Caught a dog

[moloch16]

When I was young I was obsessed with bass fishing but my bass fishing skills were far from decent so I ended up catching a lot of stuff other than bass.

One day I was fishing a farm pond on a ranch. The ranch of course had a lot of really nice dogs that pretty much had free reign of the place. So there I am fishing this farm pond with some lure and about the time I start a cast a farm dog wanders behind me where I can't see and sure enough I hook him in the back on the forward cast

Well the dog didn't like that at all so he runs like mad to the horse stable which is home for this particular dog. The only thing I could do is run like mad behind the dog because I didn't want to apply any pressure to the line and dig the hook into the dog.  It's been so long I can't remember if he was taking line or what but there I was running behind a dog I just hooked with my fishing pole.

So we arrive at the stables and the dog is freaking out and I'm nearly dead from trying to keep up with a running dog. Some ranch hands run over to see what the problem is. Luckily the hook never went pass the barb and was easily removed.

Other things I've caught include ducks, turtles, oyters and clams.

[Mepps]

Hahaha, great story. Glad everything worked out. Good thing your hook/lure was ok. ;D

I remember a few years back I was fishing in the outer banks on a pier and I saw a fella cast and hook a flying seagull, it was great. 8-)

[SimonSays]

I've had birds fly straight into my braided line before, most free themselves after a bit of struggling...one unfortunately struggled so hard it tangled up and strangled itself =/

[J Francho]

My uncle pulled up a dead dog fishing at our cottage years ago.

[MichiganFisherman]

I've caught a dog too before.  I had set my pole down when my uncle and his dog came up and was talkin and the next thing I know the dog is taking off yelpin.  My spinnerbait hook went right through one of the toe pads on his foot.  It was deep...had to cut the hook and slide it out.  Felt kinda bad about that one.

[bigfruits]

i caught a beaver and several snapping turtles. someone caught me in the cheek once.