Have you ever lost a fish??????

Mofish · 07-08-2005, 06:28 AM

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Pete · 07-08-2005, 06:32 AM

Ouch!

KZ4LIFE · 07-08-2005, 06:38 AM

I was outside of Hammond the summer I developed the Konezone. (2001) It was really early in the run and the fish were just starting to show. It was a short day and we didn't hit the water until around 6:00 PM. We landed a little eater Silver and I decided to clean it. I got her all cleaned up a reached for the final rinse and away she went. I almost dove in and decided the "Fish God's"

had spoken. The Crabs were having a party on Me.

Welcome to the "Bonehead Club", I wonder how many of us there really are. I bet less than 20% would admit it though.

Grant Scheele · 07-08-2005, 06:40 AM

MoFish, as you know now, those steel hangers are not to be used in the water. OUCH!

Having said that. I have lost some dandies back to the river.

At the end of the day I was throwing fish onto a dock with about 20 people watching. (yes, I was kinda showing off). I was throwing them in ascending order and got to the last fish, a 27lb purpleback sealiced hen, and she slipped out of my hand into the bay. They do sink like rocks don't they.

Anyway, let yourself off of the hook. It will take time for Terry to forgive you and you learned something new.

A big part of fishing is piling up great stories to be told later in the boat. Yesterday was one of those.

I am sure you are going to hear many more stories. I know Scott Amerman has a story about a 47lber but I will let him tell it.

Does any of this make you feel any better?

Grant

SalmonJeff · 07-08-2005, 06:50 AM

I was out with rock bottom on the kilchis last winter and a and as we where watching chris ( the greek) land a nice nook some kids in a drifter came down and when we asked if they did any good they had to show us there cacth and sure enough one of the kids dunked a nice nook back to the drink!! on the up side however they had a rod with a big hook on it

and they managed to snag it and get it back in!!

for me I have done that as well I dropped a rope back into the bay in Ca which had a limit of stripers(2 each) and a limit of sturgeon( 1 each) for me and a freind!! I bet he is still mad about that one

goodkarma · 07-08-2005, 07:55 AM

A buddy and I were fishing for bass a few years ago and we had a stringer full of dandy small mouths hanging off the side of the boat. As we were moving on to a new spot we hear something hit the boat but just figured it was a stick in the water. It wasn't until we went to put another fish on the stringer that we realized what we heard was the stringer that I was supposed to have brought aboard. We felt bad enough about the waste that we quit fishing for the day. There were some happy crawdads that night.

BigFishFever · 07-08-2005, 08:09 AM

Oh ya....

We were fishing Potholes Reservoir and had a stringer full of perch, bluegill, bass etc, hanging off the ski hook on the back of the boat..

Decided to move to a new spot, and forgot the stringer.
Got to the next spot, caught a fish and went to put it on the stringer, and...yep...all the fish got chewed up by the prop...

Musta had a heck of a chum trail following that boat...

always remember to bring em in now..

boom_fish_on · 07-08-2005, 08:16 AM

Back in MT, my friends and I got into headbutting our Pike, and we were getting a friend to headbutt his fish (he had been on a like skunk for like over a month) and he stood up in the boat with his fish and as he was swinging the fish to his forehead the fish flew right over his head out the back of the boat...absolutely hilarious!!!

Fossil · 07-08-2005, 08:19 AM

When the boys were young we did a LOT of trout fishing out of our old yellow Fiberform. Well, with three boys it was usually a fire drill, baiting untangleing, neting. Twice we moved to a new spot and I forgot to pull the stringer out of the water. They still rag on me about that.

However, we did fill the stringer again.

Fred N · 07-08-2005, 08:53 AM

Many years ago while fishing on a little local stream I landed a nice 5 pound steelhead by the gills. I did not have a net and did not think to grab by the fish by the tail. I had landed many chinook using this technique, so I thought it would be an effective way to land a steelhead also.

I found out what gill rakers were that day! I was so proud of my fish I was holding him up admiring him while standing on a log over the water. About that time, the fish starts wriggling and I immediately started feeling the slices on my fingers! It hurt so much (ouch) I dropped the fish back into the water and he swam off! Since then, I have learned the tail does not hurt near as much!

fishingfirst · 07-08-2005, 09:03 AM

I was sturgeon fishing with a friend and his 6 year old son. We had a couple of nice keepers hanging on a rope, actually tied to the pole that holds the top up. My friend and I were on the back of the boat intent on catching more fish, I look back at his son just in time to see him (with his pocketknife) cut the rope....away go our keepers!

I think we all have a similar story!
Wasn't so funny at the time, but it makes me smile now.

Scott

CATCH AND EAT · 07-08-2005, 09:36 AM

Todd, I don't know if Terry will ever forgive ya unless you hand off a fish or two to him in the next couple of weeks. BTW been there done that cleaning coho on the back of my boat. Did the same thing with a halibut at south beach last year.

Life goes on and there will be more, oh yes there will be more.

Fishrite · 07-08-2005, 09:48 AM

Hey Todd:
I told you that I have forgiven you....and I have, almost! Darn, that was a beautiful fish!! Just kidding!! It can happen to the best of us. I didn't feel like filleting a 30 pounder anyway. I really enjoyed fishing in your new boat...what a beauty....especially the washdown system!
Don't forget me when you head for Bouy 10 next month. I'm sure that we will put more fish just like that into your boat in August and September....and this time we will rise them in the boat!!!!

Lemon Head · 07-08-2005, 09:50 AM

Ya......I think it was about a 500$ fish!!!

Buddies and me were out on his boat squaw fishin'back when GI-Joes were sponsoring squaw fish derbys out on the Columbia. I caught the biggest squaw I have ever seen in all my days. We were high five'in just knowing we were in the hunt for big money.

Buddie (who we will leave out his name) puts big fish in the burlap bag and then eventually ties up the bag outside of his boat with the other money makers we were killin'.

When we went to put the next batch of squaws in the bag.....the bag was empty except for one little squaw. He found that the bag had developed a hole in the bottom!!!! :shocked:

The comfort talk went like this............Well...it wasn't really that big anyway.

I'll never forget that fish......but were still buddies today!

goodfishin' LH

FishinMission · 07-08-2005, 10:14 AM

Kinda late now, but ya might think about pulling the plug in your fishbox up front, and rinsing out your fish up there inside the box. Sorry for your loss, but happy for your 22 Scout purchase. I sure love mine!

Mark

Mofish · 07-08-2005, 11:34 AM

Thanks Fishrite for your forgiveness you know you will have first seat choose for 10.

I did get the Macerator Pump working correctly. Had so line caught in it and the leak was from someone did not tighten down the nuts to make a good seal.
It will be ready for 10.

Talk to you when get back from Shasta also Rod has got your nike coat.

KillerBeee · 07-08-2005, 11:37 AM

Moral of the story.....Always put your dog on a leash! We always string out fish on a tether and secure it to a rail or cleat when cleaning-bleeding. This is not fool proof, but will work 99% of the time. Just don't forget to secure the end of your tether.....I have seen this before and it is only funny a day or 2 later....

Starfish · 07-08-2005, 11:40 AM

We call it "gut-and-release fishing"...

My daughter caught a little 20-lb chinook hen a few years back and I bled it on a rope and forgot to pull it in when we ran to another spot.

Ever since, I bleed them in the livewell.

Chrome Bumper · 07-08-2005, 11:51 AM

If no one saw it didn't happen. :blush:

rock bottom · 07-08-2005, 12:26 PM

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I was out with rock bottom on the kilchis last winter and a and as we where watching chris ( the greek) land a nice nook some kids in a drifter came down and when we asked if they did any good they had to show us there cacth and sure enough one of the kids dunked a nice nook back to the drink!! on the up side however they had a rod with a big hook on it

and they managed to snag it and get it back in!!

for me I have done that as well I dropped a rope back into the bay in Ca which had a limit of stripers(2 each) and a limit of sturgeon( 1 each) for me and a freind!! I bet he is still mad about that one

When I read the post that was the first thing I thought of Jeff! That was funny stuff.

Coastalfisherman · 07-08-2005, 01:47 PM

Last fall I was filleting a chinook for a buddy, and I filleted one side then threw the carcass into the bay with the other side untouched. The harbor seal at well that day.

Tuna Ball · 07-08-2005, 03:40 PM

I have recently started selling fish handles (At Tillamook Bait Co.) that clamp on itself for just this reason. They work great for handling a fish while bleeding/gutting or just carying them out from a bank spot. I gave my buddy a custom one with his name burned into it. He used it to clean and fillet his fish on the bank side. Then he slid the carcus into the water. He woke up in the middle of the night when he realized he forgot to remove the handle first.

He went down the next day with an extendable pruning sheer and was able to recover it. He won't make that mistake again. TB

cutt plug · 07-08-2005, 05:48 PM

A couple years ago at Bouy 10 I caught a limit of fish, when we got back to the dock my dad thought he'd do me a favor and rinse the blood off my fish.

10 lb. coho slips from his hand and sinks quicker than lead!

Sick feeling to see a fish wasted that way, I hope the crabs or seals took advantage of it.

Accidents happen, that's why they're called accidents.

stevo · 07-08-2005, 06:48 PM

My first and so far only Halibut trip in Alaska, we were fishing in Prince William sound out of Valdez. We were on my boss' buddy's boat, he had never caught any halibut on several trips, well someone tipped him off to a good set of coordinates and they were right. We had our limit, 3 people 2 fish each in about 2 hours, the biggest and last fish was about 65#. Since the boat was a bayliner, there was no good place to put the fish so we had them on stringers. I put the last fish in the makeshift fish box (read: bundled up mooring cover in the bow rider seats) and untied the first stringer, whic had two fish on it. I pulled the first one in and pulled the rope out through it's gills. The rope was some of that bright yellow 3-strand nylon stuff (important detail) I handed the rope to the boat owner, and said, "Here Mickey, hold the rope." Well, ol' Mickey was pretty excited about limiting his boat out for the first time, and after I wrestled that fish into the bow of the boat I turned to get the next fish only to see Mickey's hands empty, I cried, "Mickey! Where's the rope?!" We all dashed to the transom to watch a beautiful 50# 'but swirling into the depths, trailing 10' of bright yellow nylon rope through it's gills. When we pulled ourselves away from the sad sight, Mickey turns to me and says, "Well, that's not exactly what I'd call 'Catch & Release.'"

What had been a hot bite was now dead, and our attempts to re-limit the boat failed. Clearly the fishing gods were not pleased with our buffoonery and were not about to waste another magnificent hali on fools like us.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

Mofish · 07-08-2005, 07:12 PM

Thanks guy for helping deal with my Bone head mistake.

I am glad I'm not the only one that can pull a Leave it to Beaver

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damoperator · 07-08-2005, 07:18 PM

Yes While gator fishing at out of Jhon Day I was waxing on poeticly about don't cut the rope holding the fish over the side when you bleed it. So needless to say an hour or two later after I bleed a nice 48 incher, we went to pull it in and only had a cut rope no fish. And it was not my fish. My fishing buddys true to form remind me don't cut the rope! Damoperatoer

damoperator · 07-08-2005, 07:19 PM

Yes While gator fishing at out of Jhon Day I was waxing on poeticly about don't cut the rope holding the fish over the side when you bleed it. So needless to say an hour or two later after I bleed a nice 48 incher, we went to pull it in and only had a cut rope no fish. And it was not my fish. My fishing buddys true to form remind me don't cut the rope! Damoperatoer

nobrownline · 07-09-2005, 03:55 AM

I was at boner ville last spring and watched a fish checker look at a fish, take scale samples then proceed to drop it off the dock as she tried to hand it back to the guys in the boat.

FishFreak · 07-09-2005, 07:24 AM

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Back in MT, my friends and I got into headbutting our Pike,

Well someone has to comment on it..... Headbutting Pike???
This could be even sadder than loosing a nice fish.

lilnorthfork · 07-09-2005, 11:19 AM

Good stuff. Maybe you should tie an anchor float to the fish before rinsing it. Or, better yet, put some SOSpenders on the fish... they should auto-inflate when the fish hits the water. :grin:
lnf

BCF · 07-09-2005, 02:02 PM

I was talking to my neighbor a few minutes ago and he starts telling about this guy who lost his friends fish ....etc...... I figure it out and ask him if the guy posted the story on Ifish? He says yes and now I know that it is you MoFish. So I'll tell you my quick story.

Couple of weeks ago a lifelong friend travels up to visit. He has never caught a Salmon before and it was a wish of his late wife that he would take a vacation and visit me to go fishing and catch some salmon.

We go to the boil on the Willamette and the fishing is pretty slow. About 12:00 my wife calls and offers to bring us some sandwiches. When we are reeling in our lines to motor over to the boat ramp, Whamo my rod goes off and I hand off the fish to my buddy.

I call my wife and tell her we will be delayed a few minutes ,will she please wait? We get the fish in the boat , but I figure fishing is picking up , I'm going to keep this fish alive until we catch another one. I thread a rope carefully so as not to hurt the gills and tie the fish off to the rear cleat.............

As I 'm motoring to the ramp dragging/ reviving the fish everything is great. I'm a hero.........I look down and back to check the fish and now.......I'm a zero. My rope has come undone and the fish is gone.

I look back and thirty yards behind us, is the fish floating belly up and the rope trailing in the water. I spin the boat around and unbelievably my buddy is able to grab the end of the rope before the fish sank out of site.

I joked that he would now have to tag it again, but I was so relieved to have gotten that fish back.

So.......if you can't tie a knot.......TIE A LOT.

You are not alone.

BCF out

KROY · 07-09-2005, 07:26 PM

I lost two in one day.

2003 B-10 annual August trip. I'm on the last day and have one buddy in the boat with my. The limit is now three a day and we head to the CR first thing. The bar is rough and the ocean is worse. We get just past B-4 and I decide to start fishing for a few minutes. My buddy hooks a small silver in about 30 seconds and we get it in. It's so rough that I can hardly stand up. I have the cooler mounted on the swim deck with the lid open. I don't bonk the fish and decide to just throw it in the cooler. we hit a swell and I go to throw the fish into the cooler and it sails right over the lid and swims off just like I released it. He says, "Native?" Nope, just a bad throw.

I head back in and proceeded to limit my buddy and drop him off with one fish to go for my limit. I land a huge, 15 lbs. silver and head to Hammond. I clean the fish in the boat basin and drop the 15 pounder as I'm rinsing it. I sit down and proceed to cuss myself for a few minutes then look over the side and I'm in 3 feet of water. I see the white belly showing and scoop it up with the net, fish saved.

So, I was 1 for 2 on lost fish that day.