Posts Tagged ‘fishing’
Carp escapes fishermen by crawling on land
The carp will be the talk of everyone back at base. “You should see the size of the one I got away from,” he’ll boast. Unlike the ergonomic, rhythmic fish, the one the carp got away from was lumpen and possessed of the grace of Donald Trump at a naked yoga retreat trailing a shard of toilet paper from his wobbling seat of power. Fish are from another dimension.
Posted: 29th, June 2017 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Eagle snatches fisherman’s haul
FISHING! Such a tranquil, noble past time eh? Languidly staring at the water, tactically working out fishy movements. That’s not blood quickening is it?
Not until an eagle appears from nowhere and snatches the fish you’ve caught with its horrible killer talons!
And mercifully for us, the whole incident was caught on camera so we don’t have to sit in near silence, smoking roll-ups for hours while sat on a bucket of maggots for hours on end.
Fisherman Norman Dreger, so shocked by the whole thing, wobbles and loses his balance.
Dreger explained: “This eagle stole a beautiful Dolly Varden char right off of my hook, then took all my backing and stole my fly too!”
Posted: 20th, May 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Fishing on Arthunkal beach, India, is easy
TO Arthunkal beach, India, for the annual arrival of the lemming fish. You can’t help but wonder what force is pushing the fish towards the beach? Bigger fish? Officer-class fish reenacting the Charge of the Light Brigade? The Tesco ranchers rounding up the new breed of GM seahorse?
Posted: 22nd, April 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Man uses electric stun gun to catch fish – electrocutes himself
READY to go fishing? Got your stun gun? Plugged it into the mains? Check. Electrocuted yourself: Check:
He lived.
Posted: 7th, March 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Sarah Palin Pulls John McCain’s Six Down Under
THE Sydney Morning Herald illustrates its coverage of John McCain’s claim that his Vice Presidential running mate Sarah Palin’s family had taken a $US20,000 dollar hit in falling stock prices made her an “ordinary Joe” in fact a “six pack” Babe…
As AGW puts it:
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Posted: 1st, October 2008 | In: Broadsheets, Photojournalism, Politicians | Comments (19)
