What the heck is this? Caught in middle of Lake Ontario

[Captain's Cove]

Hello everyone.

A very nice couple from Kerhonkson NY stays with us here at Captain's Cove every year. This year they were out on the Lake salmon fishing and they "caught" this. Any idea what it is?

~ Michele

Captain's Cove Resort, Inc.

http://www.fishcaptainscove.com/

[email protected]

585-682-3316

[Mortigan]

I can't see the tail clearly but could it be a possum?

[beef300]

Looks photoshopped

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[Buko]

Looks like an Opossum...but why is it in the lake??

[unsub]

I vote for possum. Those things are butt ugly on land or sea.

[rolmops]

If you blow the picture up big enough you can see both the single and the treble hook outside the mouth. Besides, that bugger would have bled

I vote for photo shop

[ray koziatek]

After lookn at the second pic I know its a "ASSOONASIGETTHISHOOKOUTYERNEXT"

[Cheers]

Thats what it is,I hooked one just like that in the mouth a few years back while trolling sticks for browns. I will try to find the pic, kinda odd that these people hooked one right in the face like we did

[Mortigan]

If you blow the picture up big enough you can see both the single and the treble hook outside the mouth. Besides, that bugger would have bled

I vote for photo shop

I see what you mean - you can see both hooks and all points, none actually in the possum.

[carpedium]

good hook!

[Cheers]

One hook point is just holding the skin on the face!

[ray koziatek]

Tell Em Their Running Their Spread A Tad High....................................................Yup their we wer just skipping flies on the surface and he hit at 2.4 mph.. Or was that the left rigger at 55ft?

[Mortigan]

I've got a recipe around here somewhere for possum pie...

[Cheers]

Chicken poss pie! just add laker

[ray koziatek]

HEY I bet MUSKYBOB has a ole family stew recipie..Aderondack of course..

[jekyll]

I didn't know chupacabra had made it this far north. Fying grass carp will be close behind. Any lamprey marks.

What down speed and depth? Looks tastey.

[bandrus1]

thats ray's dog

[skipper19]

Fisher....very nasty....they will swim 20 miles to eat flies. Once hooked they know you are gonna bring their ass to the boat

AND EAT THE REST OF YER FLIES :omg:

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[Tim Bromund]

Fisher....very nasty....they will swim 20 miles to eat flies. Once hooked they know you are gonna bring their ass to the boat

AND EAT THE REST OF YER FLIES :omg:

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Yup, fisher, That critter looks nothing like a possum

[ray koziatek]

Tim ya found my cat!!!

[Gill-T]

Problem is they don't put up much fight until you get them in the boat......then all hell breaks loose.

[Big Water]

Problem is they don't put up much fight until you get them in the boat......then all hell breaks loose.

LMAO

[JakeyBaby]

Man that color fly has been hot this year and it even cathces SEA RATS!!

[hermit]

If it's shopped it's a good one. Hard to photoshop a blurry pic though I guess you could blur it afterwards but what makes it look real is in the clear pic.

It's true you can see all the hook points, but one of them appears to be hooked just barely in the cheek of the fisher, pulling it up and giving it that snarl, also a whisker goes over the hook which would be hard to fake, and finally the fly leaves a shadow on the water. And the fly is hooked on something as the line is taught. There are no obvious jpeg artifacts either.

How about it Captain's Cove? Real or fake?

[ray koziatek]

Not bad for a mountian "Hermit"