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I just remember something that I did back in the mid 90s when I first moved down to SC, that made me so embarassed!
I was fishing a federation tournament on Lake Murray. I was paired with a guy who I had never met, which is usually the case. As a yankee in dixie land I still stood out VERY much back then so I felt I had to show them that it didnt matter where I was raid I could fish with the best of them lol One of the first things that guy said to me when we spoke was "you aint from around here are ya?" lol Exactly what I had expected lol
Well... I dont think we had been out that long, and we were fishing a grassy hump with spinner baits. I had a 5'6" medium action composite rod that I LOVED for spinnerbaits. It was paired up with a nice daiwa baitcaster. I had made a few casts and I had lost a fish who hit short and before I knew it, my end of the boat was drifting further away from the sweet spot and his end was nosing into it. He was front-ending me. I HATE that crap!
So I decided to try and chunk my bait out as far as I could to reach where the first hit short again. My rod had a pistol grip handle on it and when I chunked it for all I was worth, the rod went FLYYYYyyyyyyyyingggggggg out of my hand! LOL! It went SPLASH! I was sooooooooo embarassed and mad because it sunk like a rock lol My boater got a good laugh from it. He asked me if that was some "Yankee Trick". lol
The only good thing about it is that it landed rght in the sweet spot! I thought it was hysterical because it totally spooked the fish that were there. I didnt ask my boater what he thoght of it but I could tell once he realized the bite there was gone that he was a bit upset. Served that front-ending SOB right! lol
I wish I could say that was the only time I ever threw a rod out like that but its not lol I have done it 3 times total lol Another time during a winter tournament when my fingers were NUMB lol The 3rd time was a couple decades ago and i was in a canoe and I caught one rod with the other and flipped the hooked rod out of the canoe and into the air. lol It sucked! lol
So how bout yall? Im sure yall have some embarassing moments to share? Let's hear them!
Jared
I was fishing a federation tournament on Lake Murray. I was paired with a guy who I had never met, which is usually the case. As a yankee in dixie land I still stood out VERY much back then so I felt I had to show them that it didnt matter where I was raid I could fish with the best of them lol One of the first things that guy said to me when we spoke was "you aint from around here are ya?" lol Exactly what I had expected lol
Well... I dont think we had been out that long, and we were fishing a grassy hump with spinner baits. I had a 5'6" medium action composite rod that I LOVED for spinnerbaits. It was paired up with a nice daiwa baitcaster. I had made a few casts and I had lost a fish who hit short and before I knew it, my end of the boat was drifting further away from the sweet spot and his end was nosing into it. He was front-ending me. I HATE that crap!
So I decided to try and chunk my bait out as far as I could to reach where the first hit short again. My rod had a pistol grip handle on it and when I chunked it for all I was worth, the rod went FLYYYYyyyyyyyyingggggggg out of my hand! LOL! It went SPLASH! I was sooooooooo embarassed and mad because it sunk like a rock lol My boater got a good laugh from it. He asked me if that was some "Yankee Trick". lol
The only good thing about it is that it landed rght in the sweet spot! I thought it was hysterical because it totally spooked the fish that were there. I didnt ask my boater what he thoght of it but I could tell once he realized the bite there was gone that he was a bit upset. Served that front-ending SOB right! lol
I wish I could say that was the only time I ever threw a rod out like that but its not lol I have done it 3 times total lol Another time during a winter tournament when my fingers were NUMB lol The 3rd time was a couple decades ago and i was in a canoe and I caught one rod with the other and flipped the hooked rod out of the canoe and into the air. lol It sucked! lol
So how bout yall? Im sure yall have some embarassing moments to share? Let's hear them!
Jared