What is the strangest thing you have caught?

[larsagi2010]

Ok, so what is the strangest thing you have caught when U.K course fishing?? This doesn't include just fish, but anything in general... Perhaps an old boot (Like the cartoons) Fish can be included though if strange!

 

Also what is the strangest thing you have caught (Fish) on??

 

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1. Strangest thing I have ever saw fish caught on.

 

A batch.. Yep a whole Tesco value batch!

 

To prove the Pike were so aggressive in a small pit in the local field a mate actually got the lid of a Tesco value batch.... Put two trebles in the top and twitched it along the surface. He had 5 double figure pike in about 2 hours on that method.

 

2. As for strangest thing I have ever caught: Probably a safe which was located in the margins right in front of me. While pike fishing I hooked something solid and when I wen't to grab the trace to give it a good pull I spotted an oval badge....

 

After bending one of the trebles to get it out the side of the safe we used a fishing trolley and lowered it into the water.... It took 4 of us about 2 hours to get it onto the bank it was that heavy (Heavier than my motorbike which weighs 124kg's)

 

The badge read ''E.Hipkins & Co, Dudley'' and apparantly was a badge used some time ago to show the item was insured by the fire brigade against fire. If your house had the badge on the door... They extinguished the fire! If not.... Tough

 

The safe I imagine had been stolen. The side was cut out and looking at the thickness of the metal it must have taken some serious tools to do the job. It took us 5 crowbars to finally prise the door open... Sadly there was nothing inside GRRRR

 

But yea! Interesting thing to hook lol

[AddictedToScopex]

I have caught a leech on a spinner before. That was a little unpleasant to be honest. It was speared right through the head. Didnt really want to touch it as I am a big girl when it comes to leeches .

 

I have also caught a tin can. But it wasnt just that. It gave me a run! Well it seemed that way. I was fishing a well known carp spot a few years back and got a great run and lifted into the fish. After about 10 seconds the line went slacker than it had been but still felt like there was a weight on it. When I got it in I saw that i had a very badly rusted tin can on the end. I think the carp just put it on there to wind me up. Was quite amusing though as my dad and brother were stood behind me laughing their heads off when it emerged from the depths. I thought I had a decent carp on. Well i did at first. The can went in the bin and I felt like a right wally.

[lozza]

ive had a couple of rocks, in a good flow you think you got a fish on the end and the best fight ive had was from a car matt if i didnot get it out of the river i would have thought it was a thirty pound pike it even started takeing line close to the bank.

[luckydenvermint]

It may be a common occurence but when I was younger I caught a Perch on nothing, was packing away and had the end of the rod hanging over the canal with no bait on, lifted my rod out with a small Perch hooked - obviously took a liking to my shiny 18 hook!

 

As for unusual catches I seem to have a penchant for pulling out fishing gear. Only a few weeks ago I pulled out a pole top section by it's elastic. I've also had bits of rod, a couple of swimfeeders and the end of landing net which at first tug felt like a right beast!

[ayjay]

A batch.. Yep a whole Tesco value batch!

 

Err, wossat?

[AddictedToScopex]

Err, wossat?

It's one of them wossnames! I've no idea either lol.

[watatoad]

A Tesco carrier bag full of porn magazines at Rodbridge Picnic area Near Long Melford on the River Stour in Suffolk, It's on the Suffolk Essex Boarder...10 minutes later I caught a second one.

[Emma two]

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A batch.. Yep a whole Tesco value batch!

 

 

A what?

[JV44]

A what?

It`s a thingamy bob that you rip the lid off and attach treble hooks to which turns it into a mega Pike lure obviously ,I haven`t got a scooby what it is either but it sounds great .....

[Emma two]

It`s a thingamy bob that you rip the lid off and attach treble hooks to which turns it into a mega Pike lure obviously ,I haven`t got a scooby what it is either but it sounds great .....

 

 

 

 

eeeer, right, like the Rapala X rap slash batch?