What is Your Most Exotic Catch Single Poling?

[Gone Fishin']

A needle nose gar.

[SuperDave336]

Common Carp on 1/16 oz gold/chartreuse hand tied jig.

[Atimm693]

I’m just guessing of course, but yessir I figure it would’ve been over that. This post brings back some fond memories though! When you hit one in the back with that 9/0 treble, they would make a 209 Penn reel SMOKE pulling drag. I still have my 12 foot extra heavy ugly stick. Used 80 pound saltwater fusion line, did have one break off at the boat once. Sounded like a gunshot when line parted!


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It is a lot of fun. We have started using livescope on them, get right over them, drop right on their back, yank and hope for the best. Pretty low percentage hookup rate but I think it's more fun, and you can target only the bigger fish.

Meat wise, there is a lot of trimming, they have a lot of red meat and fat so you don't get as much as you would think. The white meat is excellent, texture wise I'd say it's comparable to salmon or tuna, a lot firmer than most fish. A lot of people cut it thin and fry it, I think it's better left in steaks, marinated, then grilled or smoked.

My exotic catches, probably carp and a couple flatheads. Many walleyes but I target those. Every once in a while I'll bring up a blacknose crappie.

[Ketchn]

once hooked me a by stander who slid up behind me when the pickerel were on top waters in the early morning dew ....
seems me hammering them was entertaining and to be very sure so was the moment that big top water hung in the back of his head ...
p.s. AND YES sir he pulled some drag backing up FAST on that there slippery morning dew grass.....

[Ketchn]

I also one time ketched my bestest ever faithful dog buddy right in the rear end , he pulled drag nicely as well

[Rojo]

once hooked me a by stander who slid up behind me when the pickerel were on top waters in the early morning dew ....
seems me hammering them was entertaining and to be very sure so was the moment that big top water hung in the back of his head ...
p.s. AND YES sir he pulled some drag backing up FAST on that there slippery morning dew grass.....

I did that to myself fishing Duram lake as a kid. I was fishing a Carrot Top with the short freshwater rods of the day. Being used to longer Saltwater rods I left too much line out when making a cast. Off to the Emergency room we went. A doctor in the Rusk Hospital Be Bopped in wearing a green sear-sucker suit (I thought the ugliest clothes I ever saw on a mans back) leaving little to the imagination as to what was fixin' to take place. A couple of shots, some deadening, hearing scratching thru my skull as the scalpel freed the hook, then the final Klink noise of the hook falling into the stainless bowl placed to catch any drips and drops. After the stiches I wanted to go back fishing but they made me stay back at the house the rest of the day. Moral of the story, hook someone else so you can keep fishin'.

[JUNGLEJIMJIGS]

Biggest fish I ever caught was a grass carp I caught this summer while fishing for bluegill using 2# Maxima and a little 1/48 jig and a #10 hook. Have a short video of the fish on Instagram. It was too heavy for me to lift out of the water, probably in that 50-60 lb. range. Tried grabbing it by the gills and it was over after it gave me a stinky mud bath.

[Rojo]

Well I've looked into it and I can buy a 50in fiberglass replica for about $250 and finish it myself. Y'all think its weird to want to memorialize that catch? I caught it on a homemade jighead to boot. Once in a Lifetime catch to me.

[Rojo]

I caught this fish over 25 years ago and it is a skin mount. The homemade jighead is still in its mouth as the line broke when we netted the big fish. I ask the Taxidermist to leave the hook in.



I didn't want to kill the Paddlefish. I can't imagine there are a whole lot in the little river here by my house.

[J White]

Well I've looked into it and I can buy a 50in fiberglass replica for about $250 and finish it myself. Y'all think its weird to want to memorialize that catch? I caught it on a homemade jighead to boot. Once in a Lifetime catch to me.

Nah not weird at all. Be a cool memento.


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