What is Your Most Exotic Catch Single Poling?

[BobC]

Interesting fish, that paddlefish. Glad to hear you don’t go in for snagging.
Bob

[Ketchn]

never ketched me a paddlefish , hear tell some spots in Texas have a few .
did ketch a goldeye one time up in Texoma , shad with teeth are rare in these parts...
a bowfin in Fork one time , pretty strange dino fish ...
used to single pole crappie jigs for big bullfrogs ....
You just don't have a clue till one takes the jig .....nothing fights much better , ducks are also pretty tough ...
but a big ole monster bullfrog on your line is about a fight to the finish ....
congrats on your paddler fishee bro

[Kevin22]

A redbelly piranha in Iowa

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[skeetbum]

I’ve posted this before but this is about as exotic as I get. 5lbs 10oz on a 4lb rig and one heck of a fight. Being invasive you aren’t supposed to release them so he became someone’s dinner. Funny thing was he never was hooked in the mouth and he was caught on a 1/43 hand tied jig. Wrestled with five of those over a few weeks. Seems they like Deepfry’s tiny jigs.

[JUNGLEJIMJIGS]

I caught a paddlefish on a crappie jig as well, maybe a 3 footer about ten years ago. Have pictures somewhere. Hooked it in the bill a few inches above it's mouth. Caught several big fancy goldfish on jigs as well.

[Rojo]

I caught a paddlefish on a crappie jig as well, maybe a 3 footer about ten years ago. Have pictures somewhere. Hooked it in the bill a few inches above it's mouth. Caught several big fancy goldfish on jigs as well.

You can see my jig stuck right in the nose of the bill on the Paddlefish. I kinda think the Saltwater had it a bit sluggish as it took a bit to tire it out but I expected it to be a bigger Gar the way the line went back and forth. Never occurred to me what was on the end of the line. The jig location made it easy to release the fish. The Saltwater concentration is so high it's pushing all kinds of fish way up the Jourdan where they're running out of water. I hooked this one in 10-12ft of water in heavy large timber cover. If it was hooked anywhere else I don't think I would have landed it.

[Ketchn]

You can see my jig stuck right in the nose of the bill on the Paddlefish. I kinda think the Saltwater had it a bit sluggish as it took a bit to tire it out but I expected it to be a bigger Gar the way the line went back and forth. Never occurred to me what was on the end of the line. The jig location made it easy to release the fish. The Saltwater concentration is so high it's pushing all kinds of fish way up the Jourdan where they're running out of water. I hooked this one in 10-12ft of water in heavy large timber cover. If it was hooked anywhere else I don't think I would have landed it.

how did it taste is my question , always wondered what one really tasted like , never hear much about them on the table ...?
folks ketch them and sturgeon in some cases just for them fish eggs ....

[J White]

how did it taste is my question , always wondered what one really tasted like , never hear much about them on the table ...?
folks ketch them and sturgeon in some cases just for them fish eggs ....

Years ago when it was legal, we snagged for them in Sardis spillway.
Biggest I ever caught was 48 pounds, but lots of 30-40 pound fish. There is a little learning curve to dressing them, but I rate them as good as crappie at the table. Different, but pure white and very mild tasting. Pulls apart with a grain like tenderloin instead of flaking like fish. But there is too much money to be made off them, the caviar folks who are apparently politically well connected have gotten laws changed so the average Joe who wants one to eat is out of luck. I actually considered going rogue, but after researching the penalties NOPE.
It’s a higher level violation than poaching a deer or turkey out of season, I think they call it a level 3 violation. Money talks in MS, grinds my gears


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[Ketchn]

I ketched goldfish a few times too , no piranhas or pacu though and more than a herd of tilapia in the mix ....
bullfrog is the word , go jig one up one time , it's ridiculous stupid on fire when one hits ....
like a bigtime wet rodeo for sure , some in the water and some on the bank action in high gear .....
best bring a net , just saying

[Rojo]

I ketched goldfish a few times too , no piranhas or pacu though and more than a herd of tilapia in the mix ....
bullfrog is the word , go jig one up one time , it's ridiculous stupid on fire when one hits ....
like a bigtime wet rodeo for sure , some in the water and some on the bank action in high gear .....
best bring a net , just saying

Biggest Bull Frogs I ever seen was in East Texas near Rayburn. Nothing like those around here, these look like Tree Frogs compared to Texas Frogs.