cgrand

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_797528.html

CJS

I'm not a huge fan of cats, but that's just sick!

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GravyBoat

The part about cats seems wrong but how about this:

"Mr Lagana said another cruel method of catching the fish was to spear an eel with a harpoon and dangle it in the water, in the hope its agonised thrashings prove tempting for the fish."

Sounds like a plan to me.

Overcurrent

Assuming this isn't some sort of perverted April Fools joke, any sick b@$t@rd that would do that should be fileted and used as chum themself!

Better yet - feed him ALIVE to the lions!

Devilfish

Don't know if it's accurate, since it's a story from a friend who has a friend, but... A guy I know had a buddy who, in the 80's, went shark fishing with cats. He claimed that they cut one of the cat's legs to start the bleeding, threw the cat overboard with the hook and line attached with wire. The blood and thrashing (since cats hate water and try really hard to get out of it) drew the sharks in.

Needless to say, we don't fish together.

nj ron

Knew of people back then that did it.(NO,NOT ME). They also used chickens( like those nice feathered lures we have). Get a bloody slick going, and a thrashing bird, hard to resist if you are a shark.

cgrand

i have a coworker from stuart, fl that tells me back in the day the stuart shark rodeo was suspended because some were using kittens...

Capt. Dan

Urban legend. Think about it, there can't be more than a pint of blood in a cat, it would bleed out in no time.

jtburf

Cat's for Cat fish ...What's wrong with that ??????.....lol....John

TDuffy35

Urban Legend.
Another version is that Montauk boats were using summer rental people's abandoned pets as shark bait.
I've heard the same story on both coasts....