[Scott]

Guys, spooled 1's post on rubbish made me think of the time a mate caught a used franger while we were bream spinning Iron Cove Bay. At first he thought it was a jelly fish until he landed it. Then he struggled to get it off the hook without touching it. This makes me wonder, what is your weirdest catch when fishing? As I used to be a bit of a joker, the guys I game fished with once set me up nicely.

We were trolling 6 and 8kg tackle for small marlin as we needed points in ultra light for the club championship. It was a sunny Sydney day with no wind. I had consumed a few golden ales and was having a bit of a snooze. I woke to the sound of the ratchet screaming on the little 12 inter. I grabbed the rod as I was on strike and fought this weird feeling "fish". I couldn't work out what it was as it would slowly peel a bit of drag as we kept the boat moving forwards slowly into the small amount of wind. It appeared to keep angling deeper.

After 10 minutes or so it was getting close and we got a flash of silver down deep. We got on the down wind side of it and put the boat into neutral. I pumped it up the last 20 or so metres and discovered that I had "hooked" a galvanised garbage bin lid. One of the smart arses had drilled a couple of holes in it and rigged some heavy mono through it. The way they did this made it angle downwards when pulled forwards through the water. They had fed it over the side while I was snoozing and fed out a couple of hundred metres of line before engaging the ratchet which woke me up. It was our only capture of the day.

Catch ya Scott

 

[Steveo]

Couple of weeks ago i court my self a hight preasure cleaner, hooked the cord with a hb while trolling along the bank.

 

["G.W.K"]

Unfortunately this was not done from a yak. Here is the scenario. First day and soon to be first cast for the holy grail-barramundi. In a secluded area of the freshwater part of the mary river outside Darwin I cast my first lure. BANG! The water goes nuts. Beginner's luck a 15kg barra first up-WRONG! No sign of fish ,just a lot of movement in the water.What is going on.Then I see the tail-its a bloody croc! All four foot of reptile and this thing is on my bloody line. Got him up to the side of the boat.Got a great picture with the lure sticking out of his mouth (Iwill find and post)and then with flick of his tail and a broken rod later my first reptile caught in a boat was gone.Nearly 20 years later I still cop a hard time as to how can anyone catch a croc with his first cast for a barra.