# French Canadian fisherman chases bear to get his fish back

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**Created:** [October 16, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-fisherman-chases-bear-to-get-his-fish-back/637880 "2012-10-16T14:03:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-fisherman-chases-bear-to-get-his-fish-back/637880/1 "2012-10-16T14:03:20Z")

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Way back when those ‘funniest videos’ shows were new, there was a clip of a fisherman who caught a fish. A bear steals the fish, and the fisherman chases after it, whacking it with his fishing pole. I don’t remember if he got the fish back or not. I remember that he was on the TV show, and that he was a Canadian with a French accent.

Can anyone find the clip? I’ve seen a couple where a fisherman chases a bear, but they’re not the one I’m looking for.

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**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-fisherman-chases-bear-to-get-his-fish-back/637880/2 "2012-10-16T17:04:03Z")

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Not what you are looking for, but it reminded me of a rather amusing UK television advertisement from a few years ago…

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CVS1UfCfxlU/hqdefault.jpg "John West Salmon "Bear Fight" ad") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVS1UfCfxlU)