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.
Fresh water barracuda?
From the Headline I expected the kids name to be Jonas.
I saw a guy catch a pelican with a spinner, below Jackson Lake Dam, WY, this summer. He was furious cuz his wife left the video camera in the cabin, fearing no one would believe him. So if you run into a guy that claims that story, believe him!
One night late after work I caught an ebb tide with no jig and dead winds. I took a big green palm leaf about a foot long and tied the hook off under it and pitched it, then walking the bridge jigging it. I hooked a monster snook on that palm leaf. I had to use a drop-grapple to lift it from the water. Snook have extremely soft mouth's. Almost like no bone, just cartilage. I had to play the thing forever to tire it out. Bridge fishing is quite the dilema when you hook something big.
That..... is an alligator.
Nope...those are some mean as hell fish. And, they can breathe in the air as well, so they can live in some nasty rivers and streams.
Go check this out.
http://www.earthwave.org/gar.htm
No, but we have gar up here in Minnesota. Never seen one of those either. I doubt our gar get to be as big as these muskies however.
ping
Ahem
Abe Vigoda bit somebody?
In Louisiana that would make one helluva fish fry!
LOL!
OKers.. so my minions of flesh eating zombie fish were less than an inspired idea.
/ joke
I deny involvement.
I wonder what the fish used for bait?
Cool link. Thanks.
Good job. Probably was a registered Democrat anyway.
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