[TRIPLE-J]

Let me start this
I remember one time we were fishing and it was raining pretty good. Not super hard just steady. It was the heart of the run and the river was packed shoulder to shoulder..all of a sudden this huge tree on the other side of the river gets hit by lightening..
Now..
Picture this...probably a couple thousand people, all standing in water waist deep..TRYING, as fast as the could to get back to shore all at the same time...OMG we were laughing so damn hard we couldnt even get up on the bank

 

[Eyecrosser]

Years ago my father and I were fishing a river for the evening eye bite. A storm came up and all of a sudden we were pelted with roofing shingle and all kinds of debris. Before we couLd get to the car, we had to walk up a hill a shotgun fell from the sky and almost hit us. We made it back to the car and waited out the storm. Come to find out a tornado hit about seven miles from where we were.

It was when those big string of tornados went across Ohio and Pa.

 

[Hawg Wobbler 52]

Years ago my father and I were fishing a river for the evening eye bite. A storm came up and all of a sudden we were pelted with roofing shingle and all kinds of debris. Before we couLd get to the car, we had to walk up a hill a shotgun fell from the sky and almost hit us. We made it back to the car and waited out the storm. Come to find out a tornado hit about seven miles from where we were.

It was when those big string of tornados went across Ohio and Pa.

Did you keep the shotgun?

 

[tudkey]

No. Needed proper ID and background checks to confirm government said it was ok.

 

[RevKillj0y]

I was fishing on the island in September early one evening. Half dazed, not paying attention when I see a horse walk out to the shore then back to the tree line. Moments later I caught my last walleye of 2022.

 

[guppygill]

My dad and I was fishing the Sandusky Run. This younger guy starts bragging to everyone about how he never gets caught snagging or even going over the limit. He had three on a stringer, plus took a couple up to his car. For two hours he was driving everyone crazy, some wanting to beat his you know what. All of a sudden, two game wardens come down the hill, right up behind him, and cuff him right there. His smiling face turned to shock very quickly. Find out he was a local who is always getting busted.

 

[bigbass201]

One spring seen a guy catch a yellow perch. Never seen that before during the run.

 

[bountyhunter]

used to love feeling the eyes hit your legs, darn cold standing the water.

 

[guppygill]

Another one was watching two guys fight over a parking space. One guy attempted to hit the other guy with his net, but it just went over his head. They went at it for a good 20 minutes before everyone broke it up.

One More, years ago dad and I arrive at Sandusky very early, 4am. No one there yet because you can’t fish before daylight. We went on top of the bridge and saw hundreds of walleyes in the water. We watched them and said we are going to have a banner day, limits for both of us. We start fishing at daylight, fished all day, didn’t legally catch one fish and accidentally snagged one.

 

[BFG]

On the "dudes will do anything to get away with keeping bad fish" line of thinking.....there used to be three guys that camped a Schroeders and fished out of a white/brown/orange tri-hull. Their anchor was a huge pile of chain. They fished in just about the same spot every day. To their landing net they had tied at least a dozen floating jig heads with tails. When they brought a fish to the back of the boat, they kept their rod tips in the water to keep the fish down, and then they quickly scooped it up and put it on the floor. There was no way that anyone could tell where the fish was hooked, because when they lifted it all you saw was multi-colored heads and tails.

 

[RodsInTheMud]

On the "dudes will do anything to get away with keeping bad fish" line of thinking.....there used to be three guys that camped a Schroeders and fished out of a white/brown/orange tri-hull. Their anchor was a huge pile of chain. They fished in just about the same spot every day. To their landing net they had tied at least a dozen floating jig heads with tails. When they brought a fish to the back of the boat, they kept their rod tips in the water to keep the fish down, and then they quickly scooped it up and put it on the floor. There was no way that anyone could tell where the fish was hooked, because when they lifted it all you saw was multi-colored heads and tails.

Surprised the Game Wardens weren’t all over them guys! Geeze! I don’t think people realize that many of the guys fishing are actually Game Wardens! We used to park at Buttonwood and save a spot for a guy who sold tackle out of a van there. He was a part time Warden during the run, witnessed many people busted for illegal fish and tackle!

 

[BFG]

Surprised the Game Wardens weren’t all over them guys! Geeze! I don’t think people realize that many of the guys fishing are actually Game Wardens! We used to park at Buttonwood and save a spot for a guy who sold tackle out of a van there. He was a part time Warden during the run, witnessed many people busted for illegal fish and tackle!

There was absolutely no way they could prove it. These dudes were experts.

 

[RodsInTheMud]

There was absolutely no way they could prove it. These dudes were experts.

Confiscate the net! It’s obvious what they were doing! 🤷🏼‍♂️ Witnessed a guy with multi-colored yarn tied on his net and a Warden saw it, he never made it to the water with that net!

 

[RodsInTheMud]

Now one of the things I’ve seen up there is the people who don’t watch the water line on their waders. They forget the deeper holes they crossed to get to their spot. River rises, screwed!

 

[RevKillj0y]

Now one of the things I’ve seen up there is the people who don’t watch the water line on their waders. They forget the deeper holes they crossed to get to their spot. River rises, screwed!

Once they get the bill from the City of Maumee for their water rescue, better believe they'll remember that hole next year

 

[TRIPLE-J]

Confiscate the net! It’s obvious what they were doing! 🤷🏼‍♂️ Witnessed a guy with multi-colored yarn tied on his net and a Warden saw it, he never made it to the water with that net!

Theres no regulations as to what you can or cant have on your net..if they got a ticket that one would have been fought...

 

[Cornstalk]

I saw the multicolored yarn tied in a guys net also, my father loved fishing maumee during the run. went with him in a small v bottom boat a few times in the late 80s or early 90s. one time he was hooked on something, I told him it was a snag, took a while to bring it in...finally got it up beside the boat, it was a metal stringer with two 8 to 10 lb walleyes...we laughed our butts off, and that's all I heard on the way home...about catching 20 lbs of walleye on one cast...he's gone now, I could write a book on hunting and fishing with him...I miss him...sorry so long....

 

[RodsInTheMud]

Theres no regulations as to what you can or cant have on your net..if they got a ticket that one would have been fought...

Not gonna question your knowledge of the regulations! But there is only one reason and one reason only someone would do that to their net! And I can guarantee if a Game Warden said you can’t use that net, you wouldn’t be using that net! And if a ticket was issued I would love to hear that argument with a Judge in a court up that way as to why they tied yarn all over their net during the Walleye run! 🤣

 

[M.Magis]

Not gonna question your knowledge of the regulations! But there is only one reason and one reason only someone would do that to their net! And I can guarantee if a Game Warden said you can’t use that net, you wouldn’t be using that net! And if a ticket was issued I would love to hear that argument with a Judge in a court up that way as to why they tied yarn all over their net during the Walleye run! 🤣

It doesn’t matter why. Like he said, tying yarn on your net isn’t against any regulations and no ticket would be written. It would put a target on your back, but unless you actualy break a law they can’t do anything.

 

[RodsInTheMud]

Ok this is going the wrong direction of the thread, sorry Triple-J!!! Let’s hear some more funny things ppl have seen at the run! ✌