I once hooked my dad in the armpit with 10/0 hook which still had a live mullet attached.....past the barb.....into muscle......a couple hours ride offshore in the Gulf. That was a, um, ,how would I say,,,,,uncomfortable ride to the ramp. For both of us. Hooked numerous seagulls growing up on the coast in TX. Sometimes they grab your bait and get stuck, sometimes they would just get temselves lassoed and tangled up in the line. I got an otter on a dink bass up on Fraser point at the Invitational this past October. Luckily he didn't get the hook. That was weird. I had blue heron try to eat my frog at Clear Lake last summer. He kept pulling, and I kept pulling trying to get it back. I don't know if he let it go, or if I actually pulled it back from him. They are stronger than they look!

But the best has to be small alligators on buzzbaits and frogs growing up in TX. Little ones would blow up repeatedly on a buzzbait or frog. Anything over 4 feet or so would not mess with the baits, but it was always cool watching those litte guys do their best to eat those things. We never did mangae to hook one though, even after hundreds of attempts over the years. They got a pretty tough mouth.