I got something on my line once in Florida that had my brother very excited. After fighting it and losing I said, “Whatever that was...we didn’t want it in the boat.”
I saw on Animal Planet last night that the are going to have a new series.
“RIVER MONSTERS is a seven-part series produced by Icon Films, which launches with a one-hour special: “Killer Catfish.” Extreme angler Jeremy Wade is on the hunt for freshwater fish with a taste for human flesh. This international excursion through the dark side of the watery depths mixes action and adventure with incredible mysteries, edge-of-the-seat chases and a battle of wills between man and almost supernatural beasts that lurk in the serpentine waterways of the planet, subsisting murderously underwater and growing to truly awesome sizes. Like all the best horror movies, the images are intense and immediate, gritty and real. Wade illustrates to the viewer, like a forensic investigation, exactly how these river monsters are constructed to kill. RIVER MONSTERS is slated to premiere in April 2009.”
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20090113animalplanet01
I fish for catfish. I use heavy duty gear. I have hooked into things in the river that have stripped every inch of line off of my rod and reel. Never even saw the fish/creature. whatever it was. LOL.
Ping!