Weirdest Thing You've Ever Hooked? 2024

Bass_Akwards reply :

A friend of mine just accidentally caught a frog on a 4 inch Senko. I caught an old fishing rod with a crankbait in the past.

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What's the weirdest thing you've ever hooked while fishing?

Branuss04 reply :

A couple buddies and I went on a fishing trip a couple years back for a few days and nights of hardcore fishing in the rain and wind.

One buddy caught a 9 iron

One buddy caught a new jar of powerbait

I caught some sort of muscle

.... that is all we caught :-/

florida strain reply :

a work boot, and also in a tournament me and my partner were flippin and i felt the classic tap. i set the hook , i instantly got bulldogged to strait bottom, my partner runs for the net, what came to surface was a 6 foot gator, with a my baby brush hog, for a second i thought i had big bass for sure .. awww its a gator. not really weird to catch a gator, but weird to catch one flippin.it was pretty stained up water and we never knew it was just a few feet from the boat.

slonezp reply :

A push broom

Bamajoker reply :

a real old ZEBCO 33

ShizzleHallowizzle reply :

I was catfishing in a small river, and reeled in a drum symbol.

wackyworm66 reply :

I caught a Quantam rod and reel combo complete with crankbait last weekend. I gave it a good cleanup/lube and put it in the boat. Hopefully, that will keep the monkey at bay for a few more days.

bass or bass ? reply :

Caught a seagull in mid air casting a Mirro Lure. Fought it down from the sky. That was one PO"D bird, a real bear to unhook!!!

BigEZ19 reply :

sunfish with a snake on the end of it..scared the crap out of me when i was little..cut the line immediately lol

burleytog reply :

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I was catfishing in a small river, and reeled in a drum symbol.

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Hornytoad 10 reply :

a fish shaped rock, no joke ;D

backwater4 reply :

Wierdest thing was a baby gator, hit a Pop R. I guess in the southern states it could happen, but in NY probably not so often. Someone must have had it as a pet and it got too big so they released it in the lake. I wanted to net it, my partner wouldn't let me.

basspimple reply :

a fledgling mallard.we played with it in the boat and it ate all the bait! they sure do like crawfish dinner! ;D

Gale1980 reply :

i caught a rod and reel combo before, a snake, a rattle bait that my buddy lost at the begining of a fishing trip, a shirt, lots of random stuff lol.... usually get it when diging the bottom with a crank

b.Lee reply :

I;ve caught a sock with a catfish in it

bwillis reply :

A lawn chair, a spool of line, a branch with an old crankbait stuck to it

Retrofan reply :

A Coleman lantern that was still lit...

okay, just kidding about it still being lit

rowyourboat reply :

a dnr ranger. he was behind me while i was casting. luckily nothing serious and he was cool about it haha

JonBasser reply :

Caught a extreme rod and a ol' green curado from where my dad had lost it a year earlier. He cleaned it up and it worked great, although the cork was ate up. He then was stripper fishing at night and lost it again!!!!

Hooligan reply :

By far the most freaky thing I've caught is a wolf eel. It's also the one I feel the worst about because after learning more about them, they're incredibly misunderstood critters.

JigMe reply :

I have caught somebody's make up kit using a jig. Somebody was doing more than fishing on the lake.

DeanFishesNY reply :

There's a pond at a local college I fish and I've caught gloves, t shirts, line with a sunny hooked on it(I released the sunny) and even an orange work cone.

riverfisher reply :

Heres a pic of one of mine!!

Curse you d**n goofy monster goldfish!!

TheOriginalFishaholic reply :

1. a duck while fishing for trout in Arizona;

2. a seagull that grabbed my surface bait right off the water, when I was looking the other way for a brief moment...I heard the spash and my line got tight, so naturally I set the hook without even glancing in the direction of the strike! Received several nasty bites from the gull trying to retrieve my bait.;

3. a life jacket off a boat that kept buzzing us while we were fishing from shore;

4. a 13.5" red oscar while flyfishing for gills...unusual for a NW Indiana lake...one week later I caught a pirhauna in the same lake;

and saving the best for last:

5. I saw a guy waddling like a duck in a ditch with chest-highs on, he said he left his rod on the bank and went back to his car for something when he returned it was gone...he left after waddling around kicking the bottom for 30 minutes in frustration...5 minutes later, a good ways down the ditch I snag someone's line...bring in his rod/reel and still on the line was a 10 lb. northern pike! I caught him just in time to return his rod/reel/ and yes, even the fish...he was delighted to have it all.

Revo_Carrot Stix reply :

Bullfrog that attacked my SK Rage Toad.

Plastic lawn chair.

Cheap rod/reel combo that was beyond repair.

Metal minnow bucket that felt like the biggest fish ever - kept diving everytime I'd reel it up. :'(

CWB reply :

Several bullfrogs.

A seagull.

And this big softshell turtle on a big golden roach.

Put up a pretty good fight.

islandbass reply :

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Caught a extreme rod and a ol' green curado from where my dad had lost it a year earlier. He cleaned it up and it worked great, although the cork was ate up. He then was stripper fishing at night and lost it again!!!!

Woh! The next time he goes stripper fishing, let us know! ;D

To the subject, it's a bit embarrassing, but I caught someone's underware with my UL rig. They must have lost it while skinny dipping. I just cut the line.

I've also caught a bat, turtles, and almost hooked a duck in flight who was flying toward my crankbait in midflight.

Skunked in DR reply :

a large orange traffic cone

a shopping cart

a bag with six beers - gotta say they were nice and cold.

a long time ago my fishing buddy caught a full stringer of fish

RedhookRR reply :

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I have caught somebody's make up kit using a jig. Somebody was doing more than fishing on the lake.

Drag Fishin???

Myself just 3 lures 2 spoons and my one of my own that I lost the week before.

trevor reply :

A spearfisherman off stinky beach at ocean city md. I started reeling thinking i had a huge fish, but then a guy popped up yelling, with a gotcha plug in his leg. All divers are supposed to have flags, but he didnt

Lucky Craft Man reply :

A dead horse (actually a colt or foal, not sure which) with a rope around its neck. I actually caught the rope and when I pulled it in, I noticed the rope was wrapped around a small horses neck. The smell was pretty bad, but I was at least able to cut the rope and get my lure back.

RyneB reply :

I was wading a small river throwing a crankbait and reeled in a "dirty" magazine, surprisingly it was still intact. They must have made it with indestructable paper.

I dont know how rare they are but I caught an albino catfish, it was a neat looking fish.

I was with a guy who caught a red bellied Piranha on a slip bobber and minnow. He ended up keeping it as a pet.

A really really old Old Style can.

EastMarkME reply :

Partner caught a bat one time night fishing...........

ugly little bugger.

Mark

HuntFishAK reply :

A dead kitten while bottom fishing in some saltwater. That was pretty nasty. I've hooked a few seagulls tossing herring. I've had a heron nearly grab a topwater. I scared the crap out of it when it saw me.

shootermcbob reply :

A 2XXL sweatshirt with the name Mary written on inside back of it.

TheOriginalFishaholic reply :

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A dead horse (actually a colt or foal, not sure which) with a rope around its neck. I actually caught the rope and when I pulled it in, I noticed the rope was wrapped around a small horses neck. The smell was pretty bad, but I was at least able to cut the rope and get my lure back.

you win! ;D ;D ;D that's definitely tough to top...and for that matter, ;D who'd want to.

Bass_Akwards reply :

Absolutely amazing stuff guys. Insane! Kittens and horses? Are you kidding me? I'm dying to hear more from others. Wow.

Red Bear reply :

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A spearfisherman off stinky beach at ocean city md. I started reeling thinking i had a huge fish, but then a guy popped up yelling, with a gotcha plug in his leg. All divers are supposed to have flags, but he didnt

hahaha thats pretty funny

Unknownwaters reply :

might as well add in my story... wasnt really me but a friend of mine hooked a bass off this dock and had the line break. We then went off and fished all day then returned to the dock to take out. We fished alittlebit off the dock and i kept feeling my line move but when i set the hook nothing happened. After afew more casts i reeled in my line and found another line attached to it. We pulled in the line and at the end of it was the bass that had snapped my friends line earlier. so i ask you....who caught the fish?

bass or bass ? reply :

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Several bullfrogs.
A seagull.

And this big softshell turtle on a big golden roach.

Put up a pretty good fight.

Wow, are you ever lucky to still have all your digits. Those softshells are vicious suckers and their neck is long enough to reach all the way to the end of their tails. Their jaws are like razors!!!

Hammer 4 reply :

Hooked a tennis ball, a 20" bmx bike, and the best thing was a nice shad shaped swimbait, that was custom made by a local guy. I posted pic's of it on another site, and he identified it..whats cool, is I cleaned it up, and it swims pretty good.

CatBassin reply :

I've caught an old rod/reel and minnow bucket while catfishing but my favorite was the bikini top I caught at the beach off the pier. I reeled it in and first thing we did was start looking all over for the girl it belonged to, it was senior week so we were hoping she was out there somewhere.

spraycrew reply :

I caught a zebo 33 the other day.

When i was a kid i would go to the creek in our backyard and catch some perch, and then take them to this little bridge up the road and rehook the perch and dangle them down over the rocks and catch snakes. I don't even have a guess as to how many snakes i caught that way over the years, but i know it has to be over a 100. Still gives me cold chills to think about those big snakes coming out.....

luckyinkentucky reply :

While fishing on Kentucky Lake in the summer of 2006 I caught an early Jack Daniels Distillery Bottle. It was clear glass, had a wire around the neck, and that's what my hook got ahold of.

I had the bottle appraised and it was appraised at $450! I sold it at an auction for $800.

rat-l-trapper reply :

I caught a pair of little kids underwear before. Also caught a big sock filled with mud.

Redlinerobert reply :

This.

Catt reply :

In salt water a Manta birostris (manta ray)

Blue Streak reply :

A freind of mine hooked a Pelican while fishing from a pier for Blues one time. What a fight that was, this guy is about 6' 6' and 350 pounds. He had that bird on the end of his line and it was air borne, he ran up and down the pier with that thing, bodies flying everywhere. One of the funniest things I have ever witnessed.

Bass_Fanatic reply :

I actually caught a bass one time...

That was REALLY weird for me!!

Bass_Akwards reply :

Redline What kind of fish is that and where and when did you catch it? Good God man that thing is scary!

Bass-N reply :

My fishing buddy lost his boat anchor...2 weeks later we were on a different lake and I snagged a rope...pulled it up and it was attached to a better anchor than he'd lost. Keep hoping some day I'll snag a cooler full of beer.

flyboy reply :

Those were some great stories. I call myself an amateur writer--I hope you guys won't mind if I embellish your stories some day.

BassThumb reply :

A hissing river Snapping Turtle with a shell that was about 18" front to back. I couldn't remove the hook. It was hooked twice in the neck with a Husky Jerk. That thing was ANGRY and very scary. I was 13 or 14 and wading in knee deep water, far from any solid shoreline. It was flailing and it clawed a small hole in my waders. I cut the line and wished the turtle luck.

Red Bear reply :

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A hissing river Snapping Turtle with a shell that was about 18" front to back. I couldn't remove the hook. It was hooked twice in the neck with a Husky Jerk. That thing was ANGRY and very scary. I was 13 or 14 and wading in knee deep water, far from any solid shoreline. It was flailing and it clawed a small hole in my waders. I cut the line and wished the turtle luck.

yeah those big turtles are nasty. saving a lure is not worth losing a finger or two. i would of cut my line pretty much right away. me and my bro-in-law were fishing off a dock one night at a lake using night crawlers and live bluegills for catfish and this one turtle kept tormenting us. we caught him like seven times on both baits. he was a good fight though, poor guy had hooks all in him by the end of the night. it was hilarious at times but got old. "i got a big one, get the net" only to pull up a turtle lol

secondstring reply :

I once hooked a seal lion off the pier at Catalina Island had to break the line (freaked me out). It got stuck in his body he didn't eat the bait. and a new jar of salmon eggs trout fishing with a castmaster.

TheOriginalFishaholic reply :

I remember hooking an "axe handle" pike once that hit my Johnson Silver Minnow so hard that it flew out it's gill plate and was hanging outside the fish when along came a 35" pike that grabbed the dink and my spoon - landed both fish, and fortunately, the CO was watching the whole thing from the beginning so I didn't get ticketed.

Nine Miler reply :

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Redline What kind of fish is that and where and when did you catch it? Good God man that thing is scary!

That looks like one of those things that Larry Dahlberg and his buddy Cesar catch in Suriname.

Hot Rod reply :

I caught about a 5 inch bass on a big zara spook. As I was reeling it in just as it got over a drop-off near the boat in deep water a giant mouth of teeth flashed up out of the abyss like an ICBM and swallowed the bass and the spook. Managed to get the 45" nothern pike in before it chewed thru the spook as it was cross ways in his mouth. I felt bad for the fate of that poor little bass.

Also caught a big bull frog once on a spinnerbait.

iceintheveins reply :

I once landed a $10 bill in the Colorado River that was on a clump of moss in 20 feet of water.

Redlinerobert reply :

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Redline What kind of fish is that and where and when did you catch it? Good God man that thing is scary!

That looks like one of those things that Larry Dahlberg and his buddy Cesar catch in Suriname.

It's a dogfish. Caught during one of my trips to the Rio ***** in Brazil. Related to the fish that my pal Larry and Cesare catch in Suriname.

timothy_spain reply :

a 2x4

bryand82487 reply :

A white bass with a leech stuck to the side. Has anyone ever caught an eel I've heard of these being caught before?

deadeye32. reply :

When I was about 11 or 12 we used to go to the catfish paylakes in the summer. I had a stringer of about 8 that came untied and off into the lake. About 3 hours later, my line takes off and attached to my hook is the stringer that I had lost hours earlier. Crazy but true

TheOriginalFishaholic reply :

There was an eel caught in the Kankakee River a few years ago...almost 3 feet long!

On a trip to Minnesota, a friend of mines kid accidentally caught a beaver...man they had their hands full with a ticked off beaver, LOL

nashontheriver reply :

i caught a bank deposit bag out of the river last year, nothing in it >

dman reply :

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Has anyone ever caught an eel I've heard of these being caught before?

I caught an American Brown Eel when i was about 13, was fishing for catfish...34" long and fought pretty good

kms399 reply :

up in the boundary waters I caught a pair of old womens sunglasses straight out the the 50's they had the little wings on the corners and everything just like something elton john would wear.

Luke at Gouldsboro reply :

A buddy of mine, and I were fishing around dusk, and bats were "buzzing the tower". He decided to reel his lure to the tip of his rod to shoo them away when he snagged a bat !!!! He had to wait a couple hours for it to die before he removed it.

HookMaster reply :

Last year I hooked a military field jacket

barroncooper reply :

snagged this with a rattletrap in the ouachita river

RedhookRR reply :

Nice paddlefish around here you would have cut your line as soon as you knew what ya had.

barroncooper reply :

they're legal here. can keep 2 as long as they're under 30 inches

massahooksetts reply :

A few years back I caught a largemouth with a 12" rusty spear right through its mid section . I unhooked him and he swam away like any other bass...... Wild

Blue Streak reply :

I caught an eel in the Ohio River several years ago. It was about 30 inches long and I don't have any idea what kind it was.

Taylor Fishin 4 life reply :

wow those are some interesting stories

RedhookRR reply :

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they're legal here. can keep 2 as long as they're under 30 inches

Baron here they have a short season for them and you have to buy a tag, and size though.

KenDawg reply :

The wife.....

fishermantony reply :

Fishing a club tournament my partner hooked a pair of panties. I couldn't stop laughing!

Leever reply :

One time I was fishing for catfish with a buddy of mine. I let him use one of my rods. Well he was not watching it and a catfish pulled it straight into to river. About a hour later I was casting my pole back out and caught the reel that had gone in the water. On the Other end of it was a twenty five pound catfish.

basspimple reply :

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A hissing river Snapping Turtle with a shell that was about 18" front to back. I couldn't remove the hook. It was hooked twice in the neck with a Husky Jerk. That thing was ANGRY and very scary. I was 13 or 14 and wading in knee deep water, far from any solid shoreline. It was flailing and it clawed a small hole in my waders. I cut the line and wished the turtle luck.

yeah those big turtles are nasty. saving a lure is not worth losing a finger or two. i would of cut my line pretty much right away. me and my bro-in-law were fishing off a dock one night at a lake using night crawlers and live bluegills for catfish and this one turtle kept tormenting us. we caught him like seven times on both baits. he was a good fight though, poor guy had hooks all in him by the end of the night. it was hilarious at times but got old. "i got a big one, get the net" only to pull up a turtle lol

boy, turltes like me for some reason. if im not catching anthing else, i usually end up with one of those dinosuars. got one 30 lbs last year at a local golf course pond. the funny thing was i snagged him on a crappie jig on 6 lb. test IN THE MOUTH. had to get my baitcaster with 15 lb. test and hook em in the neck to get close enough to grab a hold of his tail. i kept this one though, couldnt carry the turtle and my gear so i tied my lanyard around his tail and drug him back to the truck. should have seen the golfers faces. they asked me if i was going to eat it, i told em no, im taking him for a walk ;D

also was trot lining a local lake one night and caught a total of 9 of em in a 6 hour period. boy that was fun. we cleaned em up and served them at my local church fish fry. needless to say we had a lot of meat left over ;D

another night me and my buddy were trot lining again. it was his turn to go and check the lines. he sets out, and thirtly minutes later i see him buzzing around in the cove going after somthing. he comes back with a smirk and pulls out the landing net with somthing furry in it. somhow he caught a jack rabbit swimming across the cove trying to get to the other side. i told him to be carful next time it might be a skunk

wannabeangler reply :

Throwing a buzzbait during the tail end of sunset and a bat hit it mid-air. The bats usually chase it but I've never had one tag it until then. It crashed into the water with the buzzer, I set the hook and dragged it back flopping on the surface the whole way. Thankfully, it broke free and flew off almost at my feet. Saved me the trouble of figuring out how to unhook it!

FishinTN reply :

A bowfin (grendal?) never seen one of those till I caught it.

Bassin_MO reply :

Not as interesting as some of the others here, but fishing this past Saturday, I thought I had a bite while reeling in a shallow crank. I ended up pulling out a wad of line with a Wiggle Wart lodged in my treble hooks. It was in good condition too...another to add to my supply

brushhoggin reply :

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A bowfin (grendal?) never seen one of those till I caught it.

i think its grennel. hell of a fight. i've caught 3 footers before. extracting the hook is a PITA. toothy critters they are.

TheOriginalFishaholic reply :

pound for pound, bowfins put up a great fight...my personal best is only a 12 pounder, but I've seen 'em much, much larger.

NewKidInTown reply :

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Wierdest thing was a baby gator, hit a Pop R. I guess in the southern states it could happen, but in NY probably not so often. Someone must have had it as a pet and it got too big so they released it in the lake. I wanted to net it, my partner wouldn't let me.

That wouldn't happen to have been in Grant would it?

texanbassangler reply :

I've had gators go for topwater baits. I've never actually hooked one, but they've held onto it all the way back to the boat! The farther west you go, the less gators you see, but a few lakes around here have them.

barroncooper reply :

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A bowfin (grendal?) never seen one of those till I caught it.

we call em choupiques in louisiana and yes they do fight like hell

jeremyt reply :

Last summer we were camping at Kerr lake, I set up one of my baitcasters with crawlers and was waiting for a cat to hit, well it got closer to bed time so my wife wanted to go to the bath house and shower. I left the line out and took off to the bath house. I came back and the rod holder had been pulled over and the rod was gone. The next day while we were all swimming my oldest was diving down to the bottom and coming up with old sticks and rocks, after about 30 mins he comes up with my rod in his hand. I get up on the shore and start to reel the line in and the catfish is still attached a nice 3 pounder.

http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a414/jscaja/fishing%20pics/lake2summer09.jpg

IowaIrish reply :

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.man they had their hands full with a ticked off beaver, LOL

Been there

Nicky Greece reply :

Pulled up a deer skeleton on a medium size spinner...

CAdeltaLipRipper reply :

We were fishing in a canoe down our local river and i somehow managed to catch a rock lol

CAdeltaLipRipper reply :

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There was an eel caught in the Kankakee River a few years ago...almost 3 feet long!
On a trip to Minnesota, a friend of mines kid accidentally caught a beaver...man they had their hands full with a ticked off beaver, LOL

Wait wait wait....you have friends?

ArcherJohnny reply :

A little octopus in San Diego Bay. Only thing any of us caught all night.

Johnny

bassmajor reply :

just had this happen today (no foolin'!). got hung up in a brushpile so I gave it a hard yank to get out and here this little jig must have been in the right place at the right time. my line hit the eyelet perfectly and slid through the seam. I've lost lures through that seam but never have I gained one! haha! ;D

zbigbadaaron reply :

I caught a condom on a bomber crankbait it was grose. I didn't touch it i just cut it off above the water.

plnoldrick reply :

wading in a river, right next to 2 really hot girls fishing (which is a rarity) I hooked and landed (from the river not off a person) some little girls bikini bottom.

So there I stand with 2 hot chic's eye screwin me while I have a doubled over rod with a pair of some kids bottoms swinging from a hook. Low point of my week for sure...... I just walked away in shame...

steezy reply :

Bags of dog poop from people walking their dog near the edge of the water and too lazy to take the poop bag home with them.

6pointbuck2003 reply :

Fishing a deacent sized pond one time for catfish. I had just strated to reel in and hooked something big. reeled it in to find out it was a trash bag full of mud. It put up a good fight though.

craigco24 reply :

I have 2 wierd catches. I was throwing a deep diver at the end of a tournament and hooked into what I thought was BB of the day. I had the net ready when all of a sudden I could see my crankbait, but that was it. It kept pulling and tugging, and I couldn't figure it out. Finally I brought it up and I had picked up a rattle trap off the bottom. I pulled the line in and at the end was a broken rod and a $100 dollar reel. It must had been dropped in the water the day before. That was 7 years ago, and I use the reel to this day. The second one I was throwing a crankbait on a private lake. I hooked a bass about 14 inches and when he got about 20ft from boat he jumped and I couldnt see the crankbait so I threw out a cuss word thinking the fish got the bait down his throat. I flipped him in the boat and there was no crankbait. The crankbait was attached my manns speed clip and somehow the bait came off and the clip pinched the fish in the lip. I got a pic on my cell phone of it

Bass_Akwards reply :

I NEVER bump my threads but I just HAD to be the 100th reply. ;D

fish jones reply :

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I have 2 wierd catches. I was throwing a deep diver at the end of a tournament and hooked into what I thought was BB of the day. I had the net ready when all of a sudden I could see my crankbait, but that was it. It kept pulling and tugging, and I couldn't figure it out. Finally I brought it up and I had picked up a rattle trap off the bottom. I pulled the line in and at the end was a broken rod and a $100 dollar reel. It must had been dropped in the water the day before. That was 7 years ago, and I use the reel to this day. The second one I was throwing a crankbait on a private lake. I hooked a bass about 14 inches and when he got about 20ft from boat he jumped and I couldnt see the crankbait so I threw out a cuss word thinking the fish got the bait down his throat. I flipped him in the boat and there was no crankbait. The crankbait was attached my manns speed clip and somehow the bait came off and the clip pinched the fish in the lip. I got a pic on my cell phone of it

dude, i want my reel back!

krd22 reply :

I caught an alligator gar on a spro frog. It was about 3' long and was the hardest fighting fish I have ever caught. I lost my frog that day because those things have tons of teeth.

Bass-1 reply :

While fishing this past Friday with a buddy. I was throwing a suspending rogue and got a hit. When I started to reel the fish in, I could see it was a 2 pound smallie but it didn't look right. Turns out I had hooked the loop of the leader of an Eagle Claw hook sticking out of it's mouth...that was special...

fish jones reply :

this is saltwater, but i have caught a pelican, a seagull, and have hooked but never landed (lol) many a seal.

dieselfisherman reply :

I was fishing the sesquehanna river last year at the sunbury dam and caught a smallmouth head(either that or i set the hook too hard )

I have a 70 acre pond at our proporty and i threw a spook out by the dam and had a nice 4lb bass on when all of a sudden a 7foot gator grabs the back end of the bass, fought it for about 10 mins then finally when i got it close to shore it let go and again all i had was a fish head!

rookiesmallmouther reply :

seagul in mid air

shopping cart

my brothers line

other peoples line while they were fishing

pop can

mussle

weeds

and ofcourse fish!

bassmaster85 reply :

i was fishing on Potholes Lake in E. washington last summer and I caught this really wierd suckerfish that was white and silver. My buddy and I couldn't figure out what this fish was and we flagged down several fisherman and no one had a clue what it was. caught it on trout bait and a worm. Still don't know what it was.

RippinLips86 reply :

Ive landed many of pelican and seagulls throwing surface irons. Least we now know where the term bird brain comes from. ;D ;D ;D

sundog49 reply :

I caught a shovel head catfish in the Ohio River with a Zebco 404. It felt like a VW.

robertb reply :

Didn't catch it but I hooked an otter on a nip a dee up in Canada last year

blkbearklr2001 reply :

A big black cat, was night fishing on a small lake and I heard the zara spook hit the ground I went to pull it back into the water, and for some reason I felt a tap on the line and like an idiot I set the hook and the fight was on. That was one ticked off cat..

Joe

bonzai22 reply :

ive caught so many weird things but some that stick out are bike tires, a rock, a dead walleye off the bottom dont know how it happened, and a cottonmouth

Fishing Rhino reply :

Where to start. Most of the weird and/or interesting things I've hauled up have been when I was a commercial lobsterman.

I've hauled up railings from vessels which sunk years ago. Anchors, have several of them which were snagged by the ground line, but the most unique was a two part catch.

In Buzzards bay, a sail from a 42 or 44 foot Hinkley sailing yacht was wrapped around the ground line. It was in perfect condition, and we wondered how it got lost.

Then next time we hauled gear in that area we found out. We hauled up the storage bag for that sail. It must have gotten knocked over the side of the sailboat, while stowed in the bag. Tidal currents worked the sail from the bag, and the rocky bottom kept them in the same proximity.

The most unique while bass fishing was snagging a jig I had lost the day before.

unageo09 reply :

My grandfather caught a rock last week. The next fish he hooked he said "well, at least this one if fighting back".

kickinbass22 reply :

I didnt catch it, but i was fishing with one of the pros at the forest wood cup in pittsburgh last august and he pulled a condom out of the river lol he decided to just cut that one off

Osprey39 reply :

On a recent trip to Texas I caught what appeared to be a metal grill like what would go inside a microwave. I also hooked a turtle that was sunning himself on shore on an errant cast with a Rat-L-Trap.

When I used to live in Florida, I caught an octopus once. That was pretty crazy. I learned that day that octopus tentacles make great bait for grouper and snapper.

jb7725 reply :

went fishing wednesday fished with a 3/0 ewg and a paca craw had a hit set the hook and got sheered off on some rocks next day i go back to the same lake fishing the same bait get a hit land the fish only to find my hook and bait in this fish!!! got my hook and bait back and im still laughing about it

J-B reply :

Caught this on a ribbit frog with a 5/0 hook this weekend. You can still see the frog hanging over the top of its mouth where the hook got set. It was roughly 4' long and we guessed about 30lbs.

spore reply :

I'm sure that gator put up a good fight!

St.Joeriversmallie reply :

Fishing the St. Joe River one day i was drifting down river throwing a bandit. All of a sudden i felt something. I gave it a little pressure and started to reel. Figured out i had someones braid i hooked. Reeled until i got my crankbait and then grabbed the braid and started to pull. Then i realized there was a fish on the other end of the line. I saw it surface about 50 ft away and it looked big. I didnt think trying to pull it in by hand was a good idea so quick thinking i wrapped the braid around my hand and bit my mono off. Then threaded the braid down my guides and hooked it on the clip on the spool. Cranked it a couple times to get wrapped a few around the spool and then reeled in the biggest fish i have ever caught(or should i say reeled in). 30 plus inch catfish that had a tiny 1inch crankbait in its mouth. It must have been snagged on a log pile mid river and i just happened to come along and snag the line. He didnt have much fight in him so i think he may have been snagged for a while. It was crazy. True story i swear.

hoss87 reply :

up in the foot hills of fresno. i was fishing a farm pond a few years ago and cought an old colt peacemaker. in really bad shape. but still two bullets in it. i wonder who that gun killed. ive cought seagulls sealions a childs bicycle. lures crabpots all kinds of stuff. but the peacemaker is my favorite.

Bass_Akwards reply :

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fishing a farm pond a few years ago and cought an old colt peacemaker. in really bad shape. but still two bullets in it. i wonder who that gun killed..

Wow that gives me chills.

brushhoggin reply :

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Fishing the St. Joe River one day i was drifting down river throwing a bandit. All of a sudden i felt something. I gave it a little pressure and started to reel. Figured out i had someones braid i hooked. Reeled until i got my crankbait and then grabbed the braid and started to pull. Then i realized there was a fish on the other end of the line. I saw it surface about 50 ft away and it looked big. I didnt think trying to pull it in by hand was a good idea so quick thinking i wrapped the braid around my hand and bit my mono off. Then threaded the braid down my guides and hooked it on the clip on the spool. Cranked it a couple times to get wrapped a few around the spool and then reeled in the biggest fish i have ever caught(or should i say reeled in). 30 plus inch catfish that had a tiny 1inch crankbait in its mouth. It must have been snagged on a log pile mid river and i just happened to come along and snag the line. He didnt have much fight in him so i think he may have been snagged for a while. It was crazy. True story i swear.

did you take the line off your reel before tying the braid to your spool?

RoLo reply :

This hook-up was not with a fishhook but with a boat anchor.

I was fishing at anchor for kingfish and due to a strong tidal flow we began to drag anchor.

Eventually the anchor got a new bite on the bottom and the boat remained in place.

When I finally decided to pull-anchor and leave, I had to heave with all my mite

to hoist the hook. Finally after a long strenuous haul, I had the anchor up to the water surface

and there was a fat black cable draped across the anchor flukes. As I reached to remove the cable,

it suddenly slipped off the flukes and ripped a slot in the ocean as it flew back to the sea floor.

I then unfolded my NOAA map and learned in retrospect that I was anchored

in a "Restricted" area that was dotmarked with an "electrical cable".

Roger

CRFisher reply :

Freshwater clam. Hook got it right in the mouth.

DocRabbit reply :

I have you all beat... two summers ago I pulled a loaded smith and wesson revolver from the Erie Canal in New York.

That same season I pulled up a child's baby doll. That was frightening.

plenty of rods and reels, chairs

Its not the cleanest water, I admit

potbass reply :

I hooked a swan once when i was fly fishing. That was one angry bird.

I also know a guy who hooked and landed a condom. Not nice!

Bass_Akwards reply :

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I have you all beat... two summers ago I pulled a loaded smith and wesson revolver from the Erie Canal in New York.
That same season I pulled up a child's baby doll. That was frightening.

Not as frightning as pulling both those things up on two consecutive casts to the same spot, but I get your point.

SoFlaBassAddict reply :

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This hook-up was not with a fishhook but with a boat anchor.

I was fishing at anchor for kingfish and due to a strong tidal flow we began to drag anchor.

Eventually the anchor got a new bite on the bottom and the boat remained in place.

When I finally decided to pull-anchor and leave, I had to heave with all my mite

to hoist the hook. Finally after a long strenuous haul, I had the anchor up to the water surface

and there was a fat black cable draped across the anchor flukes. As I reached to remove the cable,

it suddenly slipped off the flukes and ripped a slot in the ocean as it flew back to the sea floor.

I then unfolded my NOAA map and learned in retrospect that I was anchored

in a "Restricted" area that was dotmarked with an "electrical cable".

Roger

You sir, are one lucky SOB.

midnighthrasher reply :

Caght this " thing ". It faught real hard and i thought i had a beast. Turns out to be a Bowfin. Still fun

FishermanX182 reply :

I was fishing a lipless crank and thought what i had was a catfish with the way my pole was bent and the dragging feeling, and ended up reeling up a lawn chair. That was my catch of the day!!

SenkoFrenzy63 reply :

A water snake with a pop R. It was right at dark and thought it was a small LM till i lifted my rod out of the water and saw it squirming around. Scared the heck out of me. Good times. :-X

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