My partner and I have caught the occasional frog fishing topwater frogs fishing in heavy vegetation. I've caught my share of seagulls on topwater lures. I've had ospreys and bald eagles dive bomb my swimbaits on numerous occasions. So far I have been lucky enough to pull the swimbait away and avoid hooking one of those. I hooked a rod and reel combo once which is probably the most interesting object that I can think of.
Fun topic, Eric....
I was fishing Lake St. Clair when I was a youngster and I was on a pretty good pattern during early summer. Some quality bass were using the shallowest section of the boat docks. There is a lot of exposed beach around the shoreline of the lake so I was throwing a spinnerbait onto the shore and reeling it into the water for the quietest possible presentation. Once the spinnerbait entered the water, the bass were eating the spinnerbait within the first several feet of the retrieve. On one elevated boat dock I threw my spinnerbait up onto the beach, started to reel it towards the water, and out from under the boat dock a cat pounces on my spinnerbait before I have time to react. The cat bites it and gets the hook in its mouth. I didn't want to pull too hard and bury the barb, so I just kept steady tension hoping it would throw the hook. Luckily, after a lot of shaking and jumping the spinnerbait popped free. That was a relief.
... I've probably caught here is a small list of things I have caught maybe, not always landed though, weasel, otter, mink, harbor seal, sea lion...
Posted by Tom Melowitz on September 7, 2019 at 2:45pm
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