A different kind of catfish

[dhess]

Late thrursday night I was preparing all my gear for an outing on friday morning. I had just finished learning and practising my perfect loop not. I tied on a bronze coloured minnow HB and clipped on to one of the rod runners when our tonkinese kitten Loki took a liking to the lure. He pounced on it, bit it and got hooked instantly on one of the trebles:ohmy: I quickly got my gf to hold him down while I unhooked it.

In the struggle he bit me on my left index finger with such force that two of his teeth penetrated my fingernail.

Thankfully it only left a tiny hole in his bottom lip and he went straight back to playing and causing general chaos.

Moral of the story careful leaving fishing gear around pets.

Sorry no photos of the incident but here is the catfish. [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/loki.jpg

[Feral]

Ouch - and in front of the girl friend as well, just as well it worked out ok, you could have really been in the bad books there!

[Angus]

Its nearly happened to me with lures as well mate.

I have two cats at home and well small bright thinks moving fast attracts them as fast as it does a bass.

There was a cat at teh jetty i always used to fish at noosa as a kid. It would be fed often by the fishermen little tid bits of bait. If someone left a baited line on the jetty the cat would deftly remove the bait with its mouth and paw avoiding the hook. quite amazing really.

Angus

Post edited by: Angus, at: 2007/03/19 09:39

[ellicat]

Shoulda cut the line and let it go - apparently the hooks'll rust out in a cuppla days and the fish will survive. :P

[dhess]

I considered it:P The punk jewelry kind of suited him but was a bit big for comfort.

We may consider letting him get a piercing when he grows up.:evil:

The cat at the jettysounds like an awesome cat.

[werewolf]

ouch an unwanted piercing in the gfs cat is not a good thing for your kudos with her:pinch:

[Brian D]

Troll it for shark bait - it's only a cat!:evil:

There goes my Karma again:P

[Oztrav]

I actually cast at the dogs when at kedron brook because their owners dont have them on a leash and i get mauled by overexcited smelly damp dogs while trying to catch flathead well i wish i could