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Catching the Elusive Freshwater Scuba Diver

Well you might think it’s impossible, or highly improbable I guess, because it happened on a lake in Minnesota. Two fisherman thought they had the catch of a lifetime when nearly every line in their hut started pulling hard. A few minutes later, the unthinkable happened, when a live human hand presented it self through their hole in the ice.

I can only imagine the muffled screams the diver must have heard at the time, and I hope this fishing hut came with a bathroom. The diver was live released.

via Field & Stream

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February 15, 2011 by Jonathon Marshall

Filed Under: Fishing, Freshwater, Freshwater Species, Ice Fishing, Incredible, News, Oddities, United States, Videos
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When Zanders Attack!

A Zander is a European variant of our Walleye, and apparently some can be extremely territorial, to the point of attacking swimmers. With six attacks in a single weekend, two of the swimmers were sent to the hospital with gashes over four inches long, the local Swiss police department was forced to take action. The police first tried to catch the fish with a net, which failed, so a hitman scuba diver was sent in to ice pick harpoon the fish. I’m not sure how he know which fish was the attacker, but while under he harpooned a 27″ Zander weighing over 17 pounds! What a whopper! The police cooked the fish and served it to local tourists for their troubles.

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“It is quite unusual for zanders to bite humans”, Croci said, adding he suspected the fish was suffering from a hormonal imbalance which could be responsible for its aggression.

via Yahoo Canada and Telegraph UK

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July 16, 2009 by Jonathon Marshall

Filed Under: Europe, News, Non-Fishing, Walleye, Zander
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