Just now, galyonj said:

Man, if Mandarin House was still open, they could put it in that great big tank they had separating the dining room from the bar.

they apparently go for a few hundred bucks. i didnt even know what the hell it was. the junk you catch out of that lake is crazy man, i remember growing up someone caught like a 5 lb piranha down around georges creek lol

Dude, koi is a huge money business. A while back I watched a video where a dude that searches out and buys koi for rich people was at a breeding facility in Japan, and they were haggling hundreds of thousands of dollars for some of these fish.

I do have another "story", my first being catching the bullfrog with a frog.

 

One day fishing the San Joaquin River from the bank I hooked into a striper and then it broke off. About 30 minutes later I caught a striper with a hook just like mine and two inches of line hanging out of its mouth. "Hey buddy, can ya help out a fish here?" I removed both hooks and sent him on his way. Smart fish for finding me that second time 

A fish. I don't know how it happened but it was years ago. I've spent all this time trying to recreate the incident but so far.... no luck.

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On 1/15/2020 at 7:25 AM, flbassmaster said:

wow that's crazy!

It was a crazy day for sure. One I'll never forget!!! Thinking I'm dragging a human leg in and wondering if it's a murder scene or something.

Today I didn't catch a fish.

 

I did, however, catch the spinnerbait I lost the other day.

 

Nice ^^

I over casted a dock and hung my Jerkbait only to have a dog race out and ****** it.

My friend was laughing insanely as I yelled GET ME OVER THERE !! as my drag was peeling. 

 

It actually ended well though. 

It was a friendly dog which allowed me to headlock him and remove hooks.

1 hour ago, galyonj said:

Today I didn't catch a fish.

 

I did, however, catch the spinnerbait I lost the other day.

 

Well that counts as a good day in my book!!!

I fished a very urban river, we used to joke that a grandslam was a diaper, a condom and a tampon all on your hook it really was kinda gross and smelly  after a big rainstorm but the trout were huge...

4 hours ago, FishinBuck07 said:

Well that counts as a good day in my book!!!

Totally agree. Especially since it broke off ON THE FIRST CAST when I had a braid mishap. I'm about done with that ****.