Funny But True

[ianoc69]

My 15 yo cousin was Bait Fishing with his Rod from a Wharf down South in the Greenwell Point area 2 weeks ago.

With his line in the water he felt a couple of minor enquiries and lifted the Rod Tip in an attempt to set the hook.

After feeling a decent weight on the end of his line he was confused that what he hooked was a bit of a dead weight and each wind of the reel he thought i must have a stick or branch .

To his amazement he wound in a Fishing Rod with Reel that could not have been in the water too long as it was in better condition than his own rod.

He thought all of his Christmases had come at once when he retrieved the captured Rod and Reel only to find that a fish was attached to the rod and reel he had just caught.

Winding in the captured rod he was greeted with a mid 40cm Flathead that was still alive and hooked.

This is a true story and the Rod and Reel were washed and oiled before the Flathead ended up on a dinner plate .

Amazing fishing story - I am sure there are many others out there.

[slinkymalinky]

No idea how to have this story corroborated... the participants live in Tassie... but I spent a lot of my early twenties fishing with one member of a family of well known Tassie trout fisherman and guides.

My mate's father was, despite advancing years, still a die hard, although he'd given up on wading up and down lakes. Instead being very happy to find a nice point or shore and then just drift dry flies from his possie.

One day in Penstock Lagoon, he managed to hook and land a good trout, only to find that his fly had hooked the fish through the eye of someone else's fly that had previously broken off in the fish's jaw.

Cheers, Slinky

[Moro Mou]

I love both those storys Slinky and Ianoc69.

A few years back fishing landbased in the NT (well back from the water due to crocs) a mate had an $$$ outfit (calcutta or similar but can't remember) in a plastic rod holder. It was the first day of arrival and camp was still being set up so the rod wasn't being closely watched. When my mate did go to check the rod it had vanished so he was left scratching his head. 4 days later and again bank fishing he hooks a dead weight and low and behold his rod and reel reappears. There was no fish attached but at least he got it back.

[Dangas]

i was once trolling with two rods in botany bay when the first rod got struck. the rod holder was not secured and caused the rod to fly out into the water. I quickly tried to reach out and grab it but it was long gone. After cursing to myself for a few seconds due to the loss of my favourite the second rod goes off and luckily this holder secured properly. As i started to wind in i noticed that there was my first rod that had dropped in the water and a bonito attached to the line.

Needless to say i was very happy to have both.

[snag]

Great story Ian,

Reminds me of a ABT comp in 2005-06 down bateman bay where a competitor was fishing the road bridge on the first day of the comp and lost his expencive rod and reel overboard, he spent many hours trying to rehook it and get it back, only to have another competitor the following day hook it and give it back to the guy later that day that originally lost it.

As you can imagin he was happy to see his pride and joy back again

Edited January 8, 2010 by snag

[twoblues]

Acting the fool can be expensive too.

Years ago in Bougainville I was out with a few mates trolling lures. It was a quiet day and the other two guys were up on the flybridge enjoying an ale or two (well, it WAS after 7am).

So I quietly handlined one of the lures in and put a bucket on the end, and dropped it over.

Let it out and suddenly the reel is screaming. The big fella (115kg) came bounding down the stairs without even touching the steps, grabbed his rod and lifted it out of the holder. Suddenly a loud snap and the reel and remains of the rod went overboard, and he only had the butt in his hand.

I'm falling all over the boat laughing, until I realised what happened.

Unfortunately the Behemoth realised what I had done at the same time and the look on his face was priceless. An expensive rod and Penn reel overboard and it was all my fault.

I had two choices. I run real quick, or I jump overboard.

Then the skipper called out and told us the rod had hooked up on the ski boat we were towing. We pulled in the ski boat and retrieved the gear, and it only cost me a new rod.

He still doesn't let me forget that one.

Two Blues.

[macnaz]

I remember reading a story many years ago in a fishing mag so i wouldnt know if its true but, It went something like this. A young guy visiting a relo in a nursing home befriended an elderly old chap in a wheel chair who would often tallk for hours about his fishing adventures and iin particular the many huge mullaway he had caught. Eventualy the young guy decided he was gunna give the old bloke another crack at doing what he loved and missed. They picked a night and went to a local breakwall on the mid north coast and set him up on a flat rock close to the water with his gear and some decent sized mullet for bait. Anyway it turned out some time he did hook up on a mofo jew only to have his old penn reel birds nest and drag him into the drink.... Heap of screaming and pannic as he flowed along in the darkwater towards the ocean a smart guy near the end of the breakwall ended up using a long handled gaff to catch him before he was gone for ever lol. Sore leg but still alive