Fisherman brings home the bacon

[Deano]

If you wanted to bag a wild pig for the freezer, 200m out in a lake is hardly the first place you'd look.

But a fairly average fishing expedition turned into a successful hunting foray for Kuratau man Bob Monteith and a mate when they caught a wild sow they found swimming in Lake Taupo.

The pair were afloat in Kawakawa Bay in the lake's remote north-west quarter on the first day of a three-day fishing trip when they heard a dog "going to town" in the distance.

They set off to see what the fuss was about and about 200m offshore came across a pig paddling like crazy towards the open water, with a dog in hot pursuit.

They maneuvered their boat between pig and dog, channelled their inner cowboys to lasso the pig, pulled the tired animal on board.
Full story http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10808144

How bizarre! 

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[Babs]

One feels for the pig who was swimming to freedom and ended up roasted golden brown

[Deano]

Just when it thought "I got away"

[gabba]

There was a picture last year in the press of a deer swimming down queen Charlotte sound. I'll see if I can dig it up. Same scenario though just no dog

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[gabba]

Here you go. If there was no picture supplied I wouldn't have beleived it:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/4059799/Swimming-stag-surprises-fishermen

[Deano]

Talk about catch of the day!