love2fishhave2work Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Like many others i headed up to Callander bay for my annual trip. Fishing was great. Weather was great, time was great. We caught tons of walleye, pike, perch, sheephead with the occasional out of season small mouth and a catfish on a spoon of all things. I will post pictures soon. Had to share this story. Me and my buddy are fishing in one of the bays for pike. Caught a bunch of 2 pounders and hoping to catch the big one. We are fishing in 5-6 feet of water when my buddy who is using a spoon hooks into one. I put my rod down with my lure still in the water to run over and net his fish which appears to be on the bigger side. He looses it right at the boat (maybe 4 pounds or so). Just as i turn to walk to the front of the boat, something hits my rod and i watch helplessly as it flies over the side of the boat. With my polarized glasses i see my cork handle swimming away. Franticly, I start to take wallet, keys, etc etc out of my pockets, take my shoes of hoping to jump in after it. It is a $200 dollar rod and real combo, the most expensive outfit i have. By the time i all the important stuff out, i no longer see the cork rod handle. All i could do was $@#%@#$^@#$^#@^%#$%&$%&&@#$^#$^@#$^$#@ and $#@%@#$%$#%$@# some more. We start circling the area using the trolling motor for what was roughly 15 min and had all but given up when out of the corner of my eye, i see a flash of my cork handle. Glasses and everything i jump out of the boat the same instant. Start feeling around the bottom and to my astonishment in about 6 feet of water i grab hold of the middle portion of my rod. After surfacing with a monster smile on my face, i handed the rod to my buddy and then swam around the back of the boat to get out of the water using my ladder. As soon as I start to climb out, my buddy is yelling at me to grab the net. We end up landing what was a 7-8 pound pike still holding on to my lure. Needless to say it was halfway down his throat and a live release was impossible. We did get some nice pike fillets out of it but in my mind the coolest personal fishing story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douG Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Mano a mano full contact fishing. That's a great story! That's a trick that pike won't be trying again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbayboy Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Great story, bet you won't leave the lure dangling like that again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerbasshunter Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 lol very funny!!!! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 funny story, glad to hear you got your rod back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Now that's a pretty good fishing story! Thanks for sharing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyb Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Been there...done that! (excpept the jumping in after it part) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 I can't believe that you actually go it back... Nice of the pike to stay in the neighborhood! Cheers, Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitsmith2k Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 oh man.. that's awesome.. i would've done the same thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 I love it when a plan comes together ok there wasn't a plan but it did work out and you now have a good story to tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basskicker Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 I would have paid money to see that......too funny Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Don't pee over the side or it might be trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 I love happy endings. *sniff* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Clemens Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Ah what some us would do ... just to catch a nice fish. Great story ... too bad you don't have it on video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 that's a crazy story lol !! glad that you got ur rod back and that 7-8lb pike! learned a new tactic today haha ... if fishing gets slow, leave your rod down with ur lure in the water. lets see some pics now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setomonkey Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 That's a good fishing story! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clampet Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Wow! You are lucky you got the rod back. Just when you were ready to give up, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Great story, I've had close calls like that myself, but never had to go swimming Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooked Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Awesome story. One for the ages thats for sure! Haha, I needed a good laugh too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustink Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Instant Classic!! Great story...thanks for sharing! dk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsbassman Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 That will be an even better story (25 Lb. Pike) when you tell it 25 years from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 LOL...now THAT'S a hilarious fishing story!! Glad to hear you got your fishing rod back though. WOuld have been classic if it was on video...looking foward to the pics....haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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