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  • dougie
    Sobieski,Wi
    Posts: 464
    September 14, 2007 at 1:52 am #1220702

    this from another site. Don’t know if it has been on here already.

    A guy who lives at Round Lake

    (50 miles South of Yorkton) saw a ball bouncing

    around kind of strangely in the lake and went to

    investigate.

    It turned out to be a flathead catfish who had

    obviously tried to swallow a basketball which

    became stuck in its mouth!!

    The fish was totally exhausted from trying to

    dive, but unable to because the ball would

    always bring him back up to the surface.

    The guy tried numerous times to get the ball out,

    but was unsuccessful. He finally had his wife cut

    the ball in order to deflate it and release the hungry

    catfish.

    You probably wouldn’t have believed this,

    if you hadn’t seen the following pictures…

    Doug



    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    September 14, 2007 at 2:04 am #608045

    This story and the pics were circulating a year or two ago. I think it was determined that it was fake. Can’t recall for sure.

    dtro
    Inactive
    Jordan
    Posts: 1501
    September 14, 2007 at 10:47 am #608070

    This fish/story is like the energizer bunny

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    September 14, 2007 at 11:34 am #608081

    The funny thing is I can never grow tired of it. Just more lore for the greatest fish on earth. Am I using lore right?

    dtro
    Inactive
    Jordan
    Posts: 1501
    September 14, 2007 at 11:35 am #608082

    Quote:

    The funny thing is I can never grow tired of it.

    wish I could say the same

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    September 14, 2007 at 12:05 pm #608088

    I thought about pinning a post like this to the top a couple of years ago…that and the 11 man long White Sturgeon (that was caught on LOTWs… )

    But ya can’t blame a guy for posting it when it’s the first time they’ve seen it. Kinda like trying to keep quiet about sliced bread.

    dtro
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    Jordan
    Posts: 1501
    September 14, 2007 at 1:18 pm #608114

    wait a minute…….they have sliced bread?

    No blame to poster, just wish this fish along with the big sturgeon you mentioned, and also the pike with smaller pike in its mouth and last but not least, the Rainy River European Pike, would just go away quietly. waytogo

    david_scott
    Twin Cities
    Posts: 2946
    September 14, 2007 at 1:27 pm #608123

    Quote:

    wait a minute…….they have sliced bread?

    No blame to poster, just wish this fish along with the big sturgeon you mentioned, and also the pike with smaller pike in its mouth and last but not least, the Rainy River European Pike, would just go away quietly.

    Dont forget about the shark teeth at minnehaha falls one.. thats catching up.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    September 14, 2007 at 1:46 pm #608129

    I forgot about that one Dave!!!

    Can you repost it!

    This photo is from Afton on Aug 27th…taken about two blocks from the St Croix…

    I’m not going to start any rumors though…this is an un touched cell phone picture.

    dtro
    Inactive
    Jordan
    Posts: 1501
    September 14, 2007 at 2:15 pm #608139

    That’s Dan Thiem’s fish!

    Dan I thought you guys released that one.

    rushing
    Mn
    Posts: 67
    September 14, 2007 at 3:23 pm #608172

    Thats a prime example of why great whites have disappeared from Minnesota waters. People need to learn how to CPR their catches.

    dfresh
    Fridley, MN
    Posts: 3053
    September 14, 2007 at 3:51 pm #608182

    The best part is about the shark sleeping in the sunken truck in Lake Pepin…

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    September 15, 2007 at 3:42 am #608313

    My mother sent this one to me today!

    Hey! At least she didn’t say she caught it!!

    And Doogie…please don’t feel we are makeing fun of you. Not at all…we’re making fun of how many times these pics have been posted…you just happened to be the latest…just wait…it will be baaack!

    In fact…I wouldn’t be surprised if Bret Clark wouldn’t post them again…he’s got a short memory.

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    September 15, 2007 at 10:28 am #608322

    Hey, neat shark and pike pic. Wish I could get into a fish like that

    I think I’m going to start using basketballs for cat bait though
    Did any of you guys see this pic yet

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    September 15, 2007 at 12:35 pm #608335

    Kind of sad to see that a basketball has a bigger PB than me.

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