What are some of your craziest fishing moments?
Jan 30, 2020 18:45:15 #
Jan 30, 2020 18:45:19 #
Once caught a trophy trout on some pocket lint and and some of my hair. it got away at the net.
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by Smokey-T-Bear
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by Smokey-T-Bear
Jan 30, 2020 18:45:26 #
Had a 6 foot muskie take a lunge at my ultralite lure right in front of me, scared the crap out of me. I went home...
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by anhyzerguy
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by anhyzerguy
Jan 30, 2020 18:45:31 #
That’s literally a foot longer than the largest Muskie ever recorded.
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by GrayCustomKnives
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by GrayCustomKnives
Jan 30, 2020 18:45:46 #
2 nights ago, got 2 bluefish and a silver trevally in my first 3 casts as soon as the lure landed then got a trophy whiting (super fussy fish) on the same 20gram sinking lure on 30lb wire trace.
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by effggghhg
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by effggghhg
Jan 30, 2020 18:45:50 #
Saw a drunk dude slingshot a hardhead catfish into his own shin. Fish stuck there flopping around with one fin driven into the guys leg. Dude dropped like a sack of potatos screaming at the top of his lungs. Can't blame him for that. That had to hurt.
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by jswledhed
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by jswledhed
Jan 30, 2020 18:45:56 #
I was halibut fishing and hooked onto a sixgill shark. Took me for a pretty serious ride. By the time i managed to get him up and unhooked he had pulled my boat to Canadian waters. I have a relatively small mooching boat (16 ft) and the shark was pulling it nearly at a plane for over an hour.
I didn't want to cut the line because there is pretty serious weights, spreader bars, and wire leaders on halibut line. That likely would have killed the fish. Luckily i had long pliers, because those teeth looked sharp and the sucker was as long as i am tall or better. So i left him with about 6" of wire. That's as close as i wanted to get.
I'll never underestimate the strength of a shark.
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by IronSlanginRed
I didn't want to cut the line because there is pretty serious weights, spreader bars, and wire leaders on halibut line. That likely would have killed the fish. Luckily i had long pliers, because those teeth looked sharp and the sucker was as long as i am tall or better. So i left him with about 6" of wire. That's as close as i wanted to get.
I'll never underestimate the strength of a shark.
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by IronSlanginRed
Jan 30, 2020 18:46:05 #
Halibut limit in 2002ish was 2. Caught one at 44 pounds. Kept it. Caught a second at 45 pounds. Told the captain to throw it back. He said no. I demanded he throw it back because I wanted to fish. Caught one at 68 pounds...then I was cooked. Won week’s biggest fish giving me $350 for the lottery.
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by shaqdeezl
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by shaqdeezl
Jan 30, 2020 18:46:08 #
Found a school of mangrove snapper in the Indian River Lagoon. Ran out of bait. I caught 10 or 15 more jigging a bare hook. True story.
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by shaqdeezl
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by shaqdeezl
Jan 30, 2020 18:46:15 #
Found a floating buoy ~50 miles off the coast of Ocean City. Somehow it was holding mahi mahi. Stepdad and I caught the entire school. Ate the best ceviche for a year afterwards.
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by shaqdeezl
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by shaqdeezl
Jan 30, 2020 18:46:26 #
Took my best friend and stepson out in my boat for perch. We weren't having any luck. I had to pee so as you do on the close quarters of a small boat I told the boy to turn around. Lay my rod across the console, it was still cast out, and hang my behind over (being a girl lol) holding onto the seat.
Wham, big hit. Of course. I jump up, grab my rod with one hand and pull my underwear up with the other. The important stuff was covered but my shorts were down around my ankles, I had a huge bass on a tiny pickeral rig hook. Fought him to the boat while yelling,"GRAB THE NET!" at these two clowns for what felt like 20 times.
Why do I call them clowns? They were both laughing with their phones in their hands taking pictures as the net lay on the floor between them. I give up on getting anyone to net it and reach to grab him with my hand, barely hooked bass gives a good thrash and away he goes.
New rule that day. I don't care what I am or am not wearing, if you don't grab the net you swim home!
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by cam0gal
Wham, big hit. Of course. I jump up, grab my rod with one hand and pull my underwear up with the other. The important stuff was covered but my shorts were down around my ankles, I had a huge bass on a tiny pickeral rig hook. Fought him to the boat while yelling,"GRAB THE NET!" at these two clowns for what felt like 20 times.
Why do I call them clowns? They were both laughing with their phones in their hands taking pictures as the net lay on the floor between them. I give up on getting anyone to net it and reach to grab him with my hand, barely hooked bass gives a good thrash and away he goes.
New rule that day. I don't care what I am or am not wearing, if you don't grab the net you swim home!
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by cam0gal
Jan 30, 2020 18:46:30 #
Always check the gas tank. I was up in Ontario walleye fishing. We were 7 miles from camp when we ran out of gas. We paddled almost halfway back in the dark using a landing net and a paddle that looked like a 2x4, before someone found us and gave us a tow.
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by hobbs522
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by hobbs522
Jan 30, 2020 18:46:33 #
I was wade-fishing Tampa Bay in waist deep water. About 30 yards away from me, I see a porpoise and a small bull shark fighting like crazy for what felt like about 45 seconds. I didn't stick around to see who won.
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by 727Slim
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by 727Slim
Jan 30, 2020 18:46:37 #
I caught my personal best Brown Trout on a spinner at my secret spot. Sucker was probably about 4 to 6 lbs, at least 24" long. Was beautiful, I had her landed and set her down (I was by myself) and tried to take a video to show how big she was. Camera was zoomed way in so as I was trying to zoom out, she flopped back into the water, still attached to the spinner. Somehow, she undid the knot and dude swam off with my spinner. I was sad to see it go because I'm sure it was tough for her to eat for a while after that. Wasn't able to get any good clear footage of her either. Legendary fish though!
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by assassin_erased
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by assassin_erased
Jan 30, 2020 19:45:01 #
Check out a post I entered not to long ago if you want a short story.
" A catch for those who can not today."
" A catch for those who can not today."
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