Strangest thing you ever caught while fishing??

[pressfit]

I was throwing a cast net 2-3 years ago below wheeler dam in the swift water and caught a needlefish... I brought it back to the cabin and showed the family and released it back.. it was about 10 inches long and 3/4 inch diameter.. I couldnt beleive it.. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt ... IsBEPwdMA4

 

[pressfit]

I also caught a big ole waterdog..mudpuppy years ago on a limb line.. it was about a foot long... I thought it was dead,when i touched it.. it started wiggling and flipping and it creeped me out.. I cut it loose and let it go..lol..

 

[catman529]

Dropped my lure in front of a cottonmouth and caught it... Also below old hickory dam last year I was on my boat and some Mexicans on the bank caught a eel, they asked me to take it off the hook... Lol... Well that was the slimiest bass-turd I have ever grabbed a hold of.

I've also caught ducks while grass carp fishing in ponds. Not that strange considering ducks live eating white bread.

My buddy caught a rock bass last year that had part of a hook coming out its butt hole.

 

[Outdoor life]

I've caught a mudpuppy as well, caught sculpin, logperch, but I bet I'm one of a very few people to actually reel in a rock haha

 

[catman529]

I've caught a mudpuppy as well, caught sculpin, logperch, but I bet I'm one of a very few people to actually reel in a rock haha

oh I have reeled in a rock too :D last time I caught sculpin, I was wading a creek at night in between turkey hunts on public land. With a flashlight I was catching banded sculpin, studfish, tadpoles, and tons of crawfish with my bare hands. I have caught logperch in the cast net on occasion.

Never seen or caught a mud puppy...

 

[stik]

rocks, mussels, octopus(NOT in tn :D ),saw a guy catch an osprey in nc, turtles...

 

[GRAMPS]

Caught an owl one night while bass fishing. I cast out a spinnerbait and suddenly felt the line jerk without hearing the spinnerbait hit the water. After a pretty weird fight with my line being up in the air, I finally reeled in a screech owl. The spinnerbait was in one of his feet or whatever you call them on an owl. I was finally able to net him and I just cut the fishing line. I tried to pull the hook out with a pair of needle nose pliers but the hook fell out while the owl was flopping around in the net.

When the owl finally flew off after flopping around in the boat for a while, I was not sure who was shook up more: him or me. :D

 

[Craddock1]

I once caught a pipeline hanger fishing under a bridge. I was using 80# line on my catfish pole. Hanger weighed about 50#. Once I got it loose from the bottom it made me think I had a fish.

 

[TN Larry]

I have caught or seen a little bit of everything caught - rocks, shoes, beer cans, fishing plugs, rod & reel, etc.

The most odd was that a few years ago I caugt a Hellbender while sauger fishing at Cordell Hull. I had no idea what it was until we did some research. We knew it was too big to be a water dog or mud puppy. It looked like a swamp monster to me. :) It was not too happy to have a sauger jig and stinger hook in its side. It latched on to a pair of pliars as we were trying to get it unhooked. The reasearch that we did said that they were relatively calm until provoked. I guess having 4 hooks in it along with being pulled backwards from 50 ft of water to the surface was enough to provoke it. :)

 

[Mossy Oak]

This lamprey was stuck on the side of a big grass carp.

 

[catman529]

This lamprey was stuck on the side of a big grass carp.

dang I hooked a carp one time that had a lamprey on it, but it came unlatched before I landed the fish.

 

[Football Hunter]

Trolling motor at Center Hill

 

[woodsman87]

I caught a hybrid bass that had a lamprey on it. Probably the most strange to me. Im sure lampreys get caught often though.

 

[Bayou Buck]

I've caught a ton of crabs and some stingrays but that was in Louisiana. Other than that, nothing too exciting.

 

[huntintn]

caught a trotline on time, that wasn't strange the body hung up in the trotline was though. Burnt all day messing with the LEOs, wanted to haul him back with my boat, I said NO,NO,NO.

 

[Football Hunter]

caught a trotline on time, that wasn't strange the body hung up in the trotline was though. Burnt all day messing with the LEOs, wanted to haul him back with my boat, I said NO,NO,NO.

What???You hooked a trot line,with a dead body on it???

 

[huntintn]

caught a trotline on time, that wasn't strange the body hung up in the trotline was though. Burnt all day messing with the LEOs, wanted to haul him back with my boat, I said NO,NO,NO.

What???You hooked a trot line,with a dead body on it???

Yep hung in on a crankbait when I pulled the line up to get my bait a body was hooked 3 ft from wher my crankbait was. From the looks of it it had been there awhile. Tied a marker bouye to the trot line and went to call LEOs.

 

[Dbllunger]

caught a trotline on time, that wasn't strange the body hung up in the trotline was though. Burnt all day messing with the LEOs, wanted to haul him back with my boat, I said NO,NO,NO.

Ding..Ding...Ding...We have a winner!!! Wow!

I caught a sea turtle once...not near as weird as a human body though

 

[Benelli 4 Life]

I caught a 10lb or so coon one night on a jitterbug. Put up a heck of fight too.

 

[Crosshairy]

yeah...the dead body wins :D

I've seen a hellbender while fishing, but didn't actually catch it. It was big though...nearly 2 feet long.

Other stuff...
- a mussel or two,
- a crappie with a lamprey attached
- My dad and I caught the same bass at the same time (it ate both of our lures and we reeled it in together)
- A couple of rocks (mostly with crankbaits)
- Grass carp on a crankbait (9 lbs)
- 2 or 3 times had bass eat the bream I was reeling in
- My son and I caught a flathead catfish last year in a pay lake that supposedly only had channel cats in it (owner was pretty surprised!)

 

[RUGER]

I caught a rock one time that was bigger than a softball.
:D

 

[Kevin]

I caught a rod and reel when i was about 9, that my dad had thrown in the lake when he was 11, It was pretty neat.

My grandad lives on a 700+ acre lake in southwest memphis, and was in the boat when my dad threw it in the water out of frustration, was also in the boat when i pulled up the old rod. Really neat to me, I loved telling him what i had caught!

 

[Outdoor life]

I've caught a mudpuppy as well, caught sculpin, logperch, but I bet I'm one of a very few people to actually reel in a rock haha

oh I have reeled in a rock too :D last time I caught sculpin, I was wading a creek at night in between turkey hunts on public land. With a flashlight I was catching banded sculpin, studfish, tadpoles, and tons of crawfish with my bare hands. I have caught logperch in the cast net on occasion.

Never seen or caught a mud puppy...

hey hey, good I'm not alone in reeling in a rock :D

 

[moondawg]

A bundle of oregano. Or was it thyme or rosemary? I don't remember. But I was fishing in Gulf Islands Nat'l park and hooked something. Reeled it in, and it was a bundle of herbs (the legal kind).

 

[northeasthunter]

a blue lobster

 

[chip]

A budddy of mine caught a catfish basket full of catfish while we were sauger fishing the tn river . It was full of channel cats we thought he hung a log but you could feel them moving on the line . He was using 40lb fireline and hauled in atleast 80lbs of fish .

 

[pressfit]

last year my family and I was fishing the swift water below wheeler dam and I had a anchor tied with a yellow rope to the front of the boat.. we got ready to move and the anchor was hung up and would not let go..I had to cut the line and lost my (store bought) anchor.. we moved to another spot.. probably 100 feet away ..I made a cast and hooked something.. I reeled it in and it was a blue rope with a (store bought) anchor attached... I tied it on and went right on fishing..LOL

 

[catman529]

yeah...the dead body wins :D

I've seen a hellbender while fishing, but didn't actually catch it. It was big though...nearly 2 feet long.

Other stuff...
- a mussel or two,
- a crappie with a lamprey attached
- My dad and I caught the same bass at the same time (it ate both of our lures and we reeled it in together)
- A couple of rocks (mostly with crankbaits)
- Grass carp on a crankbait (9 lbs)
- 2 or 3 times had bass eat the bream I was reeling in
- My son and I caught a flathead catfish last year in a pay lake that supposedly only had channel cats in it (owner was pretty surprised!)

a buddy and I once caught the same bullhead at the same time... He took both our baits in a row

 

[SilverFox]

Underwear, rocks, a 30 pound anchor, and a duck I guess are the strangest things I can remember catching.

I set the hook on the anchor with a rattletrap (at least that's what I think I was throwing) and you talk about a fight. It had probably 30-40 foot of rope on it. When the rope got tight I had no clue what I had. I eased the boat up and the anchor rope came into view.

The duck I caught on a jig. The wind caught the jig (crappie jig) and the duck flew right into it. 6lb braided line that was 2lb diameter. Try pulling that in by hand with a duck trying to get under docks on you. I cut the hook and ran it back out. He was happy to get set free.

 

[Urban_Hunter]

Jet Ski. In a tournament half way back in a 400-500 yard long creek channel (cove) and jet ski came hauling in 45mph 20 ft from us. Got to the back of the cove, turned around, and headed out... again hauling balls. My partner dropped his pole, grabbed another with a football jig and whizzed it at least 1,000 mph at them. Busted the cover for the front console on the ski. As they stopped my buddy started yelling and jumped in the driver seat to give chase I guess. They took off scared to death, yanking my buddies pole off the boat. I was stunned at the whole situation and I couldn't stop laughing at how mad he was, even though it pissed me off too! Looking back, he could have killed one of them with that jig! Not to mention, it was a teen with his girlfriend on the ski.