fishing troubles?

Question

what are soem of the difficulties you might encounter when fishing?

Answer 1

- Line getting tangled (particularly if trying to teach somebody to fish)

- Strong wind (particularly when fly fishing)

- Lightning storm........ especially these days, since most rods are made from carbon, which is BRILLIANT at conducting electricity.

- Getting snagged......... either from a piece of scenery behind you when casting, or on an underwater obstruction.

- Idiot(s) in neighbouring swim(s) either shouting across to each other, or playing radio too loudly and/or getting drunk (and scaring off all the fish)

- Unsupervised kids fishing by themselves, getting bored, making a nuisance of themselves by messing about.

- (in the UK): Cyclists riding along canal towpaths at breakneck speed and/or damaging your tackle.

- (when fishing from the shore): Boats / jetskis,etc getting in too close / speeding through swim.

- Getting a hook embedded in part of your anatomy (usually through momentary lapse of concentration, or a sudden gust of wind), or somebody else's anatomy.

- Line twist............ the cause of that thing where your line has twizzled up into a loop part way along it (usually caused by your bait / lure / weight spinning as you retrieve it through the water).

- Getting line caught around the tip of the rod (usually after changing your rig or rebaiting)....... and not finding out until you try to cast.

Answer 2

I took my young boys out fishing this past summer to the local river for bluegills and perch, basically anything that would bite on their worm to keep them interested.

Well, some do-good duck and goose feeders complete with loaf of bread decide to set up shop 20 yards down the bank from us. Sure enough, their bread hit the water right by where we were fishing and a whole flock of ducks come swimming right for our lines and bobbers. With reels smoldering from reeling so fast, we tried to get the lines in before disaster struck, but I still ended up catching a duck. The kids thought it was hilarious, the feeders were mad, and the duck was quite p*ssed. He did break the line eventually.

So, you never know what kind of difficulties you'll encounter. :)
As I always say with hunting and fishing, "You can't make this stuff up if you tried."

Answer 3

where to start ? some of the difficulties you can encounter are Cold Fronts, Boat control on windy days, not being in the right place at the right time, wrong lure selection for a certin condition, and last but not least fishing instead of catching. good luck

Answer 4

All good answers, but if you're in Florida (well, anywhere in the southeast U.S., really, and to a lesser degree, anywhere.) There's the problem of people who don't believe that nature can feed itself. The less dangerous end of this spectrum is pelicans/gulls/cormorants/etc. that have been given leftover bait and assume that -any- fish being thrown towards the water is meant for them. The problem we deal with here is people throwing leftover bait, trash fish, leftover lunch, etc. at alligators. Nothing like going out to fish and being watched by a big scaly dinosaur. They get to the point that they'll wait between you and your bait and when you catch anything, they intercept. When they start associating people with food, trouble starts, that's where 95% of our attacks come from.

Answer 5

i'm shocked! no one mentioned perhaps the most important fishing difficulty!

by far, the biggest difficulty is running out of beer.

if any of the previously mentioned difficulties come your way, you could always sit back and have a beer until the moment passes.

Answer 6

The biggest one is not having any water to fish in!

Answer 7

Weather is a big one, especially if you're out on a boat. Wind is a real pain too. Running out of bait or hooks/sinkers sucks too.

Answer 8

if your fishing from a bank and trees are around,overhead snags are a big problem,so i would suggest casting sidearm. also i would suggest using a bobber to prevent bottom snags

Answer 9

When you tie a knot and accidently pull the hook right into your finger when you tighten the line up, I hate it when that happens, lol.

Answer 10

When one day you go out on the water and get a bite every cast then another day they won't bite anything.