Dumbest things you ever seen fisherman do?

[DockShootinJack]

He was likely fresh out of anchors and the desire to deploy on.

[TNHeloDriver]

A dumb thing I did myself. I used to take the big bolt out of my swing-away trailer tongue. I always figured it would keep someone from hooking up and stealing my boat. Took off one morning to go fish and pulled out of my drive, up to the stop sign, and BAM! Somebody rear ended me. I looked in my rear view mirror and saw my Ranger partially in the bed of my truck. I literally rear ended myself when I forgot to put the pin back in. I slowly pulled in to a parking lot and just sat there almost in tears as I saw the damage to my truck, $5600 worth. The worst thing that happened to the boat was a paint chip on the trolling motor skeg. It annihilated the aluminum tailgate of my F250.


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[DockShootinJack]

A dumb thing I did myself. I used to take the big bolt out of my swing-away trailer tongue. I always figured it would keep someone from hooking up and stealing my boat. Took off one morning to go fish and pulled out of my drive, up to the stop sign, and BAM! Somebody rear ended me. I looked in my rear view mirror and saw my Ranger partially in the bed of my truck. I literally rear ended myself when I forgot to put the pin back in. I slowly pulled in to a parking lot and just sat there almost in tears as I saw the damage to my truck, $5600 worth. The worst thing that happened to the boat was a paint chip on the trolling motor skeg. It annihilated the aluminum tailgate of my F250.


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Ouch

[6poundtest]

Yes, BIG ouch...........

[catchNgrease]

I have the same fear when I fold mine away in tight spaces.

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[Ketchn]

how about them catfish fellas that like to walk up and throw them big cast nets right beside you when you are trying to ketch crappie ?
that is one pretty dumb thing to do for sure and it isn't all that unusual , happens to me several times a year in some of the more heavily traveled spots I visit

[DockShootinJack]

Surely bad to be crowded when a man is fishing

[happycaster58]

This last early spring, I got to the lake early with a thick fog on the water. I took my time getting my boat ready as the visibility on the water was near zero and I was in no hurry. Nobody else was in the parking lot when a guy comes by me headed to the ramp. You cannot see the ramp from the parking lot as the ramp is real steep and down the hill. The guy is down at the ramp for several minutes, more than enough time to get his boat launched. I start to wonder where he is, when he comes up the hill to the parking lot soaking wet. My first thought is- he's fell off the dock into the lake or slipped down on the ramp. No, he forgot to put his truck in park when he got out. He is out of breath, soaked to the bone in 40 degree weather, and asks if I can help him. As we go down the hill into view of the ramp, I can se just a little sliver of the top of his pickup truck. I call 911 on my phone and offer to put him into my truck to get warm. He declines the offer.
A deputy comes by and I flag him down to help. I manage to launch my boat and retrieve his belongings that are floating on top of the lake by the dock. By now, a tow truck shows up with an old man driving. The old man refuses to go into the water to hook up the tow cable to the front of the truck, so the poor guy has to go under water twice to hook the cable to his underwater F150. I probably never felt so sorry for a guy in my life!
If it was me in that predicament, I would have never went home. My wife would have killed me!

[livemusic]

Now, that is pitiful! All of these stories convince me that my stupid stunts are not so uncommon, so, I suppose that is a tiny bit of comfort! The past few years, officially an old man I suppose (since I, statistically only have a few years left of lifespan), it's gotten worse and it's kind of gotten to me a little bit. If I don't write notes to myself, I am likely to forget. And just doing crap like this is depressing. Like, is it information overload? Is it early alzheimers? Is it just aging? Whatever it is, it sucks. All I can do is all I can do!

Thanks for the pitiful story, lol. Yep, I feel sorry for him, too.

This last early spring, I got to the lake early with a thick fog on the water. I took my time getting my boat ready as the visibility on the water was near zero and I was in no hurry. Nobody else was in the parking lot when a guy comes by me headed to the ramp. You cannot see the ramp from the parking lot as the ramp is real steep and down the hill. The guy is down at the ramp for several minutes, more than enough time to get his boat launched. I start to wonder where he is, when he comes up the hill to the parking lot soaking wet. My first thought is- he's fell off the dock into the lake or slipped down on the ramp. No, he forgot to put his truck in park when he got out. He is out of breath, soaked to the bone in 40 degree weather, and asks if I can help him. As we go down the hill into view of the ramp, I can se just a little sliver of the top of his pickup truck. I call 911 on my phone and offer to put him into my truck to get warm. He declines the offer.
A deputy comes by and I flag him down to help. I manage to launch my boat and retrieve his belongings that are floating on top of the lake by the dock. By now, a tow truck shows up with an old man driving. The old man refuses to go into the water to hook up the tow cable to the front of the truck, so the poor guy has to go under water twice to hook the cable to his underwater F150. I probably never felt so sorry for a guy in my life!
If it was me in that predicament, I would have never went home. My wife would have killed me!

[up2specks]

let's see

a buddy's steering cable broke while we were fishing. We kept fishing and when we were powered up, I would hold the motor and turn it as needed

then my buddy fixed the steering cable but you had to turn the wheel left to go right and right to go left

left the straps on at the ramp not to long ago

dropped a battery in the lake while reaching it out to a buddy in another boat

sunk a boat that was tied to the dock in a summer rain storm

have lost a few rod/reel combos

oh and weighed in 6 fish in a crappie usa tourney (7 fish limit). Had been culling all day and would have finished 1st not 3rd

there's more

No doubt in my mind, FOXY J...you ONLY amassed these BLOOPERS over the years, in hopes of Guanteeing Slab's 1st BLOOPER Prize-giveaway!

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