The Strangest Things!

[YOOOP]

Hi all,

Since we are in the winter doldrums, I thought I would give us something warm to discuss.

I've been speaking with my Musky buddies lately and they have told me about some very strange things they have caught while Musky fishing, and hauled from the depths.

Some of them are absolutely hilarious, unusual, and highly unlikely!

Once while fishing walleyes on Long Lake in Chippewa County, WI, I caught an old rusted out cone-top Leinenkugels beer can. Once on the floor of the boat, a rusty crayfish emerged.

My story is kind of a dud, but so are my musky fishing talents.

What's the strangest thing you've caught?

Bruce

[dpear]

Frank?
Frank's boat?
Dead moose?
Net?
Rod/reel?
Black/Silver Ace(off dock)?
Take your pick.

[JBlanck]

Frank?
Frank's boat?
Dead moose?
Net?
Rod/reel?
Black/Silver Ace(off dock)?
Take your pick.

Nothing too strange. An old steel fishing rod, a couple of lures from snagging broken line is about it.

I'd love to hear the moose story, though. I've never seen a live one yet while up there, which is my new goal.
Jeff

[Tim Kelly]

Where's Norm when you need him. LOL

[Frank Walsh]

Strangest think I have ever caught while musky fishing was a musky............................

[dpear]

Jeff,
Will have to tell you the moose story in person,I want to remain PC and also avoid Frank accusing me of making $$ off wildlife.Dead wildlife.
There,that ought to make you wonder.

[Frank Walsh]

Not to mention customers with below average intelligence.

[fishwizard]

Not to mention customers with below average intelligence.

I'd like to believe that if you enlisted an IQ test to every customer who graces the docks of BSC, that I might fall above the parting line, yet I don't really feel too ashamed to admit that I was once swindled by the sly line of, "I bet you $20 that I can show you a moose," on one of my first trips to the woods. Naïve? For certain. As the saying goes…
Never trust a lawyer when there is money on the line.

I’ve caught some big angry snapping turtles, crawdads on 10” believers, several more rotted stinking gill nets than I’d ever care to, but my wife caught a brand new looking cowgirl with a nice flouro leader last summer that I thought was one of the best catches I’ve ever seen. Just like catching money.

Ryan

[YOOOP]

These are not bad!

My buddy Steve once caught a motorcycle tire, made a spectacular photo!

Was not a catch and release deal though....

YOOOP

[YOOOP]

I just spoke with the fellow who caught the motorcycle tire.

He told me he once caught one of those old metal clamp-on-the-edge-of-your-shoe

roller skates.

Now that is a record breaker.

[YOOOP]

My Son Tyler caught a loon once.

He said it made all kinds of racket, and they have claws on their feet apparently.

When he finally got it unhooked, it dropped to the floor and did a penguin-style slide across the floor of the boat, up onto the rear splashwell and belly-slid over the transom into the water lickitty-split.

Just like a penguin he said.

He said he did not appreciate the claws very much.

Yooop

[Muskie Junkie]

I got a lawn chair out of Loon Lake, a sock, a couple of rods and a believer with a spoonplug attached to it. That's all I got to say about that......
Steve

[Frank Walsh]

Just what were you doing in a lawn chair with a sock anyway??????

[Muskie Junkie]

Is it wrong??? Who's the victim??? It's a Flatlander kind of thing.....

[YOOOP]

I had one time where I was fishing Smallmouths on the Chippewa river. Well you know how that species likes to barf up it's breakfast just before you bring them in the boat, right?

Well sure enough, I got one in the boat and he coughed up.

Yep you guessed it. He coughed up a chewed up wad of light blue chewing gum.

That's not all. Of course I managed to stomp the thing flat, smudged deep into the nice hunter green carpeting of my Alumacraft.

My mother told me there would be days like that.

Yooop

[Frank Walsh]

Stumbled on this beauty caught walleye fishing. Judging by the boat, you can date this.








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[Tim Kelly]

Top boat that Crestliner.

[Frank Walsh]

Boat is still going strong.

Found Ruhmmy's lawn chair. The sock must be hidden behing the pop can!!!!!!



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