I landed a dead 28" steelhead with rigamortis when I was a kid

Before I got married I used to enjoy me some stripper fishing once in a while.

Lmao

this may not constitute as a "weirdest catch" but most definately my top "weirdest sight"...rode my 4wheeler to a interstate pond by my house, about 2 miles away...i pull up where i usually park, look through the woods by the bank and see a guy in what looks like a diaper but i think it was just undies (just undies, no shirt socks pants anything), smoking a cig talking to someone fully clothed like nothing was "odd"...lets just say i was creeped out didnt fish that day

I thought that's just a regular day in Loozy

I've landed a lunker trashbag, and also a clam.

I was fishing in the spill way at Rodman Dam a two or three years ago fishing for Strippers when they come up there and slay the big shad. I stuck something that was BIG and powerful it felt like a 35-40# stripper and the current at the spill way is really fast and strong so I was in the fight about 25 minutes and this thing just didnt stop it make 40-50 yard runs with (Daiwa pluton and 50# braid) and ide slowly bring it back and then bam run again... after about 45-50 minutes I landed it and it was a 8X10 foot piece of window screen... You couldnt believe how it was fighting I mean it fought just like a large stripper pulling line off on big unstoppable runs and then at times diving... That current rolling pulling it down deeper and deeper and then it grabbing the running current when I would get it up some and then back to diving it was unreal how much it felt like a fish... when it would shake and turn in the current it felt like head shaking.. I had about 10 boats and every one on the dam watching me and cheering me on lol as they thought I had a huge stripper just like I did it was something I will never forget and a few of my bass tourney buddies was out there sticking some strippers during the run and they still to this day rib me anytime we have a tourney at rodman about it.

Thats the funniest thing I have heard all day... maybe all week.

Before I got married I used to enjoy me some stripper fishing once in a while.

What was your go to bait. I always had luck with singles. And of course always catch and release.

What was your go to bait. I always had luck with singles. And of course always catch and release.

Just make sure they dont have something that you cant release...

Just make sure they dont have something that you cant release...

I always protect all my gear with a stik-jacket. Is this enough bad puns or should we keep going.lol.

I always protect all my gear with a stik-jacket. Is this enough bad puns or should we keep going.lol.

Crab fishing anyone?

Seagulls just can't say no to a Rapala.

Once while fishing for carp, i caught a traffic cone thought i had a turtle!

I pulled in a couch cushion once. It looked like it was from patio furniture

couple chairs and some clams. I knew a guy who was swimming in the river and found a waded up roll of carpet. You can guess what he found inside.

A few snapping turtles, some rusty old lures, and a sealed plastic bag full of some liquid (did no open it).

I caught a car engine playing Bass Professor's Fishing Paradise last week.  That thing fought harder than a snook, lol.

Yesterday my son caught a 4lb piece of cement on a rattletrap

Yesterday my son caught a 4lb piece of cement on a rattletrap

Those traps attract everything!

When I was a kid I reeled in what I thought was a fish skull and brought it home. Showed it to my fisherman Uncle a few months later and he pointed out that it was actually a section of an animal's vertebral column. Looked to be from a large dog or something.

Didn't quite reel it in but a huge red tail hawk flew down and picked up my bronzeye a little while a go. Fought good for a few seconds.

I caught a bucket with a dead snake in it today! I snagged it on my shaky head and it was full of mud. Dumped the mud out and a 3 foot snake fell out!

couple chairs and some clams. I knew a guy who was swimming in the river and found a waded up roll of carpet. You can guess what he found inside.

body?

body?

yup

Last year I snagged an old cell phone,  any thing is possible.

A Hellbender on the Allegheny River.  A Hellbender is the largest North American salamander and is one weird, mean looking creature.  Lives underwater and will eat bait.

I once caught a team Diawa rod and reel with a 5 lb bass still attached in 20ft of water. Looked like the combo was in the water for days. Fish was in good shape and released safe. It was like hitting the lottery.