Today, after fishing for 5 hours, I finally caught a respectable-sized fish. I ran to my truck to grab the scale, and then I saw my friend laughing hysterically while holding an empty net. Apparently, the only catch of our day jumped out of the net during the 15 seconds I was gone. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I went fishing with friends looking to catch big redfish. During the trip, one of the men caught a 50 pound monster which I put away. At the end of the trip they wanted to take a picture with it. I went to wash off the fish in the water. Apparently the fish wasn't dead and swam away. FML
Today, I took my son fishing and we did quite well, catching enough for several nights worth of meals. Then, as we were packing up, the dumbass tipped the whole lot back into the sea because he somehow thought the freaking ocean was subject to catch and release. Four hours wasted FML
Today, my dad and I went fishing. We both got a bite, but when we went to reel it in, both our hooks were in the catfish's mouth. He pushed me in the mud and took my hook out its mouth so he could say he caught it. FML
Today, I went fishing. Not only did I lose the fish, I lost the entire rod. FML
Today, my cousin and I spent 9 hours on two separate fishing boats. This is what my cousin's boat returned with. We didn't even get a freaking nibble. FML
Today, I went fishing with my dad. I figured, since we were out on the dock, I may as well get rid of my farmer's tan. I fell asleep in the sun and woke up to a fishing net draped over me. I now have a fishnet pattern down the front of my body. FML
Today, a man asked about fishing in the river that flows beside where I work. I said you could, but anything you caught under 5 inches has to be thrown back. His wife then said, "Wish I knew that before I married him." I started to laugh. The man almost cried and complained to my boss. FML
Today, I woke up from a great night of camping and fishing all night long with my fiancee, only to find my stringer of fish being eaten by a water moccasin snake. My dad's been asking for a fish fry for two weeks now. FML
Today, I was walking to the pet store to buy a month's worth of fish food for my fish so I wouldn't have to come back for a while. For fish food it was expensive. It was also surprisingly heavy and I had to carry it back to my house. When I got home, I saw my fish floating at the top of its bowl. FML
Took, I took my son fishing. We ended the night at the ER. FML
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ssnow_fml 20
Something fishy is going on here....
Too2 11
There are plenty of fish in the sea, im sure you'll find a keeper soon!
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Comments (22)
Mathalamus 25
yeah, the fishes tend to jump.
arano 29
It's just fish... One fish or many fish... It's just fish.
Mathalamus 25
how did i get so bad at english...? :(
Too2 11
There are plenty of fish in the sea, im sure you'll find a keeper soon!
ham_spam 17
Wasn't at the sea I don't think
moodyreallyrocks 27
Sorry OP!! Better luck next time..
ssnow_fml 20
Something fishy is going on here....
jubejube239 24
5 hours! I applaud your patience and persistence. Keep your chin up and catch an even bigger one next time OP!
BoxFullOfLazy 25
And if he's any kind of fisherman, I bet he tried SO HARD to keep the fish in the net for you.
meatloaf11 23
It "jumped" out of the net.
Superthrash 8
Never use a net while fishing it can kill the fish.
wobbly1 16
So can a fillet knife.
GhostFox 34
I once caught three fish (totaling about ... 12 pounds all together from what we could guess; maybe a little more) over a few hours when I was about ten years old. I put them in the fishing pot (sort of a 'jar' made of mesh that you can keep in the water so you don't have to prep the fish right away) and went inside to get my mom and grandparents to show them, since they were the first fish I'd caught on my own, entirely. Came back out and the smallest fish had used the two larger fish, who I had caught first, to jump into the top enough to open it wide enough for him to use the larger fish again to jump out of the pot. We got to the dock right as he flopped his merry (b)ass back into the river. I wasn't pleased, especially since my brother just sat there and let him get away because he was pissy about me catching fish when he never had (and still hasn't.) Watching time swim away in an almost literal sense is horribly aggravating, and can make you wonder why you decided that fishing was going to be a 'fun' or 'relaxing' activity.
chuka81 27
One day gigantic aliens with nets would come for you. When they catch you, do the respectable thing and don't try to escape. After all that's what you expect from the fish.
EgyptPride 17
That fish is a true fighter.