Craziest miscatch

[eweatherston]

Just wondering what your craziest miscatch is? Last year I accidentally hooked a snapper. One of the scariest experience of my life was trying to untangle the thing. A friend was using a stick to keep its mouth occupied while i untangled its legs. Luckily once untangled the hook fell out of its mouth.

 

[Giuga10]

Must have been one hell of a fight .

 

[Knuguy]

I saw a guy catch a tern once. Looked really funny watching him reel it in, all the while looking up instead of down into the water.

 

[CanadianAngler87]

Probs the same thing caught a couple snappers in my life. Had seagulls and geese fly into my line but fortunatly they didnt get hooked

 

[jc53]

Several years ago caught a bat which flew into my line at port credit.

 

[Rain-Bow]

The craziest "miscatch" for me would probably be the 200-300lb blue marlin my dad and I got while fishing at Punta Cana. Also a snapping turtle at Earl Rowe.

 

[BearInTheWoods]

A Loon for me, thought it was a 20 pound laker when it hit

 

[iJay]

Craziest - Some kinda of endangered Hawk/falcon in Florida.

Scariest- Stingray while fishing on the skyway bridge in TAMPA (not Burlington LOL)

Oddest looking - Salt water dogfish

 

[rich_ace_G]

Seagull...fights like a bass...on air. I was surprised a 15lb mono held up and i get to keep my minnow rap.

 

[Knuguy]

Seagulls get a bad rap. If it was a good one I'm surprised it was interested! :mrgreen:

 

[iJay]

LOL you could fish with a piece of KFC and catch a gull! They don't get a bad rap they are pests!

 

[rich_ace_G]

funny thing is the gull hit my rap underwater...i was extatic when i felt the tug...thought a trout jump higher than 3ft from surface then the wings unfold...it letgo before i can cut the line.

 

[iJay]

^
I can hear you thinking to urself.
ooooOOSET THE HOOK.....down and leave the bait alone

 

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LOL you could fish with a piece of KFC and catch a gull! They don't get a bad rap they are pests!

meh they're only pests cause we made them that way by feeding them at parks

i've caught snapping turtles in red bay, with jaws strong enough to snap through a 2 inch branch

 

[remyboy1]

me and the boys had one tumble towards us in Orangeville river--dude was big and aggressive--doing cartwheels at 20MPH in the current

 

[Knuguy]

meh they're only pests cause we made them that way by feeding them at parks

Yes, we are the pests. Like Pogo said "we've seen the enemy and he is us"

 

[Knuguy]

funny thing is the gull hit my rap underwater..

I didn't think gulls dove!? Terns do---are you sure it wasn't a tern?

 

[rich_ace_G]

I didn't think gulls dove!? Terns do---are you sure it wasn't a tern?

do they look alike. i was certain it was a gull. white feathers long beak. i'd have to do some googling.

 

[eweatherston]

Hahaha great stories guys I cant imagine a bird getting hooked that would make for an interesting day. When I had the snapper on I thought I had a new pb fish on until the snapper broke the surface and all I could think then was how the heck am I going to get myself out of this situation lol.

 

[Dugger]

.... a World War 1 era motorcycle on salmon gear and a European Spiny Water Flea on a white twister on a tiny lake in Parry Sound District (ok ok so the flea didn't "hit" the jig but he/she hitched a ride on it back to the boat.... I was surprised by the size of that invasive