# Fisherman catches human head, then keeps fishing! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797 "2002-08-27T17:26:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/1 "2002-08-27T17:26:37Z")
[What](http://espn.go.com/outdoors/fishing/news/2002/0826/1423075.html) would you have done? I for one, would have thrown up! Wheres the vomiticon? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/2 "2002-08-27T17:30:42Z")
> [@](#): > > “We didn’t want to come in right away, so we just put it in a bag in a bucket. It’d been out there awhile. What’s a couple of hours?” Trabulsy said. Surprised they didn’t use it as bait! ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/3 "2002-08-27T17:39:16Z")
So, what do you call a bunch of floating heads? A school? Tripler And they put it in a garbage bag. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GopherGod72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/4 "2002-08-27T17:48:58Z")
wait wait wait… but then they came back in and docked and then reported it 5 hours later? Am I reading that right? Plus they used a Gaff to pull it out of the water… thats a metal hook. ---
**Author:** ![GopherGod72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/5 "2002-08-27T17:54:09Z")
They’re heads above the rest of the fisherman though. 2 heads are better then one? ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/6 "2002-08-27T17:55:46Z")
[q] **Plus they used a Gaff to pull it out of the water… thats a metal hook.** [/q] Did you want them to **touch** it?? Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/7 "2002-08-27T18:13:48Z")
I gotta ask . . . When they first ‘caught’ it, did they get a nibble or a bite? Tripler : d & r : ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/8 "2002-08-27T18:22:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tripler \* > \*\*So, what do you call a bunch of floating heads? A school? > > Tripler > And they put it in a garbage bag. 😃 \*\* Sounds like this guy was the head of the class. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Norrybaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9a28c/32.png) [@Norrybaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norrybaby)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/9 "2002-08-27T19:04:28Z")
> [@](#): > > "Now, had it been a freshly severed head, it would have been a different story Of course it would, nothing like a good rationalisation. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/10 "2002-08-27T20:14:47Z")
aww hell, people eat _dolphin?_ > [@](#): > > “and thought they would try their luck on dolphin, also known as dorado or mahi mahi” Maybe god was giving these guys a brain. ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/11 "2002-08-27T21:13:02Z")
No, people eat dolphin fish. From [The University of Delaware](http://www.ocean.udel.edu/mas/seafood/mahi.html): > [@](#): > > Dolphin fish are not to be confused with porpoises, which at times are also called dolphin. Dolphin fish (mahi-mahi) are cold-blooded members of the fish family, while porpoises are mammals and are protected by law. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/12 "2002-08-27T22:07:29Z")
Jiminy Christmas! They just put it a bucket and kept on fishin’? That’s not an old shoe you just stumbled over, gentlemen, that’s part of what used to be a human being! Ugg, what callous assholes. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/13 "2002-08-27T23:26:42Z")
At least he turned it in. He could have taken it to the taxidermist and mounted it on the wall. Unless it was a small head, of course. Those you have to throw back. ---
**Author:** ![StuckinIA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@StuckinIA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuckinIA)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/14 "2002-08-28T02:25:26Z")
it all depends on how the fishin was going. if you weren’t cat jack then you may have taken it to the authorities and reported it. however, if the fish be bitin then you keep on fishin til they stop. ---
**Author:** ![StuckinIA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@StuckinIA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuckinIA)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/15 "2002-08-28T02:30:13Z")
_catching_ jack typos are poop ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/16 "2002-08-28T03:53:54Z")
My God! If they’d rushed right in to shore, maybe the doctors could have reattached it! What callous bastards! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/17 "2002-08-28T04:18:51Z")
Fishing’s never the time to lose one’s _head_ . Boy, that’s not the way to get a_head_ in life. It’s a shame he wasn’t more _head_strong. He’ll never be the _head_ of a major corporation. Okay, that’ll do. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/18 "2002-08-28T04:48:33Z")
That’s one hell of a story for the bars: “Oh yeah? Well one time I was out fishin’ for dolphin…” ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/19 "2002-08-28T05:08:50Z")
Am I the only one thinking of _Short Cuts_, in which Fred Ward and Huey Lewis are out fishing and find a dead body in the water, then continue their fishing trip for a couple days before reporting it? ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797/20 "2002-08-28T05:16:59Z")
I think I would have been extremely freaked out, yet somewhat fascinated at the same time. I don’t think I would have left it sitting around in the boat, however. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisherman-catches-human-head-then-keeps-fishing/125797.md?page=2)