when I was in college back in Missouri I was fishing one night at our local lake near campus and saw this muskrat(also half the size of a cat) cruising the surface slowly...swaying its tail behind it...Thats the good thing about fishing at night...the Moon outlines every silhouette on the waters surface....
One thing that is burned in my mind was when I back in Malaysia last year fishing a local lake and at about 7feet away from the bank I saw at least 20 to 25 peacock bass weighing at least 3 pounds each crusing...I still couldnt believe it....I gently pitched a wobbling spoon-ignored...I threw in a Yo-Zuri pins minnow...got ignored...all I saw was this school of brightly colored fish swimming away...on the same day I also saw a 6ft monitor lizard swimming with its head and neck above water...like loch ness monster...
I caught many exotic fish species on last year's trip back to Malaysia...here are some photos...theres one colorful one with blue markings is sold here in aquarium stores for over $150...Flowerhorn fish...
I have yet to catch a giant snakehead...too elusive...