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Too big for you?!

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:35 pm
by Wild Fragaria
I received an email from a friend and thought it was quite amuzing :) Check it out.

Fish Story


This was a pretty interesting story from The Sunday Wichita Eagle newspaper a couple of weeks ago.

A resident in the area saw a ball bouncing around kind of strangely in a nearby pond and went to investigate. It turned out to be a flathead catfish who had obviously tried to swallow a child's 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 resident 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...
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:47 pm
by Grug
:lol:

ROFL!
That's oen determined catfish, and big one! =o

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 12:22 am
by Taristin
He had his wife cut it, what a pansy.

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 12:42 am
by Grug
Taristin wrote:He had his wife cut it, what a pansy.
LoLs, yeah. :p

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:59 pm
by CIH
just as well for the fish it wasn't able to swallow it... :D

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:58 pm
by aldo
Taristin wrote:He had his wife cut it, what a pansy.
With that and the title, there is so much innuendo possible here my little brain is exploding.

Bork bork bork.

Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 12:40 am
by Grug
LoL. One of those targets too easy to bother eh? :p

Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 4:09 am
by d3jake
WTF? theyt just messed with natural selection... If the fish was stupid enough to try and eat a brightly colored ball then it should've died...

Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:22 am
by Whitelight
I`ve fished before, but never considered using a ball as bait, lol.

And I thought catfish were bottom dwellers :?

Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:34 pm
by Grug
That's a big bloody catfish if I may say so. I'd be afraid to go swiming in that pond. =/

Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:36 pm
by Hammer
god catfish are so ugly....but taste so good


that guy should've scooped it up deep fried it and had a good meal

Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:38 pm
by karajorma
Yep. Had that been me I would have been eating cajun catfish that night :)

Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:52 pm
by Wild Fragaria
aldo wrote:With that and the title, there is so much innuendo possible here my little brain is exploding.

Bork bork bork.
And what was in your mind, Steve?
whitelight wrote:I`ve fished before, but never considered using a ball as bait, lol.

And I thought catfish were bottom dwellers
Flatheads dwell in deep water and usually feed on surface.
karajorma wrote:Yep. Had that been me I would have been eating cajun catfish that night
Mmmmm... cajun catfish...

Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:27 pm
by Flipside
Out of the Fire and into the Frying pan? ;)

Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:25 pm
by aldo
Who's Steve?