AKnook
Well-Known Member
Just wondering what is the weirdest thing anyone has hooked into. I read a story about a snapping turtle being hooked and thought this may be fun.
I have also hooked a turtle in a lake in port perry many years ago. It was a huge turtle, a slider type turlte. I couldn't get the hook out and had to just cut the line. Later in that day in the marina the manager there stated to us that she hoped we see the camps mascot in the water some day because it has been showing itself very frequently.....The mascot was the turlte I hooked into a few hours before. lol. It wasn't hooked too bad but it just wouldn't let me get it out.
One time fishing in Prince William Sound out of Seward Alaska I hooked into the largest thing I have ever hooked into. I was out on a halibut fishing charter and we just anchored up. We were one of two boats that went out that because of rough seas. We were getting kicked around pretty good but decided to stay a few hours and see if we could catch a few. I put a whole herring on the hook and dropped the weight down to the depths. A few seconds later something takes the bait and screams off! With the beating of the waves and whatever it was on my line taking off so much line even after almost fully tightening the drag I was holding on for dear life. Excited...Heck yea! All of a sudden the boats captain comes running out and cuts my line with a knife. I look at him in disbelief. I had something HUGE on the line.....yes he says, a porpoise! Just then I see a pod of them jumping around the boat. I hooke a dang porpoise! Shear power, I was leaning back so hard to keep the pressure on. Haha, I still remember that day every time I drop my bait in the ocean here. The next time I have something screaming off that much line that fast I hope its a beast halibut!
I have also hooked a turtle in a lake in port perry many years ago. It was a huge turtle, a slider type turlte. I couldn't get the hook out and had to just cut the line. Later in that day in the marina the manager there stated to us that she hoped we see the camps mascot in the water some day because it has been showing itself very frequently.....The mascot was the turlte I hooked into a few hours before. lol. It wasn't hooked too bad but it just wouldn't let me get it out.
One time fishing in Prince William Sound out of Seward Alaska I hooked into the largest thing I have ever hooked into. I was out on a halibut fishing charter and we just anchored up. We were one of two boats that went out that because of rough seas. We were getting kicked around pretty good but decided to stay a few hours and see if we could catch a few. I put a whole herring on the hook and dropped the weight down to the depths. A few seconds later something takes the bait and screams off! With the beating of the waves and whatever it was on my line taking off so much line even after almost fully tightening the drag I was holding on for dear life. Excited...Heck yea! All of a sudden the boats captain comes running out and cuts my line with a knife. I look at him in disbelief. I had something HUGE on the line.....yes he says, a porpoise! Just then I see a pod of them jumping around the boat. I hooke a dang porpoise! Shear power, I was leaning back so hard to keep the pressure on. Haha, I still remember that day every time I drop my bait in the ocean here. The next time I have something screaming off that much line that fast I hope its a beast halibut!
but I just let him go and he shot off into the deep water
