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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: Machias on June 20, 2013, 10:26:42 AM

Title: New catfish bait
Post by: Machias on June 20, 2013, 10:26:42 AM: (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunt101.com%2Fdata%2F500%2Fmedium%2Fflathead_basktball.jpg&hash=0c5aba758f987bf3cf5a03754b10e03d767f87dd)

A guy who lives at Lake Okoboji , Iowa (In Northwest Iowa, 70 miles east of Sioux Falls , South Dakota ) saw a ball bouncing around in the lake and went to investigate.

It turned out to be a flathead catfish that had apparently tried to swallow a basketball which became stuck in its mouth!!
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The fish was totally exhausted from trying to dive, but unable to, because the ball would always bring him back up to the surface.

The guy tried numerous times to get the ball out, but was unsuccessful. He finally had his wife cut the ball in order to deflate it and release the hungry catfish.

You probably wouldn't have believed this without the pic to back it up! They cut the basket ball and dislodged it from its mouth, he swam away happy!
Title: Re: New catfish bait
Post by: Austrian Hunter on June 20, 2013, 10:37:31 AM: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :tup: That's a mouth full......
Title: Re: New catfish bait
Post by: quadrafire on June 20, 2013, 10:53:05 AM: Must have been smothered in BeeJay :chuckle:
Title: Re: New catfish bait
Post by: Machias on June 20, 2013, 11:50:39 AM: :chuckle:
Title: Re: New catfish bait
Post by: mrmoskillz on June 20, 2013, 12:38:35 PM: Is that a full sized ball? Big cat! Had it been me he would have swam off to a pan of hot Crisco :chuckle:
Title: Re: New catfish bait
Post by: Fl0und3rz on June 20, 2013, 12:49:57 PM: Funny. We had better luck with these baiting urban youth back in Cleveland.
Title: Re: New catfish bait
Post by: Machias on June 25, 2013, 02:54:03 PM: The story I posted above was not accurate. Here is the real story and some additional photos.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/catchfish.asp (http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/catchfish.asp)
Title: Re: New catfish bait
Post by: quadrafire on June 25, 2013, 03:04:40 PM: What.........something I read on the internet was not true.......? :chuckle:

I had seen that story before, but couldn't remember details.
Title: Re: New catfish bait
Post by: Hilltop123 on June 25, 2013, 03:13:46 PM: Quote from: quadrafire on June 20, 2013, 10:53:05 AM
Must have been smothered in BeeJay :chuckle:

Balls smothered in BeeJays.......... :yike:
Title: Re: New catfish bait
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on June 25, 2013, 03:18:28 PM: :yike: His jaw has to be hurting :dunno: :chuckle: