Strange Catches: Fisherman Catches Dead Rat

Former Classic champion Paul Elias puts a new definition on the term rat fishing. “I once caught a dead rat on a spoon,” the veteran Mississippi pro said. “It was in the finals of a MegaBucks event in Guntersville. I had some flowing water coming out of a pipe. I was seeing a lot of fish, but I couldn’t get anything to bite so I tied on a spoon. I threw it out there, jigged it one time and hooked a dead rat.”