Dutch scuba diver became the surprise catch of the day

[Thalassamania]

And there's ten stuffed heads in my trophy room right now,
Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a pure-bred Guernsey cow.

Tom Lehrer - The Hunting Song

 

[SnakeRiverPirate]

I'd think with someone that big you'd need a gaff!

 

[tthirteen]

From http://news.yahoo.com


Fri Aug 17, 11:32 AM ET
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch scuba diver became the surprise catch of the day for a 13-year-old boy fishing in the Netherlands when his hook got caught in the man's lip.

"I heard a sound on my head and immediately I felt a jerk on my lip," Wim van Huffelen, who had been swimming in the North Sea, was quoted as saying by Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.

The daily ran a picture of the diver with the hook embedded in his lower lip.

The diver had been swimming close to the shore near the southern Dutch town of Zierikzee. A doctor managed to free him from the hook.






Ouch :11:

 

[shotthebreeze]

Yikes...my question is: with your mouth wrapped around a reg, how does one manage to get hooked?

 

[beester]

And here is a pic of the 'catch of the day'. It was originally posted on the dutch diving board (www.duikforum.nl).

The story goes as follows. The spot were this happened is a very popular shore diving spot. Specifically in the spring months when there's a lot of catfish to be seen. We are talking even 10 to 20 people in the water on a rainy cold april day at 4 am in the morning. (if the tides warrant it). However apparently there's also some good fishing to be had there, and since this month this has been promoted in a fishing magazine... so more and more fishers are showing up. This is the result :11:

 

[BeachJunkie]

Guess he got hungry. That does not sound pleasant at all. Funny though!

 

[El Orans]

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[rollerboi]

So what kind of bait would it take to hook YOU?

I'd be taken in by a slice of pizza, I'm sure.

 

[RICHinNC]

Next thing you know....everyone will be wearing hooks in their lips.

 

[Busdiver]

So what kind of bait would it take to hook YOU?

I'd be taken in by a slice of pizza, I'm sure.

You'd have me if a pint a Gritty's hand pulled cask condition Best Bitter came floating by!