Fishing Trip Boo-Boos: To Avoid

[birdseye]

Went to Rathmullen for a boat trip,other club members went to Culdaff . Who had a red face Fair play they went and caught bait and waited for me. No speed limits that day

[Conger]

Broke the tip of a rod with car boot
Had someone offering me a can of beer for a fish!!!!!!!
Took a dip while trying to wade across a rocky part of beach
Avoided a blank one day by catching my buddy
had a surprise visit to the local A&E due to rig making
Made a lovely flask of tea one day only to opening it on a very cold day to find Iced tea !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Forgotten bait, rigs and weights, not on the same day though !!!!!!!!!

[red]

i forgot my thermal socks tuesday night and had to pack up after an hour as my toes had gone beyond cold and were starting to hurt. i sat in the car then for 10mins with my wellies and socks off and the COLD air on my toes to warm them up. wont make that mistake again in -2c.

[uvox]

I know what you mean.... I found out I had a hole in me waders the hard way... luckily the sea angling centre in Courtown had some neoprene socks... otherwise I might be minus a few toes...

well worth getting a pair and keeping them handy.

[macker2]

getting a grip lead wire stuck right through my hand.

[steveoel]

Hitting the lampost in Fenit pier with my lead full wack and somebody roaring
"The Anglus" (Spelling may be very Wrong - oops)
That caused some serious red face


Driving to south kerry. Drove for two and half hours got to the mark and discovered i had everything except reels packed!!!! Turned around and drove home again.
Very annoying!!!!!

Steve

[round_ourway]

getting a grip lead wire stuck right through my hand.

I got a grip lead wire stuck in my foot once. it hurt like a mofo

[croppyboy]

right were do i start
1 leaving bait behind before lms
2 arriving on a beach with no headlamp
3 arrived with the butt section of a hsm and tip of an awb
4 arrived to a comp with no shock or grip leads


i could go on

but i wont

[dfella25]

Update: Dropping your bait elastic between the rocks when your fishing with a bucket full of crabs!!!!! Always, always, always carry a spare

[gfkelly1969]

went fishing and discovered i had no knife to cut the bait,lucky to find a razor fish shell,worked well

[rustyhookthomas]

Update: Dropping your bait elastic between the rocks when your fishing with a bucket full of crabs!!!!! Always, always, always carry a spare

wise words! i'm off to buy a spare spool tomorrow!

[thelegend]

drivin for 3 hours to a conger mark and while makin tea 3 dogs eat all your bait wonder would conger eat dog legs

[rustyhookthomas]

dug bait last thursday in a hurry cos i had to go to airport asap' all grand.
headed down friday to dig bait, no fork in the car!!!!!!!! i left it behind
on the grassy verge at pidgeon house road last thursday when in a hurry
to go to the airport! i was so not happy, my trusty fork of many years gone!
hope the new owner digs as well as i did with it

[rustyhookthomas]

I went fishing early one sunday morning got down to the beach set up my beach buddies two rods and got the traces out when to get the bait. opened the bait bag and there was half a pound of sausages, rashers and some pudding looking back at me. i grab the sunday morning fry up out of the fridge instead of my bait. lucky enough me da didnt mistake the lug for sausages

hilarious! funny afterwards i'd say,
good whiting bait!

[somedose]

As I found out today, don't rest your rod on the back of your car and then reverse over it. It tends to not cast as well afterwards

[Figs]

If the rod section joins on a new 200euro spinning rod are loosening when you cast, its best not to ignore it. Otherwise when you do catch a nice bass and try to land it the join will snap when you put some pressure on it because one bit isnt properly fitted in the other ,
And whats more the bass will fall off the hook and swim away happily

Best to give the section join a rub with a candle to stiffen it before you take it out.
At least thats what i'd do

[davyp]

put my favorite 3 piece rod in the boot beside a land rover gearbox i'd just bought, but hadnt moved cus it was too heavy,

wife takes Landy to get the kids from school - gearbox rolls over - top section of rod goes snap.

spent a few hrs on the internet - finally traced a new top section - credit card got involved and finally arrived.

arrived at mark, with favorite rod, put shiny new top section on - then went to put the mid section on to the butt - heard funny sound - bent the rod - bloody big split in the middle section !!!! dont know how id missed it - now I am waiting to see if the supplier also has a mid section for my years out of production rod - great fun!!!!

oh heres another reciepe for disaster

- arrive at fishing mark in wifes car- be appalled at left behind bags and packets of partially used bait, tidy up mess, put in car - generally feel morally superior and good samaritanish, drive home, empty gear out of wifes car, ....forget bag of smelly rancid gick, leave car parked in sunny driveway for few days, .............

[kenf41]

sat down on rocks in tramore a few years back.
set up a spinnin rod and put aside an ambassadeur multiplier i had just bought 2nd hand.
when it was time to leave i left it where it sat.
realised not 10 minutes later and went back.
apparently someone had arrived to fish and left without setting up
i hadnt even used it