[FishinMatt]

A bat while I was nightfishing. It had the line wrapped around its neck like a noose. I also had a nice fish on at the same time. During the course of events, I did not realize that it was a bat on my line. I thought it might be weeds. I reeled it up to the rod tip and grabbed it. It felt squishy in my hands and I finally got my headlamp on it and saw what it was. We were fishing for mondo walleyes and the fish felt nice, so I ended up squeezing its neck and popping its head off to free it from the line. After all that nastiness I picked up the slack and fish was gone. Still makes for a nice story. I washed my hands extra well after that incident.