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i've caught a brick it had a wire attached to it and that's what i snagged 

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Caught a beaver while fly fishing the beaver dams in Vedauwoo Wilderness, WY.  Wasn't paying attention to anything but the trout that were plentiful so I didn't see him until he was too close to get my line out of his way. It was a juvenile so not terribly big (or heavy) but did put quite a strain on the 3 wt. fly rod I was using. Long story short I snagged him right behind the right fore leg, needless to say he wasn't too happy about it. As I got him closer, it dawned on me that the hook had to come out. I quickly decided to snip the leader, saving myself and the beaver from further harm.  :unsure:

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I was fly fishing for striped bass off South Beach at Cape Cod one spring and hooked something really, really big... it just swam away without even a headshake, peeling the line, then the backing, off my reel.  I thought I was going to get spooled when the run suddenly stopped.  Out near where I figured my fly was, a seal surfaced.  I thought "No way... can't be."  I gave the line a good tug and sure enough, the seal took off and the reel started screaming again.  I cinched down on the spool and broke him off.

Tight lines,

Bob

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Late 60s snagged & pulled up the body of a drowned angler!

Something I don't care to duplicate!

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I had a pelican dive-bomb my lure. Getting him free was a real fiasco. Had to straddle him, pry open his bill, and unhook the lure from his throat. We both survived the ordeal. :)

 

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You ever see an old cartoon of a guy catching a boot? I did that. Caught a boot; the old style buckle up rain boot with a crankbait. Was looking around for Wiley E Coyote.

Also caught a cheap aluminum folder ladder, on a senko.

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6 hours ago, LastCast721 said:

Lmao.... that's crazy... I would of ran around like a maniac... I will never forget the time that I was fishing and stepped on a ground bees nest.. I thought I ran into a pricker bush and kept fishing till the pain got worse.. Looked down and I had about 20 bees on my leg.. I threw my rod and started running and took my shirt off and they were all over me.. Sucked...

Been there done that, got the welts.  Once while hiking to a small lake in the middle of nowhere in Michigan I found a nice clearing in the trees and decided to take a break and eat lunch.  little did I know that the clearing was full of fire ant holes!  I had sat down so I had the fire ants way up my pants, on face, and everywhere else.  I am glad no one was around cause I ripped all my clothes off and ran out of there as fast as I could.

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4 hours ago, FrogFreak said:

Best catch that wasn't a fish...my wife!

Dang it!! You beat me to it.

I caught a clam once on a T rig Jelly worm. Must have thrown it right into the shell.

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20 minutes ago, Centralinfinnesse said:

Been there done that, got the welts.  Once while hiking to a small lake in the middle of nowhere in Michigan I found a nice clearing in the trees and decided to take a break and eat lunch.  little did I know that the clearing was full of fire ant holes!  I had sat down so I had the fire ants way up my pants, on face, and everywhere else.  I am glad no one was around cause I ripped all my clothes off and ran out of there as fast as I could.

Yeah, you got me on that one.. Crazy...

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7 hours ago, LastCast721 said:

Lmao.... that's crazy... I would of ran around like a maniac... I will never forget the time that I was fishing and stepped on a ground bees nest.. I thought I ran into a pricker bush and kept fishing till the pain got worse.. Looked down and I had about 20 bees on my leg.. I threw my rod and started running and took my shirt off and they were all over me.. Sucked...

 

Uuuugh I did that once, they flew straight up my pants!!  Stung me up something fierce and so fast all over I thought I was being electrocuted!  I had to rip off my belt, literally somersaulted out of my shoes/pants and ran away from my jeans barefoot and swatting like you see in the cartoons- 2ft off the ground the whole time haha wow that hurt...  Jewels saved though, totally worth it!!

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5 hours ago, FrogFreak said:

Best catch that wasn't a fish...my wife!

Brownie points lol.B)

The list is pretty long. From what I can remember ... A big gator, duck flying by, couple fishing rods.

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Hooked a brick on a football jig once. When I set the hook it started rolling down the bank. Felt like a 10lb spot

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5 hours ago, Catt said:

Late 60s snagged & pulled up the body of a drowned angler!

Something I don't care to duplicate!

Oh my Gosh. Can we just acknowledge this guys? What the hey!? That's traumatizing. 

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Last summer I was fishing a small pond next to the St. Johns river. I had a KVD frog on, and I tossed it to one end of the pond and after a few twitches a Red Tail Hawk swooped down and grabbed it. For 10 or 12 seconds he was holding on to it and wouldn't let go, thank god he finally let it go! It was definitely the wildest thing I've caught.

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6 hours ago, Catt said:

Late 60s snagged & pulled up the body of a drowned angler!

Something I don't care to duplicate!

You win the Internet for today with that response. I agree with you I wouldn't want to duplicate that catch either!

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6 hours ago, Catt said:

Late 60s snagged & pulled up the body of a drowned angler!

Something I don't care to duplicate!

I was waiting for someone to pull up a gun or a body. That must have been awful. I imagine bodies don't look so great after being in the water for a few days

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When I first started fishing tournament it was pretty cool to start catching shells. You always hear guys saying to fish shell beds and its a good way to find fish. I was snagging small ones and then I ran into one the size of my hand. That was pretty natural but some of the unnatural things I've snagged are a pole, my own lost bait, socks, trash bags,beer bottle, and much more. There's trash everywhere and it really sucks. The coolest thing was a giant metal table. I snagged it in murky water one day and didnt know what it was. I thought it was a metal piece of the dock. When the water cleared the next day I was able to see an entire outdoor table. No others near it to match just right in the water, I'll post a picture down the road if its still there. 

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^ Couple weeks and the hooks on the spro still didnt rust out. I don't believe in the "hook will rust out" mentality.

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I must not fish as much as any of you (which I don't believe to be the case) or I fish in some boring waters because the only thing I've ever pulled out of the water is a sandal..... :mellow:

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20 dollar bill in a plastic bag , used it to by some fishing line later 

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Folding lawn chair that I thought was the new state record bass. Rods, stringers, shoes, bike, shopping cart, volleyball net, deer leg, orange cone.

 

Allen

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6 hours ago, SemperBass said:

I must not fish as much as any of you (which I don't believe to be the case) or I fish in some boring waters because the only thing I've ever pulled out of the water is a sandal..... :mellow:

Oh c'mon Semper, you could have embellished a little and said it was all that was left of Osama :unsure:

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7 minutes ago, wnspain said:

Oh c'mon Semper, you could have embellished a little and said it was all that was left of Osama :unsure:

Now that you say that, I do recall a leg attached. Phew, thanks for the reminder! I almost had a heart attack thinking I was boring! ;)

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I caught a Commorant under water on a crankbait one time. My son caught a women's high heel shoe one time that looked fairly new. We thought there might be a body down there also so we called the cops and they took our statement but never did anything for some reason. I guess nobody was reported missing. We call that part of the lake dead ladies corner and don't fish it anymore. We are still a little freaked out by catching a high heel that didn't look like it was under water long. 

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