Members petertherock Posted March 23, 2006 Members Posted March 23, 2006 Hey Fellows, Can't anybody beat my whooping crane story! I posted it so that we might hear from the rest of you, your own funny fishing stories that have taken place on the Rock! C'mon tell us a good one! petertherock P.S. Gotta go, these late nights on this site are killing me! Just making me more anxious for the time I'll spend there this season! So goodnight, I'll land a big hawg in my dreams!
roy_eros Posted March 24, 2006 Posted March 24, 2006 I didnt read you're whooping crane story so i dont know if this will beat it. One night a couple of summers ago i was catfishing near cricket. I got a bight and set the hook and my rod broke about a foot above the reel. So there i was holding a piece of my pole in both hands fighting about a five pound channel cat. When i got it to the boat i tried to lift it in the boat by the line(stupid i know) the line snapped but the fish landed in the net hanging off the side of my boat. What are the odds of catching a fish after it had broke a pole and line. I didnt think it would be good luck to keep a fish after all these events so i released it.
Members petertherock Posted March 25, 2006 Author Members Posted March 25, 2006 Hey Roy Great story don't know if it beats my whooping crane story though! petertherock
Members Ex-Iowegian Posted March 25, 2006 Members Posted March 25, 2006 Catfish?...Dad was a lifelong fisherman. He was born near Clinton, MO but married an Iowa girl and moved there after WWII. In the 1970's he and his buddy Harold started flyfishing on the trout streams of Northeast Iowa. On one of these trips they noticed an old, battle-worn, yellow tomcat stalking their movements along the stream. The cat was so intent on their actions they figured he was studying their form to pick up casting pointers. Sure enough, on one of Harold's backcasts the old tom leaped into the air and snatched the little chunk of cheesbait on the hook. The old cat screamed, lit out for safer ground, the line tightened, and Harold shouted to Dad, "Woody! What the @&## do I do now?" Laughing uncontrollably, but without missing a beat, Dad shot back "Set the hook!" Harold cut the line on that one!
Sam Posted March 25, 2006 Posted March 25, 2006 Anyone who fishes the James River arm of Tablerock in the spring knows that spoonbills sometimes jump. They don't feed on minnows, so I don't know why they jump - maybe it has something to do with their spawning, or maybe they're just playing. Whatever the reason, it can be real startling when a fish that big jumps near your boat. Last spring, I was slow-trolling a jig for crappie near some flooded trees in the Virgin Bluff area. It was a beautiful day, quiet, peaceful, no other boats around. I was in the front of the boat running the trolling motor on slow speed. Suddenly, an enormous spoonbill jumped clear out of the water, about 4 feet from where I was sitting. The thing must have weighed 80 lbs., and it scared me almost to death. The splash it made soaked me and the whole boat. Worst of all, I'd been eating lunch while I was trolling - and I had cheese and crackers and a Pepsi sitting on the deck beside my seat. The splashed water knocked my Pepsi over, and soaked the crackers so I had to throw them all away. That'll get your attention, when it's nice and quiet and you think you're all alone.
Members Ex-Iowegian Posted March 25, 2006 Members Posted March 25, 2006 Sam: I know what you mean about the spoonbills around Virgin Bluff. We just moved here last July and my wife was pursuing her new favorite pastime of reading a book while floating in a watersport tube tied to the dock. A big ol' spoonbill jumped about twenty feet from her and evidently disturbed her concentration. I guess she created quite a wake getting back to the dock. We didn't have anything that big on that little 125 acre lake we used to fish in Iowa!
champ187xr6 Posted March 26, 2006 Posted March 26, 2006 Ex-Iowegian...What 125 acre lake in Iowa would that be?
Members Ex-Iowegian Posted March 26, 2006 Members Posted March 26, 2006 Don Williams Lake - Boone county
champ187xr6 Posted March 26, 2006 Posted March 26, 2006 I don't want to hijack this post just thought it might be in NE Iowa by one of your earlier posts. "In the 1970's he and his buddy Harold started flyfishing on the trout streams of Northeast Iowa. " I have family in NE Iowa.
Members Ex-Iowegian Posted March 26, 2006 Members Posted March 26, 2006 Dad and Harold were from Dike (near Cedar Falls/Waterloo)at that time...where I was born. I spent my last 35 years in Fort Dodge before moving down here.
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