try catching this lol

[mobsters211]

What is that?! Look in the middle.




Fish Story



Caught 1-1/2 miles offshore while fishing! (after the fires in Southern Calif. )


Did he say, 'one and a half miles' out??






Can it be, really!!!
It's a DEER!!! Son of a gun!!!




Not much of a struggle? Poor guy!!!

She was sooo tired and was glad to get into our boat and rest!


And yes, we turned her loose when we got back to shore.


Just try beating this Fish Story!

[Bunker Buster]

Wow, how the heck did you get her in the boat?

Great job on saving her.

[giantfan]

very cool... good job saving it.

I have witnessed them swimming across the Raritan bay, but have never seen them in the ocean.

[TunaTeaser1]

Interesting story but that looks like a young buck. Look at the knobs on his head.

What flag do you fly with that release?

[dckhd247]

This happened in the Chesapeake Bay... 2 years ago...

[snowranger]

Ditto:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/hunting/deerfish.asp

[mobsters211]

i didnt catch this lol, i wish had , but it loked liek a good a story for yall, but idk i think the weirdest thing i have caught was a conch (the slimy thing in the shell) lol iwas like wtf

[Roddy Hays]

Soon they realized it was a deer trying desperately to keep afloat — and obviously losing the battle. Fearing the whitetail would get snagged in their lines they cranked in their rigs. Then the deer headed straight for the boat possibly thinking it was a spit of land.

But as it got closer and saw the two fishermen aboard, it had second thoughts. With its nose barely out of the water, it appeared to have been swimming all night, said Campbell. “Since the fish weren’t biting, we thought we’d give it a hand. Bo grew up around cows, was really handy with a bow line and lasooed the deer on the first attempt.”

They got it close, Bo grabbed the neck, Chad got a good hold on a flank and “we barreled over backwards to the deck — and before we knew it, Bo was on top of the buck in velvet and had him hog tied like a calf.”

Chad, said they feared the deer was going to “kick the hell out of us in a 22-foot center console boat,” but they were lucky, it was too exhausted to resist, “We hit the gas and ran him to the closest beach, Kent Point, where I beached the boat and we carefully unloaded our catch on the sand. We untied him and jumped back.

"Too weak to stand, he just sat there quivering. We picked him up again and put his feet underneath him, but he still couldn't walk or stand. We left him sitting there looking at us. Before we left, I looked him in the eye and said 'See you on opening day; payback time.'

"We don't know whether he made it or not, but we do know his chances were vastly improved for survival than when we first saw him."



Source: Burton, Bill. "Oh Deer, What a Fishing Expedition on Bay."
Maryland Gazette; June 13th, 2007.

[LuckyDrew]

Catch what? Snopes confirmed it was a true story, great story