According to the Wichita Eagle newspaper, a guy spotted this catfish (see picture) with a child's ball (like a basketball) in its mouth. The fish is struggling, trying to dive, but the inflated ball keeps bringing the fish to the surface.

He got a hold of the fish and tried to remove the ball but just kept lifting the fish out of the water. Finally his wife brought him a knife and after deflating the ball, it could be removed, and the fish swam away.

I wonder if stripers will hit basketballs? :confused: :)

Here the guy gets the ball out of the fish's mouth!

He must have thought it was a giant dough ball.:huh: :biglaugh:

A good deed was done for a catfish.

ive seen large mouth bass hit the tennis balls people throw for their dogs. thinking of putting a hook through one!:smash: