Favorite Fishing Stories

[ozark trout fisher]

Well, since there are so many arguments lately on OAF, I guess someone should start a more lighthearted topic...

I'll make it really simple and really general. Tell your favorite fishing story. Big fish caught, big fish lost, some rare animal or bird alongside the stream,funny mishaps. Anything.

I'll tell mine, which definitely fits into the embarrassing mishaps category. Although it wasn't at all a pleasant experience at the time, now I can and often do laugh about it. I was wading a beautiful little trout creek in Western Montana a few years back. I saw a huge cutthroat rolling around, but there was a big boulder that I had to wade out on to get a good cast at it. I didn't take notice of the fact that the creek had just recently come down from spring run-off, and the top of the boulder was still very wet.

Needless to say, when I stepped on the boulder, I fell backwards and hit my lower back so hard that I momentarily blacked out. I didn't feel too good for a couple of days, but no permanent damage was done to anything but my pride, and I was back to fishing within a couple hours. You should have heard me scream every curse word ever invented though-I was just glad to be out of earshot of any other folks.

[rps]

Good idea about the change of topic and tone.

I wrote my embarrassing moment fish story a couple of years ago. It's posted in two forms on my blog. If you haven't read it, go to my blog and laugh at me.

[4fishys]

MANY years ago, my Dad took my brother and me up to the Wolf River in Wisconsin for the white bass run. He had worked hard to pack lunches, and made some instant hot chocolate also.

My Dad was a man of few words, for sure. We were getting a little chill, so he poured a cup of his hot chocolate for us. He had used water instead of the required milk for the mix. Well, it was TERRIBLE! We complained a bit, and he just told us to quit our whining and drink it. He wasn't much on listening to whining.

A while later he decided to have a cup for himself, and after taking a sip and spitting it out he said, "Boy, you're right, this tastes like ----!." Something in his tone and admission caught our fancy, and we all laughed about it till we nearly peed our pants.

Boy, I miss him. Thanks for taking us fishing, Dad!

[rps]

good story 4fishys