I was fishing a pond in south GA using a spinnerbait in the afternoon. I hooked a fish slow rolling the spinner on the bottom. When I got the fish up near the bank I saw my spinnerbait a foot away from my rod tip but no bass. I started backing up until I saw the fish & slid it up the bank. A friend had broken off a fish that morning on a jig & biffle bug. There was about 4-5 feet of loose braid that caught around the clevis that the blade was spinning on. The jig & bug were in the bass mouth hooked up solid. I was flabbergasted. I caught a 6lber without hooking her.

 

 

^^ That's a cool story, dang pretty fish too!

My buddy and I were catfishing a few years back with live crawdads.  We decided to use the gas motor to move slowly to a new spot up the river.  I left my crawdad on the surface of the water as I used the gas motor to move.  My buddy watched a 2 lb. smallmouth come up for my crawdad, but the fish missed it.  I heard the commotion and turned around at the exact time the fish went over my head and landed in the middle of the boat.  I didn't know what happened until I turned back to my friend, saw the fish and my friend told me what happend.  BTW, we let that fish go.

 

Another time I was flipping a t-rig worm along the bank.  I felt a very solid thump and set the hook.  I quickly landed a 3 lb. largemouth.  After I lipped the fish I noticed my hook was not even near the mouth.  I followed the line and determined that I had lassoed that fish, I never put a hook in it.  The line had become lodged under the gills, preventing it from slipping.  My son was witness to that particular "catch."

Was catfishing one time..... Thought i had caught something huge but low and behold, i had lassoed a 30in cat right in the middle. I had to pull it sideways throught the water and it felt like it was huge!

Sight fishing in my kayak for smallies earlier this summer in northern Wisconsin. I spotted what ended up being a 5# bass and casted my popper just past it and it inhaled the lure before I could even pop it once. After a good long fight it managed to wrap the line around as well as bury one of the trebles into a reed. The water was too deep for me to lean over and try to free the fish so i uprooted the reed and pulled the fish out with it