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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Mabelingwane on June 22, 2004, 10:33:05 AM

Title: Ball eating Catfish.
Post by: Mabelingwane on June 22, 2004, 10:33:05 AM

FISH STORY FROM WICHITA EAGLE NEWSPAPER

 
This was a pretty interesting story from The Sunday Wichita Eagle
Newspaper a couple of weeks ago. Was in a housing development around
119th st. South and Maple. Anyhow a resident in the area saw a ball
bouncing around kind of strange like in the developments pond and when
he went to investigate, it was a flathead catfish who had obviously
tried to swallow a child's basketball which became stuck in its mouth.
The fish was totally exhausted from trying to dive but unable to because
the ball would always bring him back up to the surface. The resident
tried numerous times to get the ball out but was unsuccessful.  He
finally had his wife cut the ball in order to deflate the ball and  release the catfish.

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Title: Re:Ball eating Catfish.
Post by: ~IvAn~ on June 22, 2004, 10:42:37 AM

That is one big cat fish :o

Title: Re:Ball eating Catfish.
Post by: The_Roe_Man on June 22, 2004, 11:54:52 AM

That is funny.

Title: Re:Ball eating Catfish.
Post by: Mabelingwane on June 22, 2004, 12:28:00 PM

I wonder if someone's game of catch had been upset.

Title: Re:Ball eating Catfish.
Post by: JigHead on June 22, 2004, 12:31:22 PM

hehe... i call a largemouth in toronto with a goftball once.... lol i watched a fishing show where the guy put spinners stuff on the ball.... and i did the same. stripped a spinner bait and mounted on the ball.... and it worked :D

Title: Re:Ball eating Catfish.
Post by: FishKid on June 22, 2004, 04:21:41 PM

That's hilarious ;D

Title: Re:Ball eating Catfish.
Post by: Spudcote on June 22, 2004, 04:25:28 PM

A basketball fly ?

Title: Re:Ball eating Catfish.
Post by: The_Roe_Man on June 22, 2004, 08:22:42 PM

Somebody could have caught it and jamed that ball in its mouth.  I just can't see that catfish trying to eat a ball as big as his head.

Title: Re:Ball eating Catfish.
Post by: Rodney on June 22, 2004, 08:29:57 PM

trying to eat a ball as big as his head.

LMAO  :D

Title: Re:Ball eating Catfish.
Post by: Athezone on June 22, 2004, 11:38:28 PM

Like my mother used to say, "your mouth is bigger than your stomach" maybe that fish is the same.