Not me.
Posted on 08/28/2004 12:48:22 PM PDT by UnklGene
Large Fish Catches Boy in Minnesota -
DULUTH, Minn.
An 11-year-old boy was out hunting frogs on Island Lake when he became the prey. A large fish, probably a muskellunge or a northern pike, attacked the boy about 5 p.m. Thursday as he and his young sister were wading in a foot of water.
The resulting wounds on Mason DeRosier's feet and hands required 11 stitches to close.
Mason's father, Richard DeRosier, was in a paddle boat just offshore during the attack. DeRosier, a Lake County deputy sheriff, said he was facing the children when he saw a huge swirl in the water.
"Before I can say 'Holy moley! Look at that!', all of a sudden the swirl is by their feet," he said.
Mason said he saw the fish splash just offshore. "It was like, maybe, 5 feet in front of us," Mason said. "Then it splashed right at my foot and bit me. It hurt."
It didn't let go. "I smacked it in the head and tried to pry it off my foot," Mason said. "He let go, but he bit my hand."
The sister wasn't hurt.
Mason was taken in back to the family's cabin to wash the wounds, then he was off to the hospital.
He received eight stitches in his left hand and three in the bottom of his right foot. He has numerous other bite marks across the top of his foot, his dad said.
"I'll bet he has 20 cuts on his foot and 10 cuts on his hand," Richard DeRosier said.
ping!
I know this family and the lake. I've caught muskies in it. They can be aggressive and big but this is unusual.
Noodling?
Man...I'm glad the kid is ok. Interesting story.
The boy need to get a rooster tail lure and 20lb big game on his rod and teach this fish a lesson with the filet knife.
How big do they get, they are full of teeth right?
Not me.
Seems I recall a similar incident many, many years ago, near Lake Amelia, MN. My grandparents had a cabin there and I was maybe 10-yrs old at the time and some other kid was dangling his foot in the water off the end of the dock and a Northern Pike pit and wouldn't let go. The kid raised his foot out of the water and "caught" the fish. The kid had to have stitches as well. Made me darned scared to go into the water the rest of that summer. . .and maybe had some influence on my inability to watch Jaws when it first came out.
Well, can't let my 4 pound Yorky swim there, that is for sure.
http://www.toothycritters.com/alltackle_records.html
Shows the world record sizes.
Role reversal 'just damn' ping.
Your Yorkie is just an appetizer to one of these fish.
This is the genuinely first fish story I have ever heard.
When Fish Attack!!!
Even little 3" perch can try to nibble on exposed flesh in lakes and river areas.
This little boy deserve a PH for fighting off that vicious creature; hitting it in the head. He ranks right up with with Jimmy Carter and that killer rabbit.
Bluefish will do the same thing when frenzy feeding in schools. They would hit a coffe mug if it were in the water.
Didja see the one that gottaway?
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