What are the weirdest things you've caught while fishing ?

snip It's not what I caught but what I saw.
snip If I had not seen it myself I never would have believed it.

I feel a whole new thread to this post coming on..................

"Who Cares" wrote in message
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I was fishing for largemouth and
smallmouth bass on a stream not far from where I live on Wed. the 27th.
It was very hot, 93 and humid.In the shallows by a railroad bridge I saw
a fish cruising back and forth but I couldn't tell what it was. It
wasn't a bass, and I knew it wasn't a carp. Thought maybe it wasa sucker
but I had never seen one this big. Finally the fish moved into the deep
hole in front of the point I was fishing. There's a smaller creek that
emptys into the main creek right where I was. I called a friend to tell
him about all the bass that were cruising around and looking at a nice
bass hanging around a fallen tree in the feeder creek when the fish I
had seen cruising in the shallows by the bridge slowly came up to take
something off the surface. It had spots on it's side, it was a trout
about 30" long. It wasn't as big around as I would have thought. They do
stock this stream but it must be around 20 miles further up from where I
was. Must be a very old fish as the average size that are stocked is 11"
Couldn't get it to bite but I'm going to keep trying. Trout being a cold
water fish it must stay mostly in the deeper holes and I know where they
are. Next time I'll take my canoe so I can better access the deep
spots.

In article .com,
Colin wrote:

What are the weirdest (whatever your definition of that is) things
that you,
or any friends, have caught so far while fishing ?

A bat.

Red wrote:
In article .com,
Colin wrote:

What are the weirdest (whatever your definition of that is) things
that you,
or any friends, have caught so far while fishing ?

A beaver

I was cat fishing at night, a beaver swam into my line, and the hook
ended up it it's front leg, one heck of a fight on 30 lb test line :-)

--
Rodney Long
SpecTastic Wiggle rig
Formally the Mojo Wiggle rig
http://spectastictackle.com/

James E. Morrow voiced his/her/it's humble opinion in
rec.outdoors.fishing.fly on Sat 09 Jun 2007 11:33:53a:

On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:06:08 -0700, salmobytes wrote:

On Jun 8, 10:00 pm, Colin wrote:
What are the weirdest (whatever your definition of that is) things
that you,
or any friends, have caught so far while fishing ?

The night hawk was weirder than the bat.
But I think the rattlesnake takes the cake.

Two years ago my brother and I were fishing at Lake Thunderbird, near
Norman, Oklahoma. On a cast from the dam my brother snared a wayward
seagull in midair. The angry bird couldn't fly in that condition. My
brother had to real him in and untangle him from the line. What a mess.
The rest of us on shore just watched in a bemused amazement.

When it was all over the bird flew away, no doubt wondering what that was
all about.


That happened to me at the Vedder Canal in BC. I cast high to get across
the river and the stupid bird ran right into it.

I had to reel it in and hold it's beak to get my lure back.

LOL


Later......

LabRat...... |:^{)

LabRat wrote in
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James E. Morrow voiced his/her/it's humble opinion in
rec.outdoors.fishing.fly on Sat 09 Jun 2007 11:33:53a:

On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:06:08 -0700, salmobytes wrote:
On Jun 8, 10:00 pm, Colin wrote:
What are the weirdest (whatever your definition of that is)

snip


That happened to me at the Vedder Canal in BC. I cast high to get
across the river and the stupid bird ran right into it.

I had to reel it in and hold it's beak to get my lure back.

LOL


Later......



These are truly *fowl* birds.



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James E. Morrow
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Red a écrit :
In article .com,
Colin wrote:

What are the weirdest (whatever your definition of that is) things
that you,
or any friends, have caught so far while fishing ?

A bat.

My brother's hear. :-|

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In article ,
Denis Lamy wrote:

Red a écrit :
In article .com,
Colin wrote:

What are the weirdest (whatever your definition of that is) things
that you,
or any friends, have caught so far while fishing ?

A bat.

My brother's hear. :-|

I have caught a bat too. I guess they are popular.

In the piscatorial realm I caught a Green Garfish (rare this far north,
& as a kid fishing for flounder at Ocean City Md. I caught the oddest
fish I ever caught. It had a mouth like a largie & was red. My dad said
it was a sea robin. Non fish include a large snapping turtle (I cut him
off), & a waer snake grabbed a bluegill I'd caught.

i have caught many diff fish but trolling once at lake james i caught a
pair of mens underwear , another time i caugh a round rock with a tiny
hole in it just big enough for the hoo to set in believe it or not
reeling it in it was like a fish fighting from side to side

"Red" wrote in message
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In article .com,
Colin wrote:

What are the weirdest (whatever your definition of that is) things
that you,
or any friends, have caught so far while fishing ?

Off the end of Felixstowe pier several years ago a Paul Kerry rod and reel.
I guess someone cast and forgot to hang on! Used it for years, lovely rod.

Bill