My buddy sent me this email.
A guy who lives at Lake Conroe (50 miles north of Houston ) saw a
ball bouncing around kind of strange in the lake and went to
investigate.
It turned out to be a big catfish who had obviously tried to swallow
a basketball which became stuck in its mouth!!
The fish was totally exhausted from trying to dive, but unable to
because the ball would always bring him back up to the surface. The
guy tried numerous times to get the ball out, but was unsuccessful.
He finally had his wife cut the ball in order to deflate it and
release the hungry catfish.