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[Chief Grey Bear]

I was just getting ready to check the internet for info on a bottle I found while fishing. Its a pop bottle from "Mountain Valley Beverages." I found it while fishing this summer. Actually I found 3 of them in two different versions.

That got me to thinking about the other stuff I have found this summer while fishing. I found a bottle from "Neosho Bottling Works. I also found a coke bottle from the Joplin bottler that was produced from 1938 to 1951. I also found a Hyde Park beer bottle. That company was bought out around 1950. At an auction few weeks later, I was able to purchase a wooden beer case in GREAT condition from Hyde Park beer to go with the bottle.

I know we have all found stuff while fishing. Most of it junk, but we still haul some of it home cause we can use it.

What are some of the more interesting things you have found while fishing?

[Gary Lange]

I picked up a small Milk Glass Jar about 2-1/2" High and about 1-1/2" in Diameter with Armor & Co. Packers Chicago on the bottom. I also found a bottle with Wonder Beverage Co. Harvey Bottling Works, Harvey, Illinois.

[davekeim]

Never think any of this is junk. There are people who collect this stuff and pay a nice price for it. I have an old "Sun Drop" soda metal sign with a thermometer on it. "Sun Drop" was an orange soda made by Quality Dairy in St Louis in the late 30's. Last offer $1100. That will buy some gear!

Signed,

Cardiac

[Terry Beeson]

A fishing buddy and I found a marijuana patch one time while fishing small Ozark streams for smallies... Funny thing... after we fished that stream, we stopped by the nearest store and bought 2 bags of Cheetos, a bag of Doritos, a box of Hostess cupcakes, and 4 candy bars...

[JobyKSU]

My most interesting catch would have to be the time that I pulled in somebody's spin rig last year.

I was dragging a clouser through El Dorado lake (KS) and felt resistance about 20 feet from shore. I was pretty sure it was the moss or weeds I had been pulling in, but it didn't feel quite right. When I finally got to the clouser, it was wrapped around fishing line, which quickly led to a 6-foot spin setup. The reel worked fine, so I extricated my line, and began to reel in the found line - only to find more resistance. Wouldn't you know it, ended up with a tired-out smallmouth attached to a spoon.

My brother claimed the rod, and the smallie seamed to revive alright and swam off, although slowly.

As a followup: It appears that the rod is cursed. My brother took it out three times and was skunked each time. He happily gave it to his ex in the settlement.

[Chief Grey Bear]

Never think any of this is junk.

Hey Cardiac, no that ain't junk. When I said junk, I was meaning more like a the hook end of a tow line that someone busted off trying to get towed out. The hook is good but, ya still gotta buy some rope. So you haul it home only to have it sit around for about 3 years till you pitch it or give it to a friend who will do the same thing. Things along that line. Heck we have all seen a tire with good tread that appears to not have a problem. I haven't brought one of these home though. Now, had there been two of them......

[Chief Grey Bear]

My most interesting catch would have to be the time that I pulled in somebody's spin rig last year.

That reminded me of two stories that happend while fishing with my dad as a kid.

The first one happened on Grand Lake in the late 70's. At that time we had trot lines out that we caught bait for all week at home in Missouri and baited them up when we stayed at our cabin every weekend.

We had one of our trot lines on the upstream side of the Cayuga bridge there by Iron Horse. Early one morning while running the line, dad came upon some fishing line. He went one way with it and I went the other. He found a Sparkle Tail caught on the trot line. So we make our way to the other end of the line and find a rod and Ambassador 5000c reel. Dad still has that rod and reel today. I bet that guy that was trolling is still telling about the huge white bass that took his rod.

This story happened in the early 80's at Stockon Lake. Dad and I went crappie fishing every weekend in the spring and camped at the lake in a tent. While fishing one day, we had just finished fishing along one bank and instead of going into the cove that we came upon, dad just ran the trolling motor by the mouth of the cove to get to the bank across from where we were. As he was doing this, I was just trolling my jig (I think that is a streamer for you trout guy's ) along. Suddenly I felt the tug of being hung up. I hollard at dad to whoa. Then I noticed that it was comming along slowly. I thought, and so did dad, that it was just one of those water logged snags that weigh a ton. Imagin our surprise when I hoist a up a fish basket with 6 nice big huge crappie still very alive and kicking! I sure felt sorry for whoever it was that lost that basket but, I sure do thank you. I just love to tell of the time that I caught 6 crappie on one cast!

[Paola Cat]

Years ago, I was fishing with some college buddies at Tuttle Creek Res. outside of Manhattan, KS. It was super hot and we weren't catching very much. One of my buddies said that a cold beer would taste great ... we all agreed but didn't have anything to drink in the boat. About 15 minutes later I noticed an orange thing that looked like a buoy floating in the water. It was pretty far off in the distance. We motored over to check it out and it was one of those orange Gott water coolers. I reached over to pick it up and it was heavy. We got it on the boat and took the lid off and it was filled with Falstaff beer (that shows my age) on ice! To this day, I think the Good Lord heard our request and delivered. I