Next time use a basketball as bait for catfish!

Fiskars the Whiskers · Post by **Fiskars the Whiskers** » 29 Jun 2004, 16:29

Maybe some of you have seen this before. My aunt from Texas sent me a forward this morning of a newspaper article that had been in The Sunday Wichita (Kansas) Eagle newspaper. Apparently a couple of people had seen a basketball floating in a small pond in a weird manner. They went to investigate it and found a large catfish that had tried to eat the basketball! It couldn't swim downward because the ball would keep floating it back up. The people ended up having to cut the ball to deflate it and then the fish swam away. (What kind of fish is it?)

Post by **Silurus** » 29 Jun 2004, 17:00

What kind of fish is it?

A flathead catfish ().

Post by **Silurus** » 29 Jun 2004, 17:51

Why is it spelled Pylodictus in the Cat-eLog? It should be Pylodictis.

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 29 Jun 2004, 17:58

This made it into the tabloids here but it was said to have occurred "in the sea off Los Angeles" and involved a soccer ball.

ClayT101 · Post by **ClayT101** » 30 Jun 2004, 02:20

Can someone please post the pictures, it sounds interesting.

Post by **Silurus** » 30 Jun 2004, 02:59

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/catchfish.asp

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 30 Jun 2004, 12:30

MUCH kudos for the ones who saved that fish!!!!!

It would have died a quite horrible death if they didn't take the time to help it out

great action, really.

hanleong · Post by **hanleong** » 10 Jul 2004, 06:46

How amazing! awesome pictures..