You won't believe what I caught 2025
fishnewb reply :
Dear fisher folk,
My cousin-in-law and myself went fishing at Beaver Lake In Arkansas a few days ago and initially were going after crappie. The crappie weren't biting so we switched to cranks for some bass fishing...well we were about to move to a new spot when low and behold my crank bait went to the depths of the lake. I could not find out what was happening. Mind you, I had 10 lb test. So I fight and fight for about 10 minutes....my compadre was laughing his head off. I had my fishing rod in my lap like I was deep sea fishing.
Finally a mosteresque tail comes about...we obviously couldn't fit it in the dip net....so we got it up and he dragged it in the boat by the tail. 47 lbs. paddlefish I hooked on the side with my crank.
A day not to forget. Also, my compadre caught this nice 5lb 4 oz largie.
Bassn Blvd reply :
What the hell is that thing? Thought it was a sword fish at first.
FivePoundBluegill reply :
Wow that is insane...nice catch
bassin_man reply :
Thats some good eating right there.
Fish Chris reply :
Those things are really bizzarre ! From what I hear, they are filter feeders and are never caught on traditional baits or lures, therfeore, intentionally snagging them (I know yours was not intentional) is apparently acceptable, and at certain times and places, it is permitted.
I hear they are really strong.
As long as you have a line in the water, you never know what you might catch :-) ......and that is the magic of fishing !
Very cool,
Peace,
Fish
Tin reply :
Thats awsome. Did your buddy get the band-aid on his finger from the paddlefish? Battle-wounds? lol.
It looks like it has the body of a shark, nose of a sword-fish, and head of a rainbow trout or salmon. Quite the combination.
T-rig reply :
That's crazy! 
Are those fish native in your lake?
Nice bass by the way! 8-)
Jake. reply :
Wierd. I've never seen one of those before. :-/
Nice bass though!
roadwarrior reply :
Wow!
That's cool.
8-)
mayassa reply :
I've never seen one either but congrats and the fight must have been a ton of fun
Low_Budget_Hooker reply :
Was it released? (just curious, I hear they are very good eating)
That will sure make for a memorable trip, like FC said,....with a line in the water, anything can happen.
Good for you guys! (Nice bass too!!)
KU_Bassmaster. reply :
I don't know if the whole fish is good eating or not, but I know they are known for their caviar (eggs). I believe their caviar can fetch as much as $20 per oz. They are pretty highly regulated and their are only certain times of the year you are even allowed to be fishing for them (purposely) .... ie snagging.
skillet reply :
I think they are native to the whole Miss. R. drainage. Very long-lived and years ago they got to be monstrous in size...
As Ever,
skillet
bass109 reply :
never seen a paddlefish before, great picture 8-)
Murray reply :
paddlefish are endangered in alabama...i read on the outdooralabama website that they are excellent caviar producers though it is illegal to harvest them at this time. i was kayaking on the coosa river and found 2 dead juvenile paddlefish floating in the water and reported it to fish and game...they are really awkward looking tiny body and a HUGE head. interesting creature
bass109 reply :
I would think you guys caught the paddlefish by snagging it. I never heard anyone say live bait or artificals work on a paddlefish.
Jimzee reply :
Crazy looking thing. They get huge in the Ohio river. Like over 100 lbs. huge! Beautiful bass BTW. 8-)
FishinDaddy reply :
Thats one of them there dork fish. I bet you caught him on corn dog.
Live.2.Fish reply :
Posted by: leeh121066 Posted on: Today at 5:42pm
QuoteThats one of them there dork fish. I bet you caught him on corn dog.
;D You took that from Bill Engvall didn't you. I have that CD that's why I knew. 
fishnewb reply :
We did clean the fish. I'll let you know how it goes. 
I accidentally snagged it cranking for bass.
I snagged it on its back side so it literally was able to pull away from me instead of usually where they are backed out a lot of the time.
The daily paddlefish limit in Arkansas is 2. I'd like to see two of those caught in way day.
tkite16 reply :
Ahh you got me all excited, snagging season is only 3 months away. You all havent lived till you stick a big treble hook into one these monsters. I'll have to scan my pictures and load them on here I hooked 3 one day 2 years ago, 20lbs ,68lbs and and my personal best 81 pounds.
You basically use a broomstick(very very stiff rod) 3 size 14 treble hooks one pound sinker and 130 lb line. Then you just set the hook all day long in freezing cold temps .
They run up the rivers out of Truman ,Table Rock and Lake of the Ozarks to spawn . It is definately an experience and they make some awesome steaks.
tallydude reply :
My Grandfather catches them occasionally on a trot line in the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers on Kentucky and Barkley Lakes, repectively. Apparently, their eggs make an excellent caviar.
32251 reply :
My Dad used to catch these and we called them Spoonbill Catfish.
Did a web search on them. They are one of the oldest fish known to man 300-400 MILLION years old!! They predate the dinosaurs by about 50 million years. Very interesting catch!
Redlinerobert reply :
Cool looking fish! Reminds me of LBH for some reason? ;D
llPa1nll reply :
From a northern guy I have never seen nor heard of anything looking like that. At first I thought it was like an alligator gar or something. The weirdest looking thing, Ive seen in awhile. Good catch, pic, and story. Nice bass too.
farmpond1 reply :
That's waaaay cool. Nice fish (both of them)!
ring fry reply :
Congrats. Used to go snagging on the Mo. river in SE Nebraska. Not much more fun than snagging spoonies in the current. My largest was 81#. Thought my arms were going to fall off before I got him in. Nice bass as well.
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