My buddy caught a clam of some kind at clay banks while mooching. His line must have passed over it while it was open and it clamped down when if felt it. We had a heck of a time getting it off his 25lb line. Thought it was a freak thing, but he got a few more later that day - a few had good sized rocks attached. Next time you think you've snagged bottom, you may just have one of these guys latched onto your line...

On another trip, I snagged a sea cucumber.

While night fishing for catfish in lake Texana in Texas, a 12 ft alligator ate my bobber (not my bait...). I tried to break it off, and eventually had some slack. I said to my brother, better stand back, he may have just headed towards us. Sure enough, he pops up right where we were standing!! This happened several more times, each time, he\she was just trying to get our bobbers.

The next day, I followed the bank through the water moccasin and copperhead infested brush back along a channel to where the gators go during the day. I found a small little bay (about 10ft wide) where the bank was covered with gator tracks. In the little bay were dozens upon dozens of bobbers. Many cracked and stuck in the mud or barely floating, but most were in pretty good shape. I snatched a hand full and took off before momma realized I took some of her babies (or whatever - I don't really know why this gator was obsessed with collecting bobbers...).