The Official "Fishing Stories" Thread.

[shilala]

I don't think we have this.
The only reason I thought of making it is because we were telling fishing lies at breakfast the other day and one of my buds mentioned having the keys to Lake Rockwell, which is the reservoir for around here.

Without further adieu...
My brother and I were fishing DuBois Resevoir one night, we sneaked down in there to wade and throw top-water for some lunker largemouths.
I was tossing and jigging something, probably a Rapala or hula-popper, I don't remember.

All of a sudden I get one of those yankity-yank walleye strikes. You know what I mean. But they don't hit like that on top of the water, they explode just like largemouth and smallmouth.

So I keep working my line in, and it continues to feel weird.
I set the hook a couple more times, just because.
It's pitch black out with just a street lamp's light from about a mile away.
When I get my line almost all the way in, snag.
Still can't even see the tip of my rod.
So I turn to my side to see if I picked something up, glancing through the rod tip to the streetlight.

I sure did. I caught myself a bat.
It wasn't hooked, it just got tangled in my line a bit. It only took a couple spins and he took off.
Then I checked my shorts for any new residents.

I have lots more.
What do you guys have?