Just wondering, what is the strangest thing/things any of you have caught? For me it would have to be a broken pair of sunglasses.
Caught them on a beetle spin fishing a small pond in Mesquite. West Lake Park, one small bass about 6 inches, several sticks and a pair of sunglasses that day. All were catch and release to the proper locations: fish back in the water, sticks and sunglasses in trash barrel.

Well i caught a chain pickerel* at lake tyler on day. I was about 4-5lbs which woulda been really close to a state record but i had no idea what it was so i threw it back.

an old leather hat on a crappie jig and an electric filet knife on rayburn while fishing live perch weighted on the bottom... i released the hat though

Never heard of a chain pickerel before. Grandma always said to learn something everyday. So I'm off to read bout um!

they are crazy things....kinda like northern pikes.

I caught a bat one night, throwing buzzbaits around a security light on Toledo Bend, when I was a kid...

I caught a ketchup bottle once...still totally full of ketchup.

was crappie fishing with a jig,and caught another crappie jig threw the eye of the jig.

all you need now is horseradish to go with the ketchup,and some fillets of course.

i caught a really nice rock

A duck. The male mallard grabbed a topwater and tried to fly away. Picture a duck flying in circles while you fight him on rod and reel, and that's how it was. Reeled the critter in and released it. A mad duck can be a handful up close, by the way.

Fishing a private pond one day and caught a tire. Had 2 small catfish in it when I got it in lol.

friend of mine caught a rod n reel on medina. I use it now . still works great

I broke off a spinnerbait one day on a fish that was approx. 5 lbs. Had a bad spot in the line I guess. While re-tying my buddy landed a five pounder. I asked him, "I thought you were throwing a texas rig?" being that there was a spinnerbait stuck in the side of its lip. Sure enough, he was using a Texas rigged worm, and caught the fish that had just broke me off. Took the spinnerbait out of the fishes mouth, tied it back on and caught about a dozen more on it. One in a million deal for sure.

I was fishing the Trinity river years ago with a friend of mine and caught a stringer that was full of white bass. Almost all were still alive. Once we got back to Waco, we found out my friends uncle had lost the stringer full of whites the day before.

That happned to us, but it was a pelican! It crashed on a top water bait do hard, it went several feet underwater. It was hooked very deep and was a booger to get out. Had to wrap up the bird with a towel to keep it still and even then, it wasn't easy. That was one PO'd bird when it was all said and done.

I'm not sure this counts, but while at a tank behind my parents' house I saw a duck down the bank from me going crazy flapping in the water. I ran over and started picking it up. This was a really heavy duck... or maybe it was the ten pound turtle latched on to it's leg.

Kinda like those model airplanes with the Cox motors on them we use to fly around as kids. You know the ones, they had 2 lines that went up to the plane that controlled the flight controls. It would fly around in circles while the operater would also go in circles on the ground.

Two weekends ago, my dad was throwing a norman and caught a largemouth budlight can right through the tab on the rear treble hook. It actually looked like the mouth of a fish when it first surfaced. We had a good laugh about it. Also, I caught a big snapping turtle on my father in law's pond once. The turtle was not happy.

Caught a zebco 404 fishing reel and half rod....hehehcleaned it up and that thing still works and works very well....

Years ago while crappie fishing at Fork under a bridge,I got a good bite,"Wham" set the hook and the zebco 33 flew out of my hands into the water,I then tied a slab on another rod and was trying to snag my zebco,Then to my Surprise i snagged a very nice spinning reel,washed it and caught fish on it the same day,True!

sea gull
oyster
turtles
alligator (when i was stationed in GA)
grenel (AKA Bowfin)
other people's rigs (happens a lot)
mussel
gaspergou (that is rare for me)
half of a rod (the top half)
hats
a flip flop
and a partridge in a pear tree

I was fishing a pond today and a mussle clamped down on my weight.At first it felt like a bite. Reel in I thought it was a leave. Had to pry open to get my weight back.

How about this on Lake Belton.



We had Clam Chowder that night!

Well I have caught a couple I guess.... I caught an Oscar one time while catfishing in a local creek that I guess someone released when it got to big and I also caught a 2 pound fancy goldfish on a roadrunner about a month ago! Not a koi but a fat fantail goldfish! haha And I also hooked a purse one time that had a set of keys in it and a really fancy lookin pipe that was broken in it!.... Fun thread keep'em comin!