Bad Trip

[TubeDude]

[cool]Ever have one of those trips where you might as well have been fishing on the launch ramp...or in the parking lot...or your backyard?



I once followed a boat out of Strawberry that had not made sure their lines were secured to the rods before they boogied. They trolled pop gear for a couple of miles down the road before we could pass and wave them over to take care of it. Their comment was that they probably would have caught more if they left the lines out on the road than they did at the Berry. Didn't do the string of pop gear much good though.
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[mykys]

Would fishing for wiper at willard bay from a float tube durring the gizzard shad swarms count? There's plenty of boat ramp this year, maybe I'll try that tactic. I'm certain it'd be more productive![laugh]
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[tomegun]

[#800000][size 2]Will you please leave me alone! I only drove 30 miles the other day trailing my batteries extension cord.[blush] [/size][/#800000]
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[TubeDude]

[cool]Hey, tomegun, you either gotta stop readin' those fishin' magazines, or quit takin' them so serious. When they advise you to troll "plugs", they mean fishing lures. SHEESH.
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[hedgesd]

I used to work grave yard shift so I've got tons of good brainless stories but the best one is my first trip to Lee's Ferry.

To make a long story short we launched and started flying up river looking for some good spots and just as we got to the first good area the motor chuged and died. So we ended up fishing a crappy spot during the best time to be at the ferry.

Here's another one from a weeklong backpacking trip to the boulders. After hiking for miles and packing all our tubing gear we finally got to the lake and guess what I forgot. The net and rod that goes across the front of my tube. Needless to say I rigged up something and kept on fishing.
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[TubeDude]

[cool]Hey, Mr. H., glad you were able to improvise. Necessity is a mother...or something like that.

Didn't even occur to me that this could turn into a thread on the bad experiences we have had over the years. What fun.

Like most fishermen with some "seasoning", I have plenty of tales of woe and disaster. Many involve forgetting vital tackle or other things for the trip. My worst disaster was on a trip with a first time fishing buddy...flyfishing with a new flyrod I had just built.

We had just driven about six hours to get to the targeted fishin' hole. It was beautiful, and the fish were already rising...in the early morning after an all night drive. I strung my new rod and propped it over against a tree to keep it out of the way while I put on my waders. When I wasn't looking, my new fishing buddy picked up the rod to look at it and then propped it up against the truck. You guessed it. I watched in horror as a little puff of wind simultaneously blew my rod and the closing truck door together.

My new rod was snapped in two places...and was the only rod I brought. The guy who caused it said it was my fault and was miffed when I packed everything up to go back home. He wanted me to wait around for him while he went fishing. He was lucky he got back in the truck and kept his mouth shut for the entire return trip. Needless to say, the first time was his last.

I try to keep a ckecklist of the things I need on standard trips, and add to it for special trips. But, that has not kept me from leaving stuff behind. On my first tubing trip to one of the Arizona lakes a few years ago, I drove to the lake, launched my tube, started to rig one of my rods with something appropriate for the early spring conditions...and NO LURE BOXES. I had left them sitting on my tool bench in the garage and had not stuffed them into the poskets on my tube.
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[cat_man]

HAHAHAHAHA!!! That was hilarious TD!! I laughed out loud at work when I read that about trolling "plugs". (Sorry Tomegun) []

It's pretty hard to fish without lures isn't it? Well, I did something similar a couple weeks ago at Jordanelle at the 2nd perch party. I caught a ride with polokid, and when we got up there, rigged up our tubes, and got ready to head out I realized that I had left both of my poles at home leaning against the door of the apartment across from my front door!!! I guess I could have just tied a lure to a piece of line and trolled it behind my tube, with how the perch were hitting I'm sure it would have worked, but polokid was kind enough to lend me one of his poles so I could still fish.
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[tubeN2]

[cool] Hey there TubeDad,

I hope you don't tell the rest of these Utah guys about how many time we travelled to Pelican lake, or Provo River and other countless places where I had forgotten my fishing license and had to wait around all day until it was time to go back home. At least now I tell my son that wherever we go near or far, don't forget the fishing license. Instead he will grab my license and vest(attached together) his rods and leave my rods behind. sheesh. I guess it runs in the family.[laugh]
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[TubeDude]

[cool]Don't be tellin' all the fambly secrets. And, hey, I have NEVER forgotten my fishing license. Rods, reels, lures, lunch, bait...yes. License...Never.
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[BEARCLAW]

Howdy TD,

Saw this comic the other day in the paper. I laughed as hard reading it this time. [sly].. This last spring I planned my first trip of the season in my boat. Drove all the way to Scofield, got my boat down the ramp, in the H2O and almost offloaded when I realized I had forgot my gas tank. Sheesh! I was more emarrassed than anything.[blush].
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[mattscru]

I know its not fishing related but I saw the Base fire dept cruising down the street with and hose being dragged behind sparking everywhere. Had a good laugh at that one. Good Fishing, Matt
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