Fishing For Bait

[T.C.]

OK.......so how would you like to land a fish like this??



It's a Patagonian Toothfish and is found in the waters around the Antarctic.

.......and what sort of bait would you use to catch one?

Never mind THAT......how about using one as bait ???????.........to catch a SQUID !!!!....................

Read on............

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6385071.stm

[daren]

t.c thats one hell of a fish would not mind getting one of them on the end of my rod but if i pulled a squid in that big i think i would run for the hills ffs whats going on in the sea at the minute we cant catch a cold up here and they a pulling aliens in like this with fish like that for bait any idea where you dig for them is it somewhere in scotland

[T.C.]

Lol Daren......they weren't actually using one as bait to catch the squid...................they were fishing for Patagonian Toothfish......

When they landed the squid they found it was busy eating one

[daren]

what can you say to that mate it boggles the mind squid eating fish thats the last time i waste my money on squid for bait,i think ill buy a ten pound cod use it as bait and catch squid like to see the look on the faces of the lads on the pier pulling one of them in eh

[fozally]

Pity they didnt let it go as they are so rare.

[T.C.]

True......but by the sounds of it, it was just about dead when they got it to the surface.