What would you do if you caught something unexpected

angry john · Post by **angry john** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 6:32 pm

Fishing in a lot of different area's i find that i wonder what i would do if i hooked something unexpected. Down south you might latch into a gator or up in the north east a giant snapping turtle. Slow fish looking swim-baits are likely to have these issues. What would you do??? Keep in mind some of these things are supper expensive take 3:16's for example.
An if have any crazy pics dealing with one of these issues please share!!!!!

GARRIGA · Post by **GARRIGA** » Sun Nov 04, 2012 3:36 pm

Messing with gators can get you $3k fine and snapping turtles make good soup.

muskyhunter · Post by **muskyhunter** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 12:07 pm

Depends on the fish. If its a $30 bait I'm landing any fish or animal. I had to get a megabass bait from a mallard once. He didn't have a good time. Lol.

Scott F · Post by **Scott F** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 5:17 pm

This picture is kinda blurry, but you can see the big snapping turtle that tried to eat a 5 1/2" super shap rap. It wasn't too hard getting the bait back. I had a big pair of pliers, and heavy line.

flaswimbaiter · Post by **flaswimbaiter** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 1:48 pm

Gators are only a problem if you are not paying attention, they only hit on the surface. I lost a punker to one at night because I didnt look first. Sharks are my biggest concern.

Besides that i have hooked an assortment of birds and turtles, it was not easy, but i got my lure back each time.

angry john · Post by **angry john** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:26 pm

Heck yea nice pic. That's what I was expecting from someone in the south. I have had a few turtles, and snappers are not a joke when there large, but dealing with a gator would be a whole new game. The punker would get bit a lot like you said. How was the fight???

TheDarkKnight · Post by **TheDarkKnight** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:14 pm

I've had juvenile gators attack my husky jerk rapala ,topwater frogs, even bobbers while fishing with shiners... I made sure to get my rapala back using the longest dehooker I have and we both came away unscathed.

Also , several years ago, I had hooked and released a blue heron. Dealing with him was a major pain in the @$$ . I was shiner fishing, and while I wasn't paying attention he had stalked and speared my shiner. When I realized what had happened, I tried to yank the bait away from him to prevent him from swallowing it and the hook ended up catching a wing on the ricochet. I hauled him in to free him but he constantly tried to take off and also attempted to spear me a few times . I ended up cutting the line as close to the hook as possible and let him fly away.

GARRIGA · Post by **GARRIGA** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 6:24 am

Seagulls and Pelicans are always fun to unhook.

flaswimbaiter · Post by **flaswimbaiter** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 11:27 am

GARRIGA wrote:Seagulls and Pelicans are always fun to unhook.

I would rather face a gator than a pelican.

NJ Jigman · Post by **NJ Jigman** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:53 pm

I caught a monster snapping turtle on homemade jig. turtle was nearly 3ft in diameter its head was the size of my 2 fists together. thought i had a state record

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