Got a few, but this comes to mind first. Step dad was fishing Toledo with Texas rigged worm. Gets the tat-tat-tat and sets the hook. When he gets it to the boat, some how the line had formed a loop under water about 12" from the hook (we assume)and he set the hook it closed the loop around a 2lb catfish. I still don't fully understand how the catfish couldn't get off, but it couldn't or didn't. His line had circled the catfish mid-body and the pressure between him and the bass kept it too tight for the catfish to escape so he caught a double.

My older brother was fishin' at this little duck pond close to round rock, he gets a bite so he sets the hook and its dead weight on the end of the line but is still able to reel in, as he pulls it up on the bank, he sees its a burlap feed sack(or sumthin' similar) scarred the hell out of him, he told me that his first thought was it was full of water moccasins so he jumped back...(area is full of snakes, using a pellet gun i shot 8, went back later that night and saw 5 more)...but as he gets a closer look he sees inside is like 10 to 15 small catfish.

I was trolling from my pontoon boat for crappie. I was using a really cheap rod and reel that I got, to leave on the boat and wouldn't lose any sleep over if it got stolen. I got hung up and the darn reel feel apart. I stopped, threw out the anchor because of the wind. I proceeded to leave the line in the water where it got hung and work on the reel. After about 20 mins I got the reel put back together and working OK. I decided to reel in as much as I could and just break the line. I figured it was hung on a rock as there were a lot of boulders on the bank. I pulled on the line and it was solidly hung. I pulled hard to break it and it felt like I had a trot line because when I pulled it would pull back and then just settle and stop. This went on for about 5 or 6 mins. Finally I gave it a big jerk and all hell broke loose. I wasn't hung after all. After a long battle I landed a 25lb buffalo. Craziest thing I ever had happen to me. Now when I get hung up, fishing for anything, I wait just a few extra seconds before I do anything drastic. You never know.

fishin for spanish mackerels on a fishing pier in florida and trying to reel your mack in faster than the dolphins could steal em

When I married wife #1, my FIL told me if we ever wanted to fish together, I would have to learn how to fish for bass. He loans me one of his baitcasters and we head off to some private ponds he had access to. I've never used a baitcaster before, so you know what happens, backlash on the first cast. I'm standing there, knee deep in water, trying to untangle the line. A 6 lb bass hits the worm on the other end and I have to manually pull it in. It is the largest fish of the day and the last time he took me bass fishing.

I had a customer get a "Grand Slam" a few years back. With a slab he caught a rock, a freshwater clam, a beer can and topped it off with an ancient Lynyrd Skynyrd T-shirt. All within a four hour trip!

This isn't that strange but I was 10 or 12 when it happened around '90 0r '92 and I will never forget it.
I was fishing flooded timber on Sam Rayburn with my dad and his buddy, Think the lake was more than six feet above pool. As we made our way through the pine trees I began hearing a sound like a baby rattle. began looking around and sure enough bout a 4 foot rattler coiled up on a stump. My dads buddy starts jacking with this snake and it falls off the stump and heads right for the boat. next thing ya know its back by the motor trying to get in the boat. after a few minutes it swam off, but not before getting my heart pounding. My dad was laughing his -ss off.

He loves to tell that story.

slow day fishing off the pier in Corpus. finally got a nibble, set the hook and reeled in. wasn't much of a fight but as it got closer, i saw it was a strange green color. what kind of fish is green? turned out to be a pocket digital camera. my buddy joked, why don't you turn it on? I did, and to my surprise it works! later discovered that it is a waterproof underwater camera. best catch of my life.

While working a plastic worm around some docks the line got heavy and I set the hook. It felt heavy but dead as I reeled it in. Was a huge pair of tighty whiteys.

Good luck and Tight lines.

Was wading a point with a buddy of mine, throwing a topwater. I had another pole stuck in my waistband with a rubber worm on it. We had a bet who would catch the most fish. We had both caught 2 and were in neck deep. Darkness had arrived and as we turned to wade out, I felt something thumping me in the back, pulled the rod out of my belt and reeled in a two pounder. I won the bet. Another time I was fishing a rock pile in 30 feet of water at Castaic in California with a jig. In felt a tiny peck and set the hook. I reeled in a large bluegill who had been hooked with a small hook that was snelled to a 6 inch leader with a loop on the end. The hook on the jig had gone through the loop.

One time I was fishing, and I actually caught a lot of fish. Now, for me, that's very strange.

Back several years ago when my sons were younger, we were at a local lake bank fishing for carp. My oldest son's reel had messed up (cheaper reel) so I let him use one of my better rigs. I warned them not to walk off and leave their rods, but the older one did and sure enough, zoom, there went my rod & reel. Yep I was mad but what can you do? About 10 minutes later the younger boy got a bite and started fighting a fish... He worked his little heart out and managed to land the carp, which was pretty good size. As we were taking the hook out, we noticed another hook with line in it's mouth so we pulled on the line...Yep, at the end of the line was my rod & reel that the older son had lost...My younger son still kids the older one about that every time we go fishing...lol

When my wife and I go fishing, my wife goes catching and I go fishing...Yep, she regularly out fishes me but it's all good...

"It's all good"? I would say it's all GREAT! My wife (when I can get her out) is all about the "catching" ... and the better she does, the longer we can stay and the sooner she will be back!

Catfish Corner one day tightlining with shrimp caught a 4 lb largemouth bass.