Best fishing-related practical joke?

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Confession time:

Back in the 80's a friendly competitor of mine had just purchased his first bassboat, a gently used 18' Ranger. He had not had a chance to use it when he needed to make a business trip from San Antonio to Odessa.
I suggested he tow the boat and take an extra day going and another coming in order to fish Big Lake, near the little town of the same name. He did.
I even arranged for Mike A., a client of mine who lived in Odessa, to host him and the boat at his home. Whatta pal!
Problem: When he arrived in Big Lake on his outbound leg he pulled into a gas station, refueled and asked for directions to the lake. He told the guy he was chatting with it would be the first time he'd fish from his "new" boat.
The guy, somewhat bugeyed, said "Are you serious?" Here's why:

From Wikipedia:

Big Lake is a small rural city in Reagan County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 2,885. It is the county seat of Reagan County[3].
The city takes its name from a playa, a unique dryland plains geographic feature situated atop the divide between the Rio Grande and Colorado River watersheds, located less than two miles south of the city, through which St Hwy 137 passes. The playa, with no outlet, is over two sections in size, making it the largest in Texas; It holds water temporarily and ONLY after high runoff rain events, being used for grazing the remainder of the time.
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Mike in Odessa called me after the poor mullet arrived, boat in tow, and told me that I was the meanest, cruelest, sorriest SOB on the planet and my little hoax was the funniest thing he'd ever heard of. Then the victim took the phone and told me about the same, only deleting any reference to "funny" and substituting some rather harrowing threats.
When he got back from Odessa, several hundred miles of extra gas burning later, I made it a point to be hunkered down at our cabin at Medina Lake with my lady instructed to tell him I was at Falcon Lake. He later told me he almost went to Falcon with the express purpose of killing me but his wife, between fits of laughter, talked him out of it.

Top that one, you beyonces! I hope you do. I could use a few laughs.

Latest TPWD Fishing Report for Big Lake:
Water level: 0
Water temp: NA
Black bass are bad to terrible on a variety of lures.
Catfish are terrible on stink baits.
Crappie are poor to lousy on minnows
Walking Catfish are excellent to 12 pounds on small insects and Snickers bars.