Great Moments on the Stream

What are some of the memorable moments you've had on the streams this fall?
 
One of mine was casting a wooly bugger to a fish that was holding in just inches of clear water.  I was behind the fish, and brought the bugger at an angle a few inches in front of his face.  He'd turn and begin to follow, but there just wasn't enough distance to the shore for him to really get anything going.
 
I decided to give him one more shot.  He turned and followed and made a short strike, just barely missing the fly as it hit the shore.  I figured that was it and looked away as I prepared to lift the fly.  All of a sudden the guy I was fishing with yelled, "He got it!"
 
I looked back just as the fish was sliding back in the water.  He had actually turned around again and shot out of the water and beached himself to get the fly.  I missed him and that game was over, but it sure was fun.

most memorable? losing by a goby in the first fishing tourny i ever entered!

watching my brudders fishin pole get taken away by a carp

Seeing my 40 year old regular fishing partner, poop in his waders.

He couldn't hold it, and had a big (8lb) steelie on the end of his line. He said out loud, "I have the change of clothes in the car, and I'm making a conscious decision to poop myself in order to land this fish."

I literally laughed for 10 strait minutes, since he went to the car and came back.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner. Thanks for playing, you'll be recieving a St. Mary's Bath Ensemble and a copy of our home game.

Can't come close, why even try.
-WJ
 
PS- Yeah, I guess he was "regular".
Thank you very much I'm here all week.

not anything spectacular, but it was mid winter, and I was walking all alone on the streams.  I had  caught some fish, and was just taking everything in.  I didn't see another person for over an hour-which in erie is strange.  The icecicles )sp?) were frozen on the walls of both sides of the creek, the snow was bright white, and the fish were doing their thing.  It was a very peaceful-and memorable-time. 

ORIGINAL: mogeyboy98

we once caught a very large skate while fishing the surf while on vacation in virginia beach. We took it home,froze it until the 1st day of trout season, we then unthawed it and hooked up while nobody was watching and brought it in. imagine 100 people on the banks of the neshanock creek standing there in awe at the site laying before them. GOD people are idiots.

lol. thats HILARIOUS.

Shoulda told people it was a trout.

That really is hilarious!  Maybe I should've tried it with this... 

wishfishin,

Is that you in the pic?
You should ask my brother about holding sharks by the tail. He has a huge scar to remind him how NOT to hold one. He was taking a pic just like that one and that darn thing came around and bit him right on the inside his thigh. The doc said it was about a half inch away from his artery. We were kids when that happend in Texas.

Yeah, that's me with the shark (about twenty years ago).  Actually, that is a very small fish because I am holding it way out in front of me to maximize the forced perspective.  OK, not really.  You are right, Mike, I shoulda had a little more sense.
 
That fish was caught in about two feet of water on a live mullet.  I was fishing for snook.  Hung it right in the corner of the mouth, so it never bit through the mono.  Talk about a great fight.
 
LOL, deadbolt.  That stache is a bit dated, isn't it?  Now I just have a (gray) beard...

I landed the fish, then 'fished' the rest of the reel out of Elk Creek and continued to fish.

ORIGINAL: wishfishin

Just for the heck of it, here is another fish I caught of that same beach.  This was after two larger tarpon completely spooled me without ever even slowing down on their initial run.  Caught this on a live mullet too.  Unfortunately, the tarpon were feeding just outside a school of large sharks (much larger than the one above) that were also actively feeding, riding waves like surfers and slashing indiscriminately through a huge school of mullet.  Had to wade out through them to get the baits to the tarpon.  Yeah, I definitely should of had more sense...

Must be a thrill fishing naked.  I think I may try it at Manchester hole if it stays warm this weekend.

ORIGINAL: wishfishin

Yeah, that's me with the shark (about twenty years ago).  Actually, that is a very small fish because I am holding it way out in front of me to maximize the forced perspective.  OK, not really.  You are right, Mike, I shoulda had a little more sense.

That fish was caught in about two feet of water on a live mullet.  I was fishing for snook.  Hung it right in the corner of the mouth, so it never bit through the mono.  Talk about a great fight.

LOL, deadbolt.  That stache is a bit dated, isn't it?  Now I just have a (gray) beard...

A moostache is glorious. Not matter what color it is.

I commend you sir.


And tarpon SUCK. All they do is wreak havoc on gear.

Especially when your not geared for em!

my favorite story is from the first year I started fly fishing.  I was walking up stream to find some better fishable water in a public park.  There was another fisherman sitting in a lawn chair with 2 rods in the water probably dunking worms.  The rods were a good 10 feet beside him.  I see a trout and strip some line from my reel to cast up to them.  When I stripped line, I got the typical "ziiiing" sound from my real and this guy thought he had a huge fish and it was taking drag from his reel.  He literally fell out of his chair almost in the water to run over to his rod, only to find out it was me wading about 20 feet downstream from him.  I did my best not to laugh, but couldn't help it! lol.

ORIGINAL: steelheadman28

My favorite time so far on the Erie tribs happened this past Thursday. I finally got a fly rod and put it to use. I have noodle rod fished for probaly 6 or 7 years so I knew what to do. But I finally caught my first fish on a fly rod and it was a brown trout. I'll never forget that.

 
very cool!