Fishing Surprises: Tales of the Unexpected

He kept wrapping his tail around anything and everything to keep me from pulling him out of the water. I had to reach down and untangle him multiple times with one hand while keeping the line tight with the other!

I caught a frog once on a tiny fly I didn’t see it grab my lure and didn’t have a clue what I had till I got it reeled in.

Wow that is NOT what I’d expect to come out of the water when I was reeling haha

I’ve caught a catfish and when I reeled it up it was COMPLETELY torn to shreds like in some spots you could see all the way through the fish

Caught a 6 1/2 foot blue shark on 12 pound test line while salmon fishing.

@M Conroy it was crazy the way it was swimming

Great looking snake.

A mud dog when I was a kid

Shark

I like that pistol holster!!

@M Conroy what did she think?

@M Conroy yeah in nature anything can happen

@M Conroy if you have rattlesnakes in your area night is when they come out to ambush prey.

@M Conroy I’ve got a baby rattlesnake in October. Babies don’t quite know how to control their venom glands so when they bite they are definitely giving a full dose of venom.

Yes, venom is intended to get food. Once they learn to control their venom glands they can bite in defense but not inject any venom, it’s called a dry bite.

Wow! I caught a black vulture on a fake frog popping it across the pond. He flew down gulped it down then the fight was on!