Yesterday fishing at a man-made lake at a nice park with my girfriend. We were fishing but not getting any bites but in a smaller area sort of closed off from the main part of the lake we saw tons of fish hitting the surface, so naturally we went to where they are hungry. well we got over to a spot and i see a stick bobber sitting in the water without a pole or anyone nearby. so i say oh cool free bobber, just gotta get it out of the water. so i cast out near the bobber and i turn to my girlfriend and say "wouldn't it be hilarious if there was a fish on this?" she says something to the effect of yea right and laughs. well i reel my hook in to the bobber and catch the line that it was still attached to and low and behold....the bobber started fighting me!
i wouldn't have believed it if i didn't do it formyslef but i pulled in this small 6-8 inch long catfish on the end of this friggin bobber! i was amazed. this kid saw me pull it in and yelled across the water "what is that?!" (he was to far away to make out the species) to which i replied "a catfish" he then says "what are you using?" "i said nuthing! i saw a bobber floating and i wanted it and there was this fish on the end of the line!"
whoever lost this fish was doin somethin weird tho because this fish had swallowed 2 hooks. i got one out, but not without pulling some of the fish with it, (this hook was in fish stomach good, i have no idea how long this fish was sitting there setting the hook deeper). so i figured since i pulled fish out with the hook he was a goner, and didn't bother with the second hook. well i threw it in the water and he disappeared. he was pretty good at playing dead cuz even when i pulled flesh he didn't move. so i felt kind of bad i didn't get the second hook.
either way i was amazed that i reeled in a catfish while i was simply trying to rescue a perfectly good bobber.
From what I have always been told and what I have read you could have just snipped the line and the stomach would have dissolved the hook. The amount of time varies from different researches but it looks like it takes a few days to a week.
From what I have always been told and what I have read you could have just snipped the line and the stomach would have dissolved the hook. The amount of time varies from different researches but it looks like it takes a few days to a week.
Funniest...
I watched a pair of Idiots Car Battery Fishing from an Aluminum John Boat...
Now that's funny!