I saw a thread over on another board about "Odd Occurrences" that have happend on board the boat, and it made me think about a funny story that happened to me a number of years ago. What's the funniest thing to ever happen on board your boat? Here's one of mine:
About 18 years ago, I was fishing off of the mouth of the Genesee river in October with my high-school best friend. He had never been out fishing with me before, so he didn't really know what to expect. The screen was lit up with fish, but we just couldn't get anything to fire. After his third or fourth cup of coffee, my buddy gets up and goes to the back of the boat to use the "executive washroom" (aka rusty Maxwell House pee can). Now my buddy is a big guy, so he completely unbuckles his belt and pants so he can pee. He has his britches down around his waist and has just about filled the pee can when the rod right next to him fires. I start yelling "Grab the rod...GRAB THE ROD!!!" He has no idea what to do, so he drops the full pee can all over his feet and grabs the rod. He starts cussing his wet feet while the fish takes off for Canada, and he's trying to pull up his pants. The fish stops its run and turns back towards the boat, so now he has to have both hands on the rod & reel to pick up line. As soon as he lets go of his pants, they go all the way to the "wet" floor, and he's standing there bare-assed fighting this King, cussing up a blue streak. "G-Damn, Mother F-er" he says...Then he has the audacity to ask me to pull his pants back up for him! I just looked at him and said "Buddy, I like you an awful lot, but not THAT much!" I'm laughing hysterically at him, and he's getting really pissed that I wont help him. He's trying to fight the fish and pull up his pants all at once. He just about gets them up when we take an awkward wave and he loses his balance and falls onto the "wet" floor of the boat. Needless to say, he's cursing more than ever now, but to his credit he never let go of that rod. He gets his fat, "wet" butt back up and lands a 20# King, all the while completely bare-assed. Funniest thing I've even seen on the boat. Of course, I didn't have a camera on board. I laughed so hard that my stomach hurt for days afterward!
Our 25th High School reunion is coming up in a couple of years, and I can't wait to re-live that story with him...haven't seen him in 10 years or more.