3/30/2005: Catfish eats basketball

Undertoad · 03-30-2005, 03:52 PM

Axlrosen sent this along, and I think it's making the rounds now even though it's apparently almost a year old. But it's Snopes-verified:

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From Panama to the Great Lakes, Bill Driver's done pretty well fishing over the past 50 years.

Now he's wondering if he'd have done even better with a different kind of bait. "I never considered using a kid's basketball," Driver said. "Maybe I should have."

Friday afternoon, Driver was standing on the deck of his house near 119th Street West and Central when he saw an eight-inch ball floating in Sandalwood Lake.

Noticing the ball wasn't floating normally, Driver wandered to his dock for a closer look. A catfish had its mouth stuck around the ball.

Driver hollered for his wife, Pam, to get a camera while he unrigged the sail from his nine-foot boat, wading into the lake and corralling the fish toward shore with the sail as a seine.

Several times, the flathead tried to dive, only to have the ball buoy it back to the surface.

The fish appeared to be exhausted and offered little resistance once in the shallows.

Things may have gone easier had the fish the strength to struggle.

"I just couldn't pull that ball out of its mouth," Driver said. "I was lifting up out of the water as best I could by the ball. I finally sent my wife to the house to get a knife."

Driver carefully deflated the ball. Estimated at 50 pounds, the fish swam toward the deepest part of the lake.

Happy Monkey · 03-30-2005, 03:59 PM

It forgot rule #1: Never eat anything bigger than your head.

dar512 · 03-30-2005, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

It forgot rule #1: Never eat anything bigger than your head.

Oh, I don't know. The La Bamba chain of mexican restaurants does pretty well selling "Burritos as big as your head".

lookout123 · 03-30-2005, 04:28 PM

i'm not normally a warm and fuzzy "save the (fill in the blank)" guy, but i think it is pretty cool that this guy used his knife to deflate the ball rather than snag a really nice trophy to show the guys and brag about.

Trilby · 03-30-2005, 04:56 PM

I still think that guy should be getting some wishes. It's clearly a magickal catfish!!

xoxoxoBruce · 03-30-2005, 06:08 PM

The inside of that Cat's maw is rough as sandpaper so food doesn't squirt out.
Worked against him (her?) this time, though.
I'm with Brianna, the guy deserves a wish of two.

Happy Monkey · 03-30-2005, 06:22 PM

The fish got away on a technicality. It couldn't offer the wishes, since its mouth was full. Once its mouth was available, it was free, so it got off scott free!

xoxoxoBruce · 03-30-2005, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

The fish got away on a technicality. It couldn't offer the wishes, since its mouth was full. Once its mouth was available, it was free, so it got off scott free!

No, no, no, just because the dude chose to release the fish in that manner doesn't make it an escape.
The guy had the fish dead to rights and chose to set it free, BUT he did not relinquish his right to fish for the old boy (girl?) tomorrow.

So kay UT, bigger coverage.

BigV · 03-30-2005, 06:42 PM

deja vu

Undertoad · 03-30-2005, 06:49 PM

D'oh! Sorry 404, I missed your post!

404Error · 03-30-2005, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

D'oh! Sorry 404, I missed your post!

Quite alright, UT. The fish eating fish pic more than made up for it!

Undertoad · 03-30-2005, 07:40 PM

There, I've made up for stealing 404's idea.

Fish are stupid, and deserve to be laughed at.

BigV · 03-30-2005, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

There, I've made up for stealing 404's idea.

Fish are stupid, and deserve to be laughed at.

Nice one... the picscene pushmepushyou... cool.

capnhowdy · 03-30-2005, 08:30 PM

OMAGOLL......... it's a fish eat fish world.
I reckon we'll call the latter images, .........well ,..34 1/2.......
Let me preappologize. Always the sexual angle.
Fish ARE stupid. Too stupid to have sex.
......I think the whale people are coming...........

capnhowdy · 03-30-2005, 08:31 PM

maybe if both fish hurled..........

03-30-2005, 03:59 PM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	It forgot rule #1: Never eat anything bigger than your head. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-30-2005, 04:28 PM	#4
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	i'm not normally a warm and fuzzy "save the (fill in the blank)" guy, but i think it is pretty cool that this guy used his knife to deflate the ball rather than snag a really nice trophy to show the guys and brag about. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

03-30-2005, 04:56 PM	#5
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I still think that guy should be getting some wishes. It's clearly a magickal catfish!! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-30-2005, 06:08 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The inside of that Cat's maw is rough as sandpaper so food doesn't squirt out. Worked against him (her?) this time, though. I'm with Brianna, the guy deserves a wish of two. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-30-2005, 06:22 PM	#7
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	The fish got away on a technicality. It couldn't offer the wishes, since its mouth was full. Once its mouth was available, it was free, so it got off scott free! __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-30-2005, 06:42 PM	#9
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	deja vu __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

03-30-2005, 06:49 PM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	D'oh! Sorry 404, I missed your post!

03-30-2005, 07:40 PM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	There, I've made up for stealing 404's idea. Fish are stupid, and deserve to be laughed at.

03-30-2005, 08:30 PM	#14
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	OMAGOLL......... it's a fish eat fish world. I reckon we'll call the latter images, .........well ,..34 1/2....... Let me preappologize. Always the sexual angle. Fish ARE stupid. Too stupid to have sex. ......I think the whale people are coming........... __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

03-30-2005, 08:31 PM	#15
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	maybe if both fish hurled.......... __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

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