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Flood fishing story #10880927 05/29/15 05:26 PM
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So work was closed Tuesday due to flooding. I figure might as well walk down to Lake El Butto (retention pond in my neighborhood) and see if fish are biting. Caught a couple decent bass in the 1 1/2-2 lb range on a black buzzbait. Hook into a nice 3 lber. She gives me a good fight so I go into fish fighting stance, using my body slightly leaned back for leverage. She comes to surface and gives a hard headshake, throwing the lure. Now I am off balance. Ordinarily El Butto has flat banks, but they are currently underwater and I am fishing on a muddy slope. First one foot slips out, and the other loses traction. Now I am spinning in a circle on the mud, holding my rod in the air because I may fall and get wet or hurt, but the rod's expensive. Next thing I know, somehow I am airborne. I don't remember jumping, but I am definitely traveling through the air, in the direction of the pond. All I can figure is the energy transfer from the lost fish fueled a helicopter style spin in the mud, which generated enough lift due to no traction to launch me. Anyway, I have just enough time to accept that I am going for a swim, when I somehow land on both feet, on the regular bank, which is now about 8 inches under water.

That's right, I stuck the landing. So I look around to see if anyone saw my performance so I can take a bow, but alas, no watchers.

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Re: Flood fishing story [Re: JohnButte] #10880949 05/29/15 05:30 PM
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roflmao I can picture it. I would have gone in the drink.


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you know, nothing wrong with seven men who met on the internet going for a swim together
Re: Flood fishing story [Re: JohnButte] #10881051 05/29/15 06:03 PM
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Haha this is great. I'm glad you didn't get hurt or break your rod.


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Re: Flood fishing story [Re: JohnButte] #10881226 05/29/15 07:05 PM
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Great story!


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Originally Posted By: JohnButte
So work was closed Tuesday due to flooding. I figure might as well walk down to Lake El Butto (retention pond in my neighborhood) and see if fish are biting. Caught a couple decent bass in the 1 1/2-2 lb range on a black buzzbait. Hook into a nice 3 lber. She gives me a good fight so I go into fish fighting stance, using my body slightly leaned back for leverage. She comes to surface and gives a hard headshake, throwing the lure. Now I am off balance. Ordinarily El Butto has flat banks, but they are currently underwater and I am fishing on a muddy slope. First one foot slips out, and the other loses traction. Now I am spinning in a circle on the mud, holding my rod in the air because I may fall and get wet or hurt, but the rod's expensive. Next thing I know, somehow I am airborne. I don't remember jumping, but I am definitely traveling through the air, in the direction of the pond. All I can figure is the energy transfer from the lost fish fueled a helicopter style spin in the mud, which generated enough lift due to no traction to launch me. Anyway, I have just enough time to accept that I am going for a swim, when I somehow land on both feet, on the regular bank, which is now about 8 inches under water.

That's right, I stuck the landing. So I look around to see if anyone saw my performance so I can take a bow, but alas, no watchers.



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Because you are Texan, and despite the fact that you landed on your feet, the Russian judges still would have given you at best an 8.5, just to spite you. They would have deducted simply for the tiniest of splashes.

Addendum: Your choice of routine "music," might have helped.

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Glad you and your rod ended up OK!


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Reminds me of the time I launched my boat before sun up at LBJ.. When I go by myself I would tie a rope to the trailer, back the boat in, get out and tie the boat to the courtesy dock.. Welp, my rope came undone and my boat floated a 100 yards or so out into LBJ.. Luckily, it was a warm summer morning.. Cause I had to swim out to get my boat..


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