Stupid things we do

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Permalink Reply by Kimihiko Nakamura on February 24, 2010 at 8:58pm

The both hook were bury very deep in her face. We have to go to the doctor to pull out both hook. I feel many bad for so much time. You hook a girl in the eye with what technique or lure?

Mike Bess said:

Kimihiko-
Were you able to remove the hooks yourself or did you take her to the hospital? I took out an old girlfriend's eye once, but she was ok the next day.

Permalink Reply by Kimihiko Nakamura on February 24, 2010 at 9:00pm

ha ha ha, old girl have many experience.

Jon Sessler said:

When you say "old" do you mean an ex, or that 68 year old you were dating?

Mike Bess said:

Kimihiko-
Were you able to remove the hooks yourself or did you take her to the hospital? I took out an old girlfriend's eye once, but she was ok the next day.

Permalink Reply by P.J. Koshi on February 24, 2010 at 9:01pm

One of those cougars I am guessing...

Jon Sessler said:

When you say "old" do you mean an ex, or that 68 year old you were dating?

Mike Bess said:

Kimihiko-
Were you able to remove the hooks yourself or did you take her to the hospital? I took out an old girlfriend's eye once, but she was ok the next day.

Permalink Reply by Mike Bess on February 24, 2010 at 9:05pm

Special technique- tandem super spook.

Permalink Reply by Eric DeLay on February 24, 2010 at 9:08pm

It kind of seems like you stopped in the middle of the story.
That isn't really a stupid thing though, more like an unfortunate one.

Stupid stuff is more like taking off with your trolling motor down ($1,600), leaving your truck in reverse when you jump out to go load your boat ($0, but very embarrassing). Luckily I clamped down on the e-brake really hard! That was Friday & Saturday for me.

Other stupid stuff would be taking off with your PowerPole down ($0, they gave me a new one free including no shipping charge), or running on the wrong side of the channel marker in the Snake River by Strawberry Island ($600 prop and no more skeg).

REALLY stupid stuff is hanging out with Potter and Bess. Don't pass out around those two or you might be walking funny the next few days (just ask Reimers).

Permalink Reply by Ryan Gates on February 24, 2010 at 9:20pm

this reminds me of a thing Aaron Christel did during a tournament i believe was on pot holes. he was fishing out of the back seat of tom mellowitz's Triton. it also got him the klutz award at the hawg hunter banquet for the second year in a row. he was fishing an undisclosed location when he dropped his loomis in the watter and as he describes it then felt himself going in after it. he got the rod but the kicker was that he lost a pair of prescription sunglasses that cost close to twice as much as the rod and he had to go to weighin soaked. we all heard that and died laughing at the ramp. aaron tells it better so feel free to ask him.

Permalink Reply by Daniel on February 24, 2010 at 11:25pm

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Kimihiko Nakamura said:

ha ha ha, old girl have many experience.

Jon Sessler said:

When you say "old" do you mean an ex, or that 68 year old you were dating?

Mike Bess said:

Kimihiko-
Were you able to remove the hooks yourself or did you take her to the hospital? I took out an old girlfriend's eye once, but she was ok the next day.

Permalink Reply by Aaron Christel on February 25, 2010 at 12:31am

Imagine a seal sliding off the ice into the water, but it was me sliding off the back of a triton. And it was a Lamiglas Certified pro with a stradic on it. It was about 7:00 am, and not the warmest of late September days. I was soaked all day and got stung by a bee later too. But, I did finish 5th in the tourny, so all in all...

By the way, I am the only one to win kluts of the year two years in a row. Let that be my mark.

Ryan Gates said:

this reminds me of a thing Aaron Christel did during a tournament i believe was on pot holes. he was fishing out of the back seat of tom mellowitz's Triton. it also got him the klutz award at the hawg hunter banquet for the second year in a row. he was fishing an undisclosed location when he dropped his loomis in the watter and as he describes it then felt himself going in after it. he got the rod but the kicker was that he lost a pair of prescription sunglasses that cost close to twice as much as the rod and he had to go to weighin soaked. we all heard that and died laughing at the ramp. aaron tells it better so feel free to ask him.

Permalink Reply by Aaron Christel on February 25, 2010 at 12:48am

I can top that story though. The dumbest thing that I did was much worse and fortunatly turned out to be one of the luckiest days ever. I used to keep my boat over at my dad's house. He has about a 200 yard long driveway that goes very steeply down to his house with a sharp "s" turn at the bottom. I was really concerned about the lights on the trailer working when I hooked up because I was having issues with them the last time I had pulled the boat. So, I hooked up and headed up the hill. About 20 feet from the top, the whole truck shook and I heard a loud BANG! I looked in the rearview mirror to see the boat heading back down the driveway! I threw the truck into park and went running after it. (Not that I could have done anything if I had caught up to it!) Fortunatly, the drivers side trailer tire got far enough off the driveway to catch in the mud and turn the boat to the right. The last thing I remember seeing was the boat disapearing into the bushes and small trees popping back to a stand after they had been run over by the runaway boat! The boat dropped into the front yard. It had been raining, so the grass was soft. The boat stopped with the prop only about 10 inches from the deck. The only damage was one tail light had popped out and the jack stand was bent. Oh, and one yard nome lost his life. Had the boat gone straight or turned the other way, it would had gone over a 6 foot drop and landed on a van. We had to hook up some chains to drag it out of the yard.

Moral of the story, don't be so worried about your lights that you forget to lock down your hitch and have strong hooks on your chains!!!! My hooks got bent straight up!!!!



One more quick story. I had to be towed in from Mercer Island all the way to Coulon. It was really rough and I took a wave so hard the motor died. Fortunatly, Ryan F. was not far behind us and stopped to pick up our fish for weigh-in. About half an hour later he came out to tow me back. I couldn't figure out why the motor wouldn't run, but it would turn over fine. So, two ropes later and a few miles of slow, rough water we made it back to the launch. I told Daniel T. what had happened and he said he had a similar issue. It was his kill switch. I looked back at the drivers seat and guess what was laying on the seat??? I plugged it back in and VVVRRRROOOOMMM!!!!

You live and learn.

Permalink Reply by Paul Harmon on February 25, 2010 at 4:54pm

sorry for some reason the last part got cut off, I should double check next time. You fishing Moses open? Oh, I finished the story

Eric DeLay said:

It kind of seems like you stopped in the middle of the story.
That isn't really a stupid thing though, more like an unfortunate one.

Stupid stuff is more like taking off with your trolling motor down ($1,600), leaving your truck in reverse when you jump out to go load your boat ($0, but very embarrassing). Luckily I clamped down on the e-brake really hard! That was Friday & Saturday for me.

Other stupid stuff would be taking off with your PowerPole down ($0, they gave me a new one free including no shipping charge), or running on the wrong side of the channel marker in the Snake River by Strawberry Island ($600 prop and no more skeg).

REALLY stupid stuff is hanging out with Potter and Bess. Don't pass out around those two or you might be walking funny the next few days (just ask Reimers).

Permalink Reply by David Parnicky on February 25, 2010 at 7:21pm

I waded into 39 degree water once! I would strongly reccomend staying in the boat when the water is this cold!! Two years ago I had a club tournament during late March on Lake Terrell in Whatcom County. There was a freak blizzard that day and the water temp. dropped from 47 the weekend before clear down to 39 degrees. I didn't dress appropriately and was soaked and freezing cold by the end of the day. I was having issues driving my boat on the trailer as I don't think I was quite all there at the end of that day. In a moment of pure brilliance, I took my shoes off, rolled my jeans up and waded knee deep into the frigid water. I got the boat loaded up and was out of the water in just 5 minutes. When I got out of the water though I had absolutely ZERO feeling in my legs below my knees and couldnt even walk for 20 mins. Eventually I regained feeling in my legs and was able to stand up again but that was an incredibly dumb and scary moment!! It was a very eye opening moment though! Be careful if you are fishing in water that cold! Wear your life jacket all day and if you ever happen to fall in get out as quickly as possible!!

Permalink Reply by Eric DeLay on February 25, 2010 at 7:51pm

Sounds like we would be pretty competitive in a "SPAZ OFF".

I forgot to latch my trailer hitch once when hooking up at my warehouse. I also forgot to hook the safety chains. I drove all the way to my house, about a mile away, and up a steep hill. Fortunately the trailer managed to stay on my hitch with only gravity holding it on.

I won't be running my Fury prop at Moses this year. Instead I'll be using the Tempest II that already has some dings in it from last year's tournament.

Aaron Christel said:

I can top that story though. The dumbest thing that I did was much worse and fortunatly turned out to be one of the luckiest days ever. I used to keep my boat over at my dad's house. He has about a 200 yard long driveway that goes very steeply down to his house with a sharp "s" turn at the bottom. I was really concerned about the lights on the trailer working when I hooked up because I was having issues with them the last time I had pulled the boat. So, I hooked up and headed up the hill. About 20 feet from the top, the whole truck shook and I heard a loud BANG! I looked in the rearview mirror to see the boat heading back down the driveway! I threw the truck into park and went running after it. (Not that I could have done anything if I had caught up to it!) Fortunatly, the drivers side trailer tire got far enough off the driveway to catch in the mud and turn the boat to the right. The last thing I remember seeing was the boat disapearing into the bushes and small trees popping back to a stand after they had been run over by the runaway boat! The boat dropped into the front yard. It had been raining, so the grass was soft. The boat stopped with the prop only about 10 inches from the deck. The only damage was one tail light had popped out and the jack stand was bent. Oh, and one yard nome lost his life. Had the boat gone straight or turned the other way, it would had gone over a 6 foot drop and landed on a van. We had to hook up some chains to drag it out of the yard.

Moral of the story, don't be so worried about your lights that you forget to lock down your hitch and have strong hooks on your chains!!!! My hooks got bent straight up!!!!



One more quick story. I had to be towed in from Mercer Island all the way to Coulon. It was really rough and I took a wave so hard the motor died. Fortunatly, Ryan F. was not far behind us and stopped to pick up our fish for weigh-in. About half an hour later he came out to tow me back. I couldn't figure out why the motor wouldn't run, but it would turn over fine. So, two ropes later and a few miles of slow, rough water we made it back to the launch. I told Daniel T. what had happened and he said he had a similar issue. It was his kill switch. I looked back at the drivers seat and guess what was laying on the seat??? I plugged it back in and VVVRRRROOOOMMM!!!!

You live and learn.

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