What is the Stupidest Fishing thing you've seen ?

[FishermanTim]

I was fishing down at Powderpoint in Duxbury this past August.
Chunking squid and mack to the blues that were there. A friend of mine brought the family down for an evening of fishing. He and his daughter had bought new gear and were looking to get a few blues themselves. I ALWAYS tie my rods off because the fish can pull any rig ove the railing, and I stated this fact to my friend and daughter more than one. Wouldn't you know, the daughter didn't tie off, and didn't loosen the drag, turns to her dad and LIFTOFF, her rod and reel sail 20 feet out into Duxburt Bay. She was heartbroken after loosing her brand new rod and reel.
I laughed and explained to her that that had happened to me years ago, before I fully understood the nature of surfcasting and bridge/pier fishing. opefully she'll not forget this lesson.

I also saw someone chunkin' mack on a freshwater rig with 8 lb test. He kept complaining that the fish kept breaking him off.
(I happened to see the last two attempts.)