Worst Thing You've Snagged? 2024
Packard reply :
What is the worst thing you snagged while fishing? Whether it was hard to get your lure out or just a usual object to snag.
Mine was a sunken shanty while dropshotting with an ultra-light spinning rod.
Hi Salenity reply :
Ice shanty?
Shifty reply :
My buddies shoulder while fishing out of a jon boat 
Kevinator1 reply :
My wifes' face....Gods honest truth. Not a good day for the Kevinator after that. But, a few years later she did buy me a new boat for fathers day so I guess I made up for it.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Snagged a dead deer last spring that had drowned and mostly decomposed under the ice 
Getting my pointer back was not a fun deal. I did get a decent 8 point rack off of it though, figured I'd already got my hands dirty might as well go all out.
Packard reply :
On 11/5/2011 at 8:56 AM, Hi Salenity said:Ice shanty?
Yep, someone left it out too long I guess and the water melted.
RyneB reply :
I snag asian carp all the time on accident, so they are definately up there. The worst thing iv ever snagged would have to be a condom. I fish a stretch of the Illinois River where bank fishing and partying is everywhere. Iv snagged underwear, lawn chairs, a bike, a tiki torch, a car rim, countless cigarette packs, beer cans, socks, and a bong. Most treasures were caught with crankbaits. The bucket people haul down a weeks worth of bait, beer, chips and gear. Then theyre so lazy that they just leave it there. Then the river floods and this is the result.
RiverFisher13 reply :
On 11/5/2011 at 10:22 AM, RyneB said:I snag asian carp all the time on accident, so they are definately up there. The worst thing iv ever snagged would have to be a condom. I fish a stretch of the Illinois River where bank fishing and partying is everywhere. Iv snagged underwear, lawn chairs, a bike, a tiki torch, a car rim, countless cigarette packs, beer cans, socks, and a bong. Most treasures were caught with crankbaits. The bucket people haul down a weeks worth of bait, beer, chips and gear. Then theyre so lazy that they just leave it there. Then the river floods and this is the result.
I would be ticked, i hate seeing that. My worst has been a water moccasin, and boy was it fun getting the crank out of him.
Packard reply :
Another weird thing I snagged was a case of tide. I am not sure how but my lure got inside the opening of it and I reeled it all the way to the boat.
clayton86 reply :
Idk if it counts but I hooked my face in the spring it was a cast the tree made when I ripped the crank out of it lol I caught it it caught me....in the forehead
fishindrew reply :
I was casting out to what i thought was a log sticking out of the water and got my lure hung. I waded out to get it and saw it was a trash bag. I pulled it back to shore. someone stuffed a dead dog in the trash bag and through it in the lake. there was nothing letf but bone and fur.
J Francho reply :
My uncle caught a deceased dog once. Awful smell.
ChrisAW reply :
I snagged about 30 yards of braid one day on a jig. I started to pull as much as I could to the boat and there was half decayed pike on the other end with one of those large Rapala X-raps in its mouth. It was a nice one, 35"+ and I got a nice lure out of it. Too bad that was in my box that got stolen last year.
There was a little bit of mono on the other end, I'm betting the guy was running low on his main line and got a hookup on the backing and it broke.
I guess I've been lucky so far if thats my worst 
Crestliner2008 reply :
Back in the '70's, snagged a lamprey eel in the Ct. River! One ugly s.o.b.!
SirSnookalot reply :
I snagged ( on purpose ) a Manta Ray about 4' across that was swimming near the shore on the beach. I snagged it using a one ounce red tail hawk, land it, well not quite. After an epic battle with 4000 spinning reel and 15# line, I ran after the fish about a half mile reeling up line to avoid being spooled, the line broke within in a few feet of shore......the fish won.
freebie reply :
got the back of my sisters head once when we were little. pretty sure she wasnt too happy with me. we had to walk about a mile to get back to our campsite to have my dad take it out.
trevor reply :
On 11/6/2011 at 12:52 AM, SirSnookalot said:I snagged ( on purpose ) a Manta Ray about 4' across that was swimming near the shore on the beach. I snagged it using a one ounce red tail hawk, land it, well not quite. After an epic battle with 4000 spinning reel and 15# line, I ran after the fish about a half mile reeling up line to avoid being spooled, the line broke within in a few feet of shore......the fish won.
Same deal, but with a Smooth Butterfly Ray. I've done it with Cownose rays as well.
00 mod reply :
A 40+ lb Asian Carp! They are the worst thing ever for a fishery! At least this one didn't make it back in!
Jeff
SirSnookalot reply :
@ 00Mod, snagged or otherwise that is one impressive fish, one of this years best.
Bassn Blvd reply :
The worse thing I ever snagged while sober was my knuckle.
The worse thing while intoxicated was a 210 pound manatee that was lurking around my stool at closing time.
Packard reply :
On 11/6/2011 at 11:56 PM, 00 mod said:A 40+ lb Asian Carp! They are the worst thing ever for a fishery! At least this one didn't make it back in!
Jeff
Holy crap! What a fish, I bet it felt like you snagged a submarine.
00 mod reply :
We were snagging these things left and right while fishing from the bank by the running water from the culvert behind me! We caught several buffalo as well, and broke off (80lb mono) while fighting a couple in the same spot! NONE made it back in!
Jeff
Packard reply :
I went spearfishing in a lake full of carp and shot a 40 pounder and I thought it was going to drown me. (Keep in mind im 5'7" and 115lbs)
BASSclary reply :
On 11/7/2011 at 4:16 AM, Bassn Blvd said:The worse thing I ever snagged while sober was my knuckle.
The worse thing while intoxicated was a 210 pound manatee that was lurking around my stool at closing time.
LOL 
BASSclary reply :
But i've snagged a what looked to be an XXXXXXXXL cheetah print thong.. I just cut my line. I'd rather loose my x-rap then get some disease.
Abu Vasili reply :
I am not sure if this appropriate… but it is the god’s honest truth. While wading in the Conestoga River using Mepp’s Spinners for Smallmouth or Rock Bass, I snagged a…. vibrator. One of those with the wire connected to a remote to pick settings. It was terrible. This is not supposed to be offensive, nor do I wish to offend anyone. But I am not lying, I just about threw my rod into the river and gave up. Instead I flicked the thing a country mile into a tree and kept on fishing…
Stasher1 reply :
I reeled in a pair of boxers a couple months ago on a lipless crank. Now, I can only think of a few reasons why a grown man would shed their underwear in the lake...and none of them are pleasant. 
Packard reply :
On 11/8/2011 at 2:33 AM, Abu Vasili said:I am not sure if this appropriate… but it is the god’s honest truth. While wading in the Conestoga River using Mepp’s Spinners for Smallmouth or Rock Bass, I snagged a…. vibrator. One of those with the wire connected to a remote to pick settings. It was terrible. This is not supposed to be offensive, nor do I wish to offend anyone. But I am not lying, I just about threw my rod into the river and gave up. Instead I flicked the thing a country mile into a tree and kept on fishing…
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HEEF reply :
Worst thing I snagged was jagged bed rock.... 20 ft down in the river. Was in my kayak, so i went in after it. Dove down after it and came up with it snagged in my thumb because my kayak kept moving downstream pretty quick. Not a good time, had to cut the hook and push it through the side. OUCH! Got my crank back though!
BigMoneyGrip reply :
My buddy's ear. With a rat-l-trap. It shredded his ear and he must have bled out a quart. He was mad at me but he walked in my line of fire. We were back fishing the next day laughing about it.
brushhoggin reply :
On 11/8/2011 at 2:33 AM, Abu Vasili said:I am not sure if this appropriate… but it is the god’s honest truth. While wading in the Conestoga River using Mepp’s Spinners for Smallmouth or Rock Bass, I snagged a…. vibrator. One of those with the wire connected to a remote to pick settings. It was terrible. This is not supposed to be offensive, nor do I wish to offend anyone. But I am not lying, I just about threw my rod into the river and gave up. Instead I flicked the thing a country mile into a tree and kept on fishing…
some happy squirrels runnin around up there
Hi Salenity reply :
Bass_Fanatic reply :
On 11/9/2011 at 10:01 PM, HEEF said:Worst thing I snagged was jagged bed rock.... 20 ft down in the river. Was in my kayak, so i went in after it. Dove down after it and came up with it snagged in my thumb because my kayak kept moving downstream pretty quick. Not a good time, had to cut the hook and push it through the side. OUCH! Got my crank back though!
You must really like that crankbait!!! 20 ft dive, I would just break it off, even if it was a Mega or LC.
BrianSnat reply :
A seagull once when I was surf fishing. The thing went right after my lure it the air, thinking it was food or something.
A bat at my local lake. Same thing, it thought my lure was a bug and went after it.
CoBass reply :
Canadian goose. Swam right across my line then panicked and got himself tangled/snagged around his leg. Trust me, trying to untangle an angry goose from your line is not an easy thing to do without getting bit.
slonezp reply :
Me? I've caught fish entrails, a pushbroom and various other types of garbage, and turtles. My father on the other hand...has a tendency to snag birds. Alive, dead, it doesn't matter. Back in the early 80's we vacationed in San Diego and were fishing off one of the piers catching mackerel and feeding them to the seals swimming under the piers. My father casts out his line and hooks into a pelican. Well it turns out this pelican was a regular at the pier AND it had only one leg. It had apparently been hooked before. If I remember correctly, the bird was somewhat tame and a guy at the pier who was buddies with the pelican was able to coax the bird in and untangle it. He has also caught seagulls, loons, and ducks.
slonezp reply :
On 11/12/2011 at 12:27 AM, Hi Salenity said:
I've never caught anything on a Spook. Kudos to you
Bluebasser86 reply :
I caught an owl night fishing with a muskie jitterbug. Thought I'd hooked a monster bass from the big splash and drag pulling but when the line started to guy up like the fish was going to jump but it didn't stop going up 
The owl flew in front of the full moon and I realized my situation. Not sure what to do I laid into the owl hard to try to pull the hooks out and the owl must have lost it's bearings and did a nose dive into some blackberry bushes. Thankfully the hooks got tangled in the vines so when the owl took off again it pulled the hooks out, called it a night after that.
HEEF reply :
On 11/12/2011 at 9:55 AM, Bass_Fanatic said:You must really like that crankbait!!! 20 ft dive, I would just break it off, even if it was a Mega or LC.
It was a LC and i was crushing fish with it that day. I swim and dive well, I sure wasn't expecting to do that deep though. It was rough, but totally worth it!
Elk River reply :
I hooked a beaver while workin a spook.On spinning rod with 8 lb it was a good fight but broke me off.
Daniel My Brother reply :
On 11/18/2011 at 1:58 PM, Bluebasser86 said:I caught an owl night fishing with a muskie jitterbug. Thought I'd hooked a monster bass from the big splash and drag pulling but when the line started to guy up like the fish was going to jump but it didn't stop going up
The owl flew in front of the full moon and I realized my situation. Not sure what to do I laid into the owl hard to try to pull the hooks out and the owl must have lost it's bearings and did a nose dive into some blackberry bushes. Thankfully the hooks got tangled in the vines so when the owl took off again it pulled the hooks out, called it a night after that.Same thing happened to me one night. Same bait, too. My cousin started reeling the thing into the boat and I was screaming "What are you doing?!" I really didn't want an angry, injured owl in my boat. Luckily the owl was able to just let go.
Crankenstein Crony reply :
I snagged my brother in the earlobe when we were younger kids. He screamed like a little girl... oops! I snagged a seagull while fishing for crappies with a cane pole. I've caught a shopping cart and a lawn chair on the St. Joe river. Never know what you will catch out there. Weirdest thing I hooked into was a Nintendo 64 controller which also came out of the St. Joe river.
Louisiangler reply :
The worst thing I have ever personally snagged was a big snapping turtle. In Louisiana there are all over the place, and they are fight crazy...even more so with a hook in their face! I hate snagging turtles because its so hard to get the hook out of them. I have even seen them chase a live worm all the way ON to the bank, persistent little jokers. I have also snagged a big bag of what seemed to be a dead dog out of the Chattahoochee. My Brother snagged the BIGGEST Goldfish I have ever seen in my life (perhaps it was a Koi species of some sort), it was HUGE, like 8lbs, 15" long. I've seen my Uncle snag TWO eels back to back out of Lake Ponchatrain in New Orleans.
Will Wetline reply :
I had cast under the limbs of an overhanging branch. As soon as I started the retrieve I felt weight - heavy weight. But it wasn't fighting. I didn't know what it was but thought that a branch would have broken the surface.
About halfway back to the boat this non-largemouth object revealed itself: a snapping turtle, about 20 lbs. worth.
Let me ask you this - what are the odds that on a 500 acre lake you are going to make a cast so precise that you slide the hook just under the front edge of a snapper's shell?
Alrighty then. I'm reeling slower now, doncha know, watching jaws wildly snap at air and thinking that I really don't want to share the boat with this enraged reptile . . . but on the other hand, I didn't want to leave a 5/0 hook in its shell.
I brought the beast to the side of the boat, looked at my long nose pliers . . . would they be long enough?
Yes, they were. I then decided to try some offshore spots I knew.
Louisiangler reply :
On 3/6/2012 at 7:08 AM, Will Wetline said:I had cast under the limbs of an overhanging branch. As soon as I started the retrieve I felt weight - heavy weight. But it wasn't fighting. I didn't know what it was but thought that a branch would have broken the surface.
About halfway back to the boat this non-largemouth object revealed itself: a snapping turtle, about 20 lbs. worth.
Let me ask you this - what are the odds that on a 500 acre lake you are going to make a cast so precise that you slide the hook just under the front edge of a snapper's shell?
Alrighty then. I'm reeling slower now, doncha know, watching jaws wildly snap at air and thinking that I really don't want to share the boat with this enraged reptile . . . but on the other hand, I didn't want to leave a 5/0 hook in its shell.
I brought the beast to the side of the boat, looked at my long nose pliers . . . would they be long enough?
Yes, they were. I then decided to try some offshore spots I knew.
On a similar note, just Thursday I was fishing and cast out a BRAND NEW Cotton Cordell crankbait, about a 2 - 3ft diver. Just as I got it out there good and started to crank it back, it got hung!! Needless to say I was rather unpleased. But early I had caught nice sized Largemouth, so I was like 'you win some, you lose some'. Then after 10 casts with a Bomber A in another direction, I decided to put on my trusty Hot Spot (lipless crank), and would you believe I cast out in the same area and snagged the lure that I had just previously lost!! What are the odds of that?! To not only cast at the right angle, but to actually get it to the right depth to somehow snag my crankbait from whatever it was snagged on. That was certainly ALL sheer probability, and had NOTHING to do with my casting ability, because I had no intention of cast back near that snag, but I had apparently forgotten where it was. I'm just glad I got my lure back!! lol. Amazing what you can catch sometimes besides fish.
aclark609 reply :
I've snagged and even gotten large snapping turtles to bite my lures in a pond I used to fish. I really don't enjoy getting those hooks out of their mouths.
PondBassin reply :
Caught a nice sized snapping turtle two days ago on a spinnerbait... needless to say I couldn't get that spinnerbait back. When I first started fishing, I snagged a reel I accididently threw into the river just by luck.
wisconsin heat reply :
my thumb 
Hooligan reply :
I got a new one after last week. Fishing a tournament and my non-boater catches an honest to goodness underground cable. They claim the conduit was somehow eroded and he snagged it just right. Thankfully, it was a long dead test routing for a fiber optic line. I didn't want to doubt the guy when he said it was moving, which it was because of the boat, but man, was it hilarious when he finally saw it. He went all sorts of berserk, "What do I do, do we call someone? Where to we go, to unhook it? Is it live? What if it's live? Can it shock me in the boat? What do I do? I don't have the money to pay for this... We razzed him about it for the remainder of the tournament. That was day one of a three day.
urp reply :
Walleye
Pete-K reply :
Ex-GirlFriend. But then again she was easy.....
No the sad part is I snagged a dead lady with the prop of my motor back around 1980. She had ran into the flood waters close to our house. Was Putting the boat in, Started the motor up. When the prop got a shirt wrapped around the prop. Got that off wondering why a shirt was in this spot, Then when taking off with the boat almost hit her car, The water was just over the top. When the waves lapped over it you could see the red Car.. Now the bad part is I did not know there was a body with the shirt. So when I got back to the house I called this in. Everyone showed up to get the car out, They searched for the lady 5 days. Then found her right where I had snagged the shirt in the prop. When they got her out of the water, most of one shirt was gone. Man that was close... Never wish this one anyone.
telmomarques reply :
On 3/6/2012 at 8:03 PM, Pete-K said:Ex-GirlFriend. But then again she was easy.....
No the sad part is I snagged a dead lady with the prop of my motor back around 1980. She had ran into the flood waters close to our house. Was Putting the boat in, Started the motor up. When the prop got a shirt wrapped around the prop. Got that off wondering why a shirt was in this spot, Then when taking off with the boat almost hit her car, The water was just over the top. When the waves lapped over it you could see the red Car.. Now the bad part is I did not know there was a body with the shirt. So when I got back to the house I called this in. Everyone showed up to get the car out, They searched for the lady 5 days. Then found her right where I had snagged the shirt in the prop. When they got her out of the water, most of one shirt was gone. Man that was close... Never wish this one anyone.
pics or it did not happen
redboat reply :
I snagged my thumb. Normally that would not be a big deal; I've had hooks in my fingers before, but this was the first time I'd done it with the fish also on the hook flipping around, and at night to boot. Plus my fishing buddy was laughing so hard he was no help.
Wildbillb reply :
I river fish a lot. I have snagged all sorts of fun stuff.....pillow (like the one you sleep on), skateboard, bmx bike and a lawn chair just to name a few.
wakeeater reply :
i went to set the hook in the dark when i was fishing a shakey head in four foot of water. well, there was no fish & it was too dark to dodge the hook....so it snagged me on the bridge of the nose, right between the eyes.
DRhodes reply :
Snapping Turtle
Diggy reply :
A dead puffy raccoon baking in the Florida sun in a canal
Frog Turds reply :
On 3/7/2012 at 11:02 PM, Diggy said:A dead puffy raccoon baking in the Florida son in a canal
nice, did ya pop him? lol
NCbassmaster4Life reply :
A plastic bag with lures hooked on it. It was bad cause the lures were all rusted...
rad07h reply :
Shopping cart, and a HUGE turtle on an A rig
pussiwillow reply :
i used to fish a pier near my house every weekend, i snagged a brand new cotton cordel lure, with 10 feet of line on it, my hook caught the line tie split ring, one in a million i thought, later that day i called my dad and told him i snagged a lure that was new he told me he lost his new black and chrome cotton cordel 2 days ago at that pier, i am still wondering what were the odds...
RyneB reply :
I river fish a few times a year so iv hooked some stuff. A little kids bike,lawn chair, old pull tab Old Style can, a shoe (best fight ever), a cat fish rod and reel with catfish attached.
J Francho reply :
You really haven't lived life to it's fullest until you've caught a shopping cart in current!
SENKOSAM reply :
Two thinks:
An 18 lb carp last year and a friends brow with a jig. Good thing I had a surgical blade and a steady hand. Never even left a scar.
NZ6 reply :
A bat last year while throwing a spinner at night it was screaming as I was bringing it in had my wife with me an them she started to scream
Siebert Outdoors reply :
My boss! Not a good idea.
jignfule reply :
we finally got a divorce, but thank for bringing up very painful memories
Bassfisherman94 reply :
Nasty Snapping turtles the size of trashcan lids and carp 30-40 lbs.
Diggy reply :
On 3/8/2012 at 2:45 AM, Frog Turds said:nice, did ya pop him? lol
like jiffy pop
Senkoman12 reply :
my boater. i got him with a 1/2oz spinnerbait to the back of the head. i felt so bad and always will. he was a good guy about and were good. he still busts chops about it but then again he does for everything
Mobydick reply :
A HUGE freshwater clam shell in Meadow Grounds Lake, central PA. It was around 11" in length and 4" high. My dad and I almost thought it was fake. That lake is loaded with freshwater clams, some big ones too!
Pete-K reply :
On 3/6/2012 at 11:53 PM, telmomarques said:pics or it did not happen
No camara back in those days, And way before cell phones. I know it was in the news. Along with papers. But thats about it, Plus I know it happend and would not wish that on anyone. That was back when there was no phone calls in the boat or Camara's for me anyways. I was a river rat and country boy. Grew up on the Tn River 4 miles down stream from Pickwick dam.
Pete
Chattahoochee reply :
An Umbrella Rig on a 'trap.
Mdevo9 reply :
A goose the other day. Crossed my line and got tangled in the hook.
auburn5 reply :
A goose that flew right in the path of my spinnerbait
bigbill reply :
A snapping turtle the size of a jeep 15'' rim and 235 tire. It was tooth and claw all the way in and he fought better than any LMB i ever caught. I didn't get my hook back so i cut the line. We have anothersnapper thats about 4' in diameter (shell) it has a head the size of a human head. I hooked up with it once and when the head came up my son said it was a log in the water. I said its the head of a turtle, a very large turtle.
Turtles i can deal with its the very aggressive water snakes is what i hate.
buoyeljusto reply :
I got a big ole buoy once back in '08
outdoorsman110 reply :
I snagged a mechanic suit in the Potomac river, no big deal right? It was covered in blood.
etommy28 reply :
a sawed off shot gun..... i think that one takes the cake for me. also shirts, shoes, all that kinds of fun stuff. i did snag a line with a 4 pound bass on it during a tourny, i called the director and they let me keep it.
peppyjd reply :
I snagged underwear (mens thong type), and thought it was uber gross until I read this post. Now I realize I have had it easy...
IGotJokes reply :
A fish and game officer. He checked my liscense and catch after that.
matt l. reply :
I snagged a trash can a few days ago fishing at a local lake. My dad accidently got a baby duck one time... but he was fine after we untangled him.
outdoorsgirl110 reply :
Horseshoe crab, crab pot/bouy, plastic bottle, and of course driftwood & snagged on rocks nuffin out of the ordinary.
CyRaX reply :
I caught a duck once, i seen it come out of nowhere and i tried to reel in my line as quick as possible but apprently ducks are pretty d**n quick.. When he grabbed at the bait he flew about 10 feet in the air. I didn't know what to do i didn't wanna jerk it and hurt him/her and i also didn't wanna cut the line and have him flying around with a hook and string hanging from his mouth. After about a minute or so the hook just came loose and the duck flew away. Very random but glad the duck was alright
angler3 reply :
a snapping turtle while flipping a sweet beaver, thing bit like a bass, they are nasty and mean trying to get the hook out, thought i was going to be that guy from happy gilmore with the wooden hand 
angler3 reply :
also had a close call with an osprey trying to get my spook, that might have been ugly
SoCalFisher reply :
A pelican, it was a pretty good fight.
SAC2 reply :
caught a snag once in a lake i fish in deep water. kept it tight and started crankin on it and it broke loose. brought it in and it was part of a flannel shirt.....didnt want to imagine what it was attached to. caught a few snapping turtles, boated a few rocks, couple bed springs
Geoff Sandvik reply :
About 20 years ago I was a volunteer paramedic on my friends Coast Auxillary boat we got an Urgent call from a boat. When we showed up a bunch of guys were barfing from what they snagged! They had out two umbrella rigs trolling and they snagged a foot locker. They dragged it on board and cut it open only to find a rotting corpse! The worst part was police would't take it off their boat until they returned to the dock! Gross!
Gtmj115 reply :
My neighborhood pond is full of huge alligator snapping turtles, and I've snagged a couple of those. Scary SOB's
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