about a mile and saw the boat and trailer had come to a stop in the middle of the 390 median. Thank God!!!! Just moments later a sheriff pulls up and you can see him snickering before he exits the vehicle..  >:(Officer is nice enough to help us try hooking the trailer back up to the truck..let me back up just a sec the median was a swampy mess with 2 deep divots...and of the course the boat and trailer are stuck in one. I ask the wife (A blonde) ;D to inch the truck forward so we can place the tongue back on the ball. Well the wife decides she is mario andretti with 4WD and nearly runs both the officer and myself over!!! :o  To make a long story shorty never forget to hook up the safety chains!!!! ;D
Lee
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: OTIS on Jun 29, 2011, 08:37 AM
I decided to go out early after eyes, and couldn’t find anyone who wanted to get up to fish.  So I packed things up and headed to the boat.  I got there and uncovered the boat, unloaded the car, put everything in its place, started the motor, and was ready to go.  I untied the front line and stepped on the boat’s front deck (pontoon) to put the line inside.  Little did I know that in that quick few seconds the boat had drifted about two feet from the dock.  Not thinking, I stepped back without looking where I was stepping.  The rest is kind of fuzzy.  I felt my foot get wet, and launched myself backwards to try to land on the dock.  By this time the dock was a couple feet higher than I thought it was and it hit me right across the top of my a$$.  My back arched and my head whipped back and smacked the dock with a really loud CRACK!  I remember laying on the dock and lifting my leg out of the water, then a couple minutes later rolling to my stomach, then a couple more minutes later getting up on all fours.  I was in this position for at least ten minutes (I think).  Luckily (maybe) it was 4:30 in the morning and no one was awake in the marina to see my antics.  I eventually came around and took a seat on the boat that was drifting around, still half tied to the dock by the back rope.  Probably an hour later I decided that I wasn’t going to waste the morning and headed out to the lake to go fishing.  Later that night while getting out of the shower my wife yells “Oh my god what happened to you?”  I had a HUGE dark purple bruise across my right butt cheek.  That was four weeks ago, and I still have the remnants of that bruise!
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: AKAGAZOO on Apr 01, 2012, 08:12 PM
Bad night river fishing.........

Years ago, I take a relative thru marraige fishing. Anyhow I got this POS 12ft jon boat. Just enough to get out and wet a line. I tell this idiot guest before hand to grab his life vest because I only had 1vest plus a throwable. Needless to say about an hour into it, DNR rolls up on us. I end up getting the ticket for this idiot(forgetting ife vest) because I own the vessel. It was like a $80 ticket. Im thinking on the way home that MAYBE this idiot will atleast split the cost of the ticket, since I told him beforehand. Never said a word on way home. So Im pedal to the floor hauling A**  home and hit a bad set railroad tracks. The lock for the trailor shears and knocks the tounge off the ball. I see a 15ft shower of sparks traling the boat/trailor. Thank God for the S hooks. It was the last time that I took the idiot fishing.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: BoutTime on Apr 07, 2012, 01:44 PM
Great stuff on here!


Hmmmm...... Well I can remember a few of mine.

I have the token "forgot the plug" story. I had brought my boat to a different ($$) launch that was heavily used and policed. I waited in line watching the wardens check everybody out, and refuse access to a few boats for violations. I decided to triple check my stuff and get the straps off so Id be ready for splashdown. Everything looked good to go, vests/no weeds/lights/stickers were all a green light.  Again.
I had never launched at this ramp before, and it is kinda steep, and theres 10 boats in line, so Im a little nervous because I dont want to be "that guy" at the launch that holds everyone up. I get backed in after being checked out and tie off on the other side of the dock so once I pull the truck out the next boat can back right in. Parked the truck, got in the boat, gears all there, motor is warmed up, so off I go.
As I throttle up I notice the boat feels sluggish... I get about 200 yards away and notice my back carpet is wet, and it hits me that the plug is still sitting on the tackle shelf on the splashwell.... "Oh crap Im gonna sink the d**n boat" I think to myself.
I whip the boat over to the shallows by the point just in case it does sink it wont be deep, and jump overboard with the plug. (mine goes in outside) I get it in and get back in the boat and immediately hit the bilge. After about 20 minutes I hear the pump finally hit air and stop pumping. I sat there in the weeds off the point and proceeded to  catch a few bass.


One time I was walking down the RR tracks to fish the lake outlet stream carrying the 2 rods I picked out for the day, one rigged with a crankbait and one rigged with a spinnerbait. (I NEVER carry rigged rods usually)The hooks were secured in the hook keepers by the handles.
 I had both rods in my right hand as usual (Im a righty) and wanted to get a better grip closer to the handles. I also had my tackle bag strap over my right shoulder. As I flipped the rods forward to slide my hand down, I buried one of the crankbait trebles under my pointer fingers fingernail. My first reaction to the blinding pain was to drop the rods..... Unfortunately, my finger was stuck to the hook, and the rods tangled up and hung from the meat under my fingernail. This hurt MUCH worse, but I couldnt make any more quick, knee-jerk reactions because it would surely create even more blinding pain that I wasnt looking forward to. NO MOVEMENT!!
         I had to get this hook out, but the rods had tangled and I couldnt separate them or drop them. Reluctantly, I grabbed the treble with my left hand and tried to get it out, but it was deep and the tangled rods were pulling the hook deeper, even with them laying on the ground.  Hmmm.... I took a deep breath and remembered I had a leatherman in my pocket. Oh yeah, its in my right pants pocket.... Im not able to get my left hand in my right pocket deep enough to get the leatherman without dislocating at least one of my arm joints... Oh yeah, I have some hemostats in my tackle bag!  Oh yeah, its on my right shoulder.... Ok, I gotta get this tackle bag down low enough to get at the pockets WITHOUT moving my finger or the rods one MM. Slowly....slowly I got bag into position, and wrestled the hemos out. I snipped/broke the line where the lure was tied and then only had the lure to deal with as the rods were now unattatched and not putting tension on the hook.
Now....here comes the moment of truth. I GENTLY grabbed the treble, and ripped it out away from the barb as best I could with my left hand. POP it came out, and drip came the blood.... I fought the pain and continued on to the fishing spot, although I couldnt ignore the throbbing ache in my finger.
I went back to my rule of not walking with rigged rods unless its hooked onto one of the top eyelets, away from my hands, and Im in "fishing mode" not walking any great distance.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: rvrbt on Apr 08, 2012, 10:36 AM
Muskie fishing,thought I was snagged in the weeds reeled my line up and up comes my cisco kid with a huge muskie on it.yelled at my buddy to look at the fish, never set the hook,muskie gave me the dirty eyeball and threw my lure at me.Needless to say the next hour I spent  sitting there in the boat not saying a word steering the boat as needed.
Title: Re: Stupidest mistake?
Post by: pascoag icefisher on Mar 10, 2013, 06:32 AM
My stupidest mistake has be not open water fishing in the past two years. That is going to change this year go to try to get out at least once a week.
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Post by: danny b on Mar 26, 2013, 12:28 AM
My dumbest move was leaving my tackle box at one spot when I left for another. Luckily no one stole it!
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Post by: dirtydeeds on Mar 26, 2013, 08:19 PM
1-arrived at hemlock lake with the kayak and everything needed to go fishing except fishing poles
2-got a rapala xrap hook embedded in my finger while fishing hemlock lake
3-shoved the wife out in the rowboat and told her to wait while I parked the truck because it was opening day of bass at hemlock lake and it was crowded BUT... forgot to put the plug in... when I got back she was rowing in circles with one paddle yelling "there's water coming in the boat!! what the He!ls going on!" thank god a guy in waders grabbed the boat for me and pulled it to shore for us. She hasn't stepped foot in that boat since that day ;D ha ha
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Post by: OTIS on Mar 27, 2013, 10:33 AM
Laughing when my wife sat on a worm harness and got the hook buried in her ace... :-X  You'd think I'd know better by now... :laugh:
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Post by: PSC13 on Mar 27, 2013, 10:59 AM
I left my kayak paddle at a boat launch by the time i realized it was missing a week had gone by and it was not there when i went to look for it.  Another time i left my life jacket at a boat launch and that also was picked up by someone.  I need to make a check list before i leave...
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Post by: bigredfishing on Mar 27, 2013, 11:05 AM
walked about a mile back into a walleye spot, left the rods in the truck.
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Post by: fishnmachine on Mar 27, 2013, 06:52 PM
About 11:30 one night after trout fishing, my friend Richard, Lucky Dog (my long gone retiever), and I pulled into the boat ramp. We loiaded the boat on the trailer, stowed the rods in the back of the truck, and headed down the road for home. About 5 miles later, I looked at Richard and said, "Hey, where's Lucky Dog?"

Richard replied, "Gee, I don't know!"

Holy $&^% ! I found a place to turn around and raced back to the launch. There sat Lucky Dog, looking just a little miffed!