What was your strangest catch.?Living or Dead, Metal or Rubber

[mrfish1991]

I was fishing with my family down on Hilton Head Is. in South Carolina for redfish several years ago and I caught an Octapus

[SkunkedAgain]

On 6lb test I caught the electrical feed cable to Taylor's Island on Lake Vermilion a few years back. It was in about 40ft of water and took a while to reel up. I was shocked (ha ha) that I was able to retrieve my lure.

I've got a few fishing poles and the regular garbage here and there as well.

[EBass]

A sock full of sand. Must've been a sock tossing tourney?

[CRAZYEYES]

three years a ago I was walleye fishing on kabetogama in about 30 ft of water and I caught a big wad of mint chewing gum. It was by far the strangest thing I have ever caught, when i pulled it up I had no Idea what it was until I broke it open and it was blue and smelled minty.

[bobbymalone]

I caught a lobster off a pier in SoCal on a piece of squid with a circle hook, hooked it right in the mouth. I also caught an old nokia cell phone in a leather case in the Mississippi. I have caught a few condoms down there as well.

The misses caught a clam on cutbait, she must have dropped the bait straight into it.

I netted a loon for a guy on Harriet this Sunday. Fortunately it was hooked in the fat and skin on the breast and we got it released.

[motley man]

6" dia. rock - tackle box in river - stringer with 3 northern's and a walleye in river - fishing pole and reel that I still use - muskie on 20" walleye

[FishingJunky]

I snagged a (wire basket/ live well?) while trolling in the Mississippi that had 4 live rock bass in it. I thought i had a monster northern or catfish on for sure. At least i got to set them all free.

snagged boat anchors, fishing pole(rotted and corroded beyond repair) fishing line with small northern attached, large leather back turtle, pants, and many clams/muscles.

Never know what you are going to catch in the Mississippi

[engfish]

Daiwa rod and reel (bass rig) that was in excellent condition. Caught it on Potato Lake 25 years ago and still have it.

[icefishing21]

A mountain dew pop can ice fishing on Lake Waconia in ten FOW.

[gardn184]

My first one was a tomoto plant and rack in about 10 feet of water, guessing someone got mad and threw it off the end of their dock, the second was a seagull that thought a zara puppy looked yummy, my buddy got the pictures of me reeling it on his Iphone which are still on the wall today. Seagull was released safely and we all got a good laugh

[Cicada]

A spinning reel, rod and crankbait while shore fishing for salmon in North Dakota.

A winter jig pole while summer fishing on Pickerel near Detroit Lakes.

A landing net this summer on Lida.

Twice I've hooked a walleye that ate the bait of the other guy in the boat. Once on Lida and once on Spirit Lake.

An antique fishing lure that was in a mess of weeds on Lida. Didn' see the lure right away. Bet a grandpa was ticked somewhere.

Quite a few years ago, I caught a big muskie off a dock in Maplewood State Park, fished three real estate signs out of the water on Lida and hooked a billfold with $480.00 in it all in one day in December. The guy's information was pretty beat up, but I was able to google what I could figure out and got a hold of him. He was from Oklahoma I had met him a few times fishing from shore and he had lost it in late September. The weeds had died down and the current brought it closer to shore. I sent it to him, minus the postage, and never heard from him again.

[JeffB]

Stringer with three live eyes. Ice scooper, Brand new diawa rod and reel, anchor rope with anchor. But the strangest to me was once when I reeled up to check my bait I put it back down after seeing I still had a nice big leech on my hook. After trolling a little bit I had to bring it up for a double take since I realized the only bait I brought fishing was shiners. I must have lost my shiner and some how hooked a leach?

[ikeslayer]

A spinning reel, rod and crankbait while shore fishing for salmon in North Dakota.

theres salmon in north dakota?

[JimBeanblack]

I caught a buzz once or twice while ice fishing, if i can remember right one or two of them were nice ones and i think i even threw them back! While on Millelacs a couple of years ago a friend of mine tried to take a picture of me catching one of those nice buzzes and dropped my camera down the hole. I caught the camera by it's strap the next morning while jigging. Later that day my brother caught a rod and reel of mine that must of went down the hole during the comotion of catching that nice buzz! I think this year i'm going to concentrate on fishing for walleys and perch. By the way I'm new and this is my first post so hello to everyone

[Cicada]

Yep, there's salmon in North Dakota. Lake Sakakawea and below the dam on the Missouri River. We always fished above the dam, sometimes from shore and sometimes downrigging in a boat. Size varies from year to year depending on water levels and smelt populations. Biggest we got were in the twelve pound range.