Your most unusual catch...and what bait did you catch it on?

[RiskKid.]

Was crankin Saturday on Old Hickory Lake using a Strike King series 5 Sexy Shad....hooked into something, didn't put up much of a fight. Was surprised to land an unopened can of Bush beer. Hooked it on the upper lip. It was rusted out so the contents was compromised, I decided to release it to the recycling bin.  

[tritz18]

I was fishing a senko off a shallow flat and caught a backpack. Surprisingly it put up a really good fight  

[Muddy]

One -eyed bleach blond stripper, with a lisp: caught her on 6 shots of Cuervo Gold

[Siebert Outdoors]

never caught anything real weird.  Just a fishing pole and a couple rocks with holes in them.

[fathom]

6' water mocassin on a 4f fat a.

never let 'em tell you they only swim on TOP of the water.

[Eddie Munster]

Fishing in a river in Pittsburgh, PA I hooked a bucket by the handle on a Mepps Spinner. Good fight with the current that day.

[Branuss04]

I caught a frog.... on a frog once  :-/

Had a trip with 2 buddies where we didn't catch any fish, but one buddy caught a jar of powerbait, one caught a 5 iron, and I caught a mussel of some sort    ;D

[pa mountain man]

Fishing for carp on the Allegheny, in one trip we caught a 12" block, a 20" bike, a piece of carpet, a wiring harness, and an inflatable doll. :-?

Caught em' on 30lb test and sheetz bagels. ;D

[joshuaryan]

Caught two Chinook salmon when I didn't even know there were Salmon around.

[joshuaryan]

Oh yeah, I also cuaght a bass with a $200 reward tag.  

[BrnzeBckStalker]

I was fishing in my friends dads' airport farm ponds, and I caught a snapping turtle on a rattle trap. It took me a good 20+ minutes to get the hook out of his mouth.

[bass or bass ?]

While fishing on the Deerfield Beach Fishing Pier, Deerfield Beach Florida, I caught a seagull about 20' above the water in mid cast on a Mirro-Lure. Fought it down from the sky. That was one po'd bird. > Also caught an 18# softshelled turtle in Cypress Creek right next to my grandparents house in Ft.Lauderdale Florida. Another po'd creature. Happy fishing.

[Quitlimpin]

I was fishing in my friends dads' airport farm ponds, and I caught a snapping turtle on a rattle trap. It took me a good 20+ minutes to get the hook out of his mouth.

That turtle woulda been the proud owner of a new rattle trap if it were me.  

Last week I caught a roof turbine on a c-rig.  Big sweepin hookset right into the blades.  I'd say it was a solid 8 lb'r ;D.

[preach4bass]

Caught a goose and a seagull, both on torpedos. :-/

And, yea, they put up a good fight.

[Boogey Man]

I caught an eight or nine inch bass off a bare treble hook once. A buddy of mine dropped his rod and reel over the side the boat and I put a sinker and a treble hook on one of my rods and was dragging the bottom trying to snag his line. We never did find his combo though.

[bigtimfish]

It's kinda cliche but I did in fact catch an old boot.

[fish-fighting-illini]

I watched a buddy of mine reel in an umbrella

I caught my wife on a bet with a friend

[suenrod]

I took my daughters fishing when they were very young. It was a stocked lake owned by the company I worked for. (Norfolk Southern Railway)

Both were fishing from the bank with simple cane poles and crickets. Catching small panfish. My oldest was not catching much and laid her pole down. Just then the pole darted out into the water and just kept going, and going, and going.

She was upset that she lost her pole so I took her up to the dock and used one of the row boats they supplied to start chasing the pole all over the lake. After about a hour of rowing, we managed to catch up to the pole. I grabbed it and handed it to her to pull in. It was a

3-4lb catfish!!

She was thrilled!! I actually didn't think we had a chance to catch the floating pole with just a row boat but I had to try.

It's now one of my fondest memories and a good fish story to boot!

RoD

[guitarkid]

I caught a sock out of a pond the other day...

              -gk

[Cant_catch_fish]

I was bobber fishing and i caught my cousin. Got him right in the cheek. actually i think i caught him like 2 other times too. i would think he would learn to stay away from me. My casting hasnt got better with age. Oh and there is a smallie(about maybe a lb or probably less) that has 2 of my crank baits on Fort Leonard Wood.

[suenrod]

When I was a young boy, I was fishing off a bank with a dropoff to the water. There was a large bullfrog just over the banks edge just croaking away. I had a small panfish hook on my line and a piece of worm. I dangled it in front of the frog for a while and he snatched it. Hooked him right in the lip. The place I bought bait from traded me a box of worms for him.  

They said to bring any more I caught since they loved frog legs.  :-X

RoD