Stranger things 2024
flbassmaster reply :
Hey everyone!
I wanted to know. What has been the strangest thing you have caught on the end of your rod. no pun intended! LOL from a lake I mean. shoes, a gun, a shirt etc..
TnRiver46 reply :
Off top of my head, an onion sack full of mud. The thing was one heck of a fighter and rammed a treble through my thumb and out the other side upon release
flbassmaster reply :
wow! I am sure thought it was a ten pounder!
GreenPig reply :
A live large 45+lb beaver in almost pitch black on a magnum jitterbug. The release was interesting by headlamp. Didn't want my net destroyed and BOGA grips are useless beavers.
galyonj reply :
On 1/14/2020 at 1:37 AM, GreenPig said:A live large 45+lb beaver in almost pitch black on a magnum jitterbug. The release was interesting by headlamp. Didn't want my net destroyed and BOGA grips are useless beavers.
Man, I bet it was mad.
A-Jay reply :
I was striped bass fishing with a couple of buds off a rock pile several falls ago at the mouth of a river at night in northern New England and hooked into 'something'.
It was heavy & mostly dead weight but in the current it was super hard to get it.
The moonless Night made it impossible to see what the heck it was until it was right at our feet.
Dead Deer carcass - nasty !
I earned a new nickname that lasted a while that night.
Initially it was "Deer Hunter" later shortend to "MV"
which stood for Mike Vronsky - Robert De Niro's character in the movie Deer Hunter -
which had recently come out.
A-Jay
On 1/14/2020 at 1:37 AM, GreenPig said:A live large 45+lb beaver in almost pitch black on a magnum jitterbug. The release was interesting by headlamp. Didn't want my net destroyed and BOGA grips are useless beavers.
LOL ~
I've heard that.
A-Jay
ohboyitsrobby reply :
A lawn chair. We were struggling in a tournament and I was super excited to finally feel something heavy. Didn't fight much though.
J._Bricker reply :
A 55 gallon Hefty Garbage bag. It wasn’t bass fishing, we were out on the SF Bay sturgeon fishing off the Oakland airport. An outgoing tide started, my rod loads up and the “fight” was on! Everyone was gathered around as I tried to gain line on a “monster” sturgeon that seemed more like a big bat ray. When I finally got it to break water, the disappointment was very quickly replaced by laughter and loads of good natured harassment...
GreenPig reply :
On 1/14/2020 at 1:39 AM, galyonj said:Man, I bet it was mad.
It was an intense couple minutes. It was hooked top center of it's back. I was finally able to grad it by the tail and partner was able to unhook it. I was wore out after holding that thing out away from important parts of me for a couple minutes. It was thrashing around something fierce. I almost just shot the thing. They can really hurt you.
galyonj reply :
I bet it was intense!
There's a beaver at one of my local spots that I've only heard tell of – never seen – that apparently takes issue with people around its water. Slapping its tail and whatnot.
I got to see an otter the other day, tiny little thing.
the reel ess reply :
The head of an obviously dead catfish-hooked in the mouth. I have no idea how that happened. I was fishing with a piece of hot dog. All I can guess is a live catfish or turtle was feasting on the dead cat and bit my hot dog. The hook must've transferred to the dead cat.
My ex-monster-inlaw accidentally threw my old Zebco 33 combo in the lake once. You see why I didn't hand her a better combo. Years later I caught that combo and reeled it in. I cleaned it up, but it was junk.
A fish basket (trap) with a dead turtle and a couple big live channel cats in it. They flopped around and covered my dad and me with the stench of dead turtle. The fishing trip was over at that point.
scaleface reply :
One time I was fishing jigging spoons off the end of a boat ramp and landed two wristwatches , a dip net and spinning rod/reel . The watches were Timex and Seiko. The Timex was still running .
flbassmaster reply :
On 1/14/2020 at 1:37 AM, GreenPig said:A live large 45+lb beaver in almost pitch black on a magnum jitterbug. The release was interesting by headlamp. Didn't want my net destroyed and BOGA grips are useless beavers.
that sounds wild!
On 1/14/2020 at 2:44 AM, scaleface said:One time I was fishing jigging spoons off the end of a boat ramp and landed two wristwatches , a dip net and spinning rod/reel . The watches were Timex and Seiko. The Timex was still running .
wow! imagine a rolex
On 1/14/2020 at 2:23 AM, the reel ess said:The head of an obviously dead catfish-hooked in the mouth. I have no idea how that happened. I was fishing with a piece of hot dog. All I can guess is a live catfish or turtle was feasting on the dead cat and bit my hot dog. The hook must've transferred to the dead cat.
My ex-monster-inlaw accidentally threw my old Zebco 33 combo in the lake once. You see why I didn't hand her a better combo. Years later I caught that combo and reeled it in. I cleaned it up, but it was junk.
A fish basket (trap) with a dead turtle and a couple big live channel cats in it. They flopped around and covered my dad and me with the stench of dead turtle. The fishing trip was over at that point.
yes you always have to have a dummy rod lol Imagine if you gave her a shimano chronarch combo!
BassinCNY reply :
Nothing too odd for me. I've learned to be careful around birds after a duck grabbed a crankbait. And a few snapping turtles.
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
Owl on Lake Tiger, Kissimmee Chain.
Some reason bang-o-lure looked good that day. Dont ask how we got him unhooked.
the reel ess reply :
On 1/14/2020 at 3:00 AM, flbassmaster said:yes you always have to have a dummy rod lol Imagine if you gave her a shimano chronarch combo!
A. I don't own anything that nice
B. I'd have sooner thrown her in. She wouldn't have known how to use it anyway.
flbassmaster reply :
LOL! thrown her in
FishinBuck07 reply :
I caught a sweatshirt and my dad caught a boot within 5 minutes of each other one night catfishing. My dad looked at me and said let's go somewhere else before we start hooking into body parts!????
schplurg reply :
I caught a bullfrog on a frog a few months ago. Only thing I've ever hooked with one, so far. Thankfully it was barbless.
Luke Barnes reply :
I've caught a fully opened umbrella that had lures stuck all over it. I guess my libe was stronger than theirs!!
BUT...... the weirdest, weirdest 2 on the same day at the same spot actually.
I got snagged on something sticking out of the water, as I reel it in my heart drops. It's a severed human leg. Pants, boot, all of it. I get it to the bank and call the cops. They come out and after about 20 minutes of them being squeamish, turns out it was kids playing a prank and wrapped a metal rod with clothes and put a boot on it.
About an hour before that I caught this.
Way north bass guy reply :
I was ice fishing for lake trout, and managed to hook a small laker probably around a pound on one of my tip ups. For the southerners on here that don’t get the “pleasure” of being able to ice fish, a tip up is basically a spool of line with a flag attachment, that you pull in the fish hand over hand instead of using a rod. Anyway, the little laker managed to wrap itself around about 100’ of wire line and a trolling dodger ( looks like a 12” spoon and used as an attractor while trolling in the summer for lakers). We were fishing in about 80’ of water at the time off a big rocky point. When I set the hook, I could hardly move “the fish”, so my cousin started filming it as we thought we had a real giant on. With 20lb test, I was pulling right to the breaking point, then a bit of wire would let loose from the rocks and I’d gain about 20’ until the wire tightened up again, the whole time the small laker was head shaking down there just enough to give the feel of a real monster trout just toying with me. Finally after about 20 min. of not moving any further, I said screw it, it’s too cold to stand here all day, I’m gonna just pull till I move the “fish” or my line snaps. All of a sudden the wire came free of the rocks and up popped the little laker, a pile of nasty old wire and the dodger. That was the best one pound lake trout fight I’ve ever had and got the whole thing on tape ????.
slonezp reply :
A Natty Light and a push broom
Craig P reply :
Good topic to see if anyone else has my affliction. 
I catch rocks all the time. No joke here, I’m not talking snags, I literally reel in rocks any time I go spin fishing in streams. In 30 years of fishing with friends, I’ve never seen anyone do that but me, it makes no sense. I’m good for 1 about every 3rd outing. Anywhere from golf ball size to about double a golf ball size. It makes me and my friends laugh every time.
WRB reply :
We jigging in 150' of water for lake trout in Canada's Crow lake and I snagged a stringer with 3 live lake trout clipped onto it. The trout were skinny but alive and we released them.
I have snagged lots of things over the years but the strangest may have been a tackle box full of lures that looked decades old with everything inside in fairly good condition.
Lots of anchor rope with anchors attached, hats, shoes, jackets etc.
Pelicans, owl, osprey, gulls, ducks, bats etc.
Tom
Derek1 reply :
I foolishly tried fishing a jig in the river from the bank. Of course it got broke off. Four days later I foolishly tried to fish another of the same jig. Was able to pull this one free. It somehow got stuck on my other jig and I got them both back. I also caught some line that was attached to a lure my father lost a week before.
the reel ess reply :
While in FL recently, I caught the same bass twice in the same spot on the same lure about 30 minutes apart. There was no mistaking it. It appeared to have been injured. It was shaped like a question mark like it had a broken back and somehow healed up and had sores all over it. It was even stiff. I told the guide it must be trying to commit suicide, but we kept throwing it back.
Logan S reply :
Looks funny, but there are actually a lot of goldfish in the Potomac and on the Upper Chesapeake. It's rare to actually catch one though.
cookieman reply :
once fishing my favorite lake which everyone gets snags in i got caught up on one for the third time. I wasnt going to lose this one. A guy in a boat next to me saw i was not giving up, had a lure retriever better than mine. after several trys we thought his hung up but up came the snag, a tree branch with 5 good lures and 1 rusty one, one being one of his. being a sport i gave him his back for helping me.
J._Bricker reply :
Every time I see the thread title pop-up I gotta stop myself from thinking “The Netflix series?’” lol
Sam reply :
A condom on the Historic James River.
A-Jay reply :
On 1/14/2020 at 12:00 PM, Sam said:A condom on the Historic James River.
Fishing the spawn were ya ?
A-Jay
Bluebasser86 reply :
I caught a bike and a nice dive knife. I think the bike had either been stolen and thrown in the lake or maybe a kid wanted a new one so they threw it in the lake because it had to be thrown where it was, no way it fell in that far out.
The dive knife I'm sure was from the fire rescue dive team that practices diving in the lake frequently.
TcRoc reply :
Nothing exciting,, just a few snapping turtles... not what I like on the end of my line
swhit140 reply :
My wives hat when she was in back of the boat. I don't know why she never wants to go fishing with me anymore.
Bankbeater reply :
Didn’t actually catch it, but a couple of years ago I was fishing a lake that sees heavy fishing pressure and a lot of picnickers.
I started casting to what I thought was some kind of metal marker set out from the bank. Turned out it was an baby stroller.
Once I figured out what it was it took a little while for me to actually look inside it.
the reel ess reply :
On 1/14/2020 at 3:24 AM, NittyGrittyBoy said:Owl on Lake Tiger, Kissimmee Chain.
Some reason bang-o-lure looked good that day. Dont ask how we got him unhooked.
I had to yank a Pop R away from an owl twice one evening. It's rare to even see an owl here. They're here, you usually only hear them.
@reelChris reply :
I caught a seagull when my live bait was bouncing in the big motor's wake while moving spots. Trying to fight something with a rod while its desperately flying back and forth overhead is an experience.
FryDog62 reply :
While fishing under a bridge on southbound 35w my Mepps flew a little high in a crosswind and I caught a 16 wheeler doing about 72 mph...
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
@FryDog62 how long before you realized your mepps was running 72mph? ????
BoatSquirrel reply :
Watched my brother catch a junky old spinning combo on a crankbait and within 10 minutes kick his beloved 8' flippin stick over the side. He was not impressed when I reminded him of his lovely new scum covered spinning combo.
islandbass reply :
On 1/15/2020 at 6:20 AM, swhit140 said:My wives hat when she was in back of the boat. I don't know why she never wants to go fishing with me anymore.
Do you live in Utah?????
I caught a bat ???? once. I had just finished retrieving my lure about to make a new cast and a bat comes dashing in toward my jig. It made a last second swerve away from the lure probably when it realized it wasn’t a big. It managed to not only get hooked by a wing, it also managed to free itself. Whew!
galyonj reply :
I hooked into a grocery bag full of water and mud once. Imagine my disappoinment at the end of that fight.
flbassmaster reply :
On 1/14/2020 at 5:40 AM, Luke Barnes said:I've caught a fully opened umbrella that had lures stuck all over it. I guess my libe was stronger than theirs!!
BUT...... the weirdest, weirdest 2 on the same day at the same spot actually.
I got snagged on something sticking out of the water, as I reel it in my heart drops. It's a severed human leg. Pants, boot, all of it. I get it to the bank and call the cops. They come out and after about 20 minutes of them being squeamish, turns out it was kids playing a prank and wrapped a metal rod with clothes and put a boot on it.
About an hour before that I caught this.
wow that's crazy!
.ghoti. reply :
Ever see an old cartoon of a guy catching a boot?. One of the old style 4-buckle galoshes?. Got one of those several years ago on my local lake. Almost fell out of my yak laughing.
For anybody interested in targeting such a trophy it was caught post spawn, water temp 70°, at the base of riprap on the dam, in 14’ if water on a DD22. Sorry, do not remember what color.
Also, got a nice 6’ folding aluminum ladder on Lake of the Ozarks. Nailed that beauty on a black/blue 3/8oz jig with a chigger craw trailer.
Mobasser reply :
Years ago, I caught what was at one time a pretty nice Resistol cowboy hat. Resistor western hats are not cheap. The guy was probably mad.
The Short Fisherman reply :
caught an ipad last year. I was just dragging a worm on the bottom and somehow hooked the screen
Jermination reply :
car floor mats, hats, a condom(immediate line cut cya jig) and a butterfly koi out of fort loudon lol 
galyonj reply :
@Jermination it looks like that koi was as surprised to see you as you were it.
Jermination reply :
On 1/16/2020 at 12:40 AM, galyonj said:@Jermination it looks like that koi was as surprised to see you as you were it.
should have threw it in the livewell and sold it to a local asian restaurant lol
galyonj reply :
On 1/16/2020 at 12:42 AM, Jermination said:should have threw it in the livewell and sold it to a local asian restaurant lol
Man, if Mandarin House was still open, they could put it in that great big tank they had separating the dining room from the bar.
Jermination reply :
On 1/16/2020 at 12:45 AM, galyonj said:Man, if Mandarin House was still open, they could put it in that great big tank they had separating the dining room from the bar.
they apparently go for a few hundred bucks. i didnt even know what the hell it was. the junk you catch out of that lake is crazy man, i remember growing up someone caught like a 5 lb piranha down around georges creek lol
galyonj reply :
Dude, koi is a huge money business. A while back I watched a video where a dude that searches out and buys koi for rich people was at a breeding facility in Japan, and they were haggling hundreds of thousands of dollars for some of these fish.
schplurg reply :
I do have another "story", my first being catching the bullfrog with a frog.
One day fishing the San Joaquin River from the bank I hooked into a striper and then it broke off. About 30 minutes later I caught a striper with a hook just like mine and two inches of line hanging out of its mouth. "Hey buddy, can ya help out a fish here?" I removed both hooks and sent him on his way. Smart fish for finding me that second time
DanielG reply :
A fish. I don't know how it happened but it was years ago. I've spent all this time trying to recreate the incident but so far.... no luck.
????
Luke Barnes reply :
On 1/15/2020 at 9:25 PM, flbassmaster said:wow that's crazy!
It was a crazy day for sure. One I'll never forget!!! Thinking I'm dragging a human leg in and wondering if it's a murder scene or something.
galyonj reply :
Today I didn't catch a fish.
I did, however, catch the spinnerbait I lost the other day.
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
Nice ^^
Bird reply :
I over casted a dock and hung my Jerkbait only to have a dog race out and ****** it.
My friend was laughing insanely as I yelled GET ME OVER THERE !! as my drag was peeling.
It actually ended well though.
It was a friendly dog which allowed me to headlock him and remove hooks.
FishinBuck07 reply :
On 1/17/2020 at 3:48 AM, galyonj said:Today I didn't catch a fish.
I did, however, catch the spinnerbait I lost the other day.
Well that counts as a good day in my book!!!
Westcoast reply :
I fished a very urban river, we used to joke that a grandslam was a diaper, a condom and a tampon all on your hook it really was kinda gross and smelly after a big rainstorm but the trout were huge...
galyonj reply :
On 1/17/2020 at 5:01 AM, FishinBuck07 said:Well that counts as a good day in my book!!!
Totally agree. Especially since it broke off ON THE FIRST CAST when I had a braid mishap. I'm about done with that ****.
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