Updated: January 24, 2006, 2:02 PM ET

Mailbag: Bass-bites-bass responses

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We asked for your captions for the photo below, and here's what you had to offer — along with your stories of other unusual or bizarre fish behavior in saltwater or sweetwater.

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Eric Landis (Seattle): Another good reason for those underwater traffic lights.

Patrick Cairoli (Louisville): It seems like competitive eating is everywhere these days.

Jeff Jones (Flagstaff, Ariz.): Bob's fishing tips: To get around the four-fish limit, insert fish No. 5 into fish No. 1 and pusshhhh!

James (Nicasio, Calif.): I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.

Chris Laraway (Jamestown, N.C.): Double play.

San Jose, Calif: Looks like Hal got in a little over his head.

Nick Daniels (Cincinnati): I swear the Discovery Channel said they weren't cannibalistic.

John Bernhisel (Cowley, Wyo.): When I said, "Kiss by butt," I meant from the outside!

Josh Riley (Elkhorn, Wis.): Don't lose your head over a little tail.

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Billy (Arkansas): Hey, my keys aren't in there.

Sarah Norton (Reno, Nev.): Heads or tails?

Tim Jensen (Nampa, Idaho): Man, Nemo made this look so easy!

Mike (Bakersfield, Calif.): Warning! Swimming upstream can be hazardous to your health.

Tyler (Houston): Serial killer "Hannibal Largemouth" finally caught!

Daniel Rothholz (Tallahassee, Fla.): Fish don't let friends swim drunk.

Blair Reynolds (St. Paul, Minn.): The rest of the Vikings "Love Boat" story we never heard about.

Gearle (Lexington Park, Md.): O.J., the real killers aren't in here, either.

John (Boston): There are always two ends to a fish story.

Ryan Isley (Akron, Ohio): Now that's a fish you can really sink your teeth into.

Dan (Springfield, Ma.): Always practice cloning bass before moving on to sheep.

Tim Naylor (Hurricane, W.Va.): "I got you babe!"

Tom (Lawrence, Kansas): Reel or fake? This fishy pic is a little hard to swallow.

Chris Buchanan (Phoenix): Know when to say when. Don't drink and swim!

Dan (Hibbing, Minn.): There's a reason it says don't try this at home!

Roger S. Dillman (Rohnert Park, Calif.): He doesn't know one end from the other.

Sarge (Elk River, Minn.): Mom, Johnny has his head stuck again.

Shaun Persing (Denver): "Get in my belly!"

Brendan (Indianapolis):What a basstard.

Tommy (Smithfield, Va.): Everybody's feeling the love after Kobe and Shaq make up!

Richard (Pasadena, Texas): One just wanted it more than the other.

Joe Simmons (Elk River, Minn.): Yo, bud, what part of "let go" do you not understand?

Sean J. (Richmond, Va.): How many licks to it take to get to the center of a bass.

Ryan A. (New York): Don't look a gift fish in the mouth.

Chicago: Bullfish!

Jeff Portman (Pittsburgh): This particular species of bass is caught only with the suppository lure.

David Ferrero (Newburgh, Ind.): When a magician gets bored of fishing, this is the sad result.

Grant Reveal (Columbus, Ohio): I hear a boat. Quick, hide in here.

Jeff (Pottersville, N.Y.): Tragedy strikes at the Underwater Circus.

Riverside, Calif.: Welcome to my trophy room kid. I got nine spinners in here so far.

Steve (Manitowoc, Wis.): This is the last time we ever, I mean ever, share a worm.

Tom (Rockford, Ill.): Get your head out of your bass.

Mike (Greensboro, N.C.): (ESPN2 show host) Charlie Moore fishes head to head, but this is ridiculous!

Alan Brown (Wichita, Kansas): Next time on "When fish attack" …

Chris Oatman (Eagle River, Wis.) : What's the difference between a largemouth and a smallmouth bass? (See above.)

Robert Bushaw (Stillwater, Okla.) : What did the big bass say to the small bass?

Ryan Messer (Jacksonville, Fla.) : If I kiss the fish for good luck, maybe I won't get caught again.

Dustin (Houston) : I love you so much it hurts.

Marc Rose (Thornton, Colo.) : I told you kissing with braces on is a very bad idea.

Doug (Pennsylvania) : The extreme of when little brother tries to take big brother's food.

Adam (Massillon, Ohio) : This fish took the saying, "You are what you eat," a little too far!

Marc (Huntington Beach, Calif.) : Honey, where's the laxatives?

Jon (Arcata, Calif.) : He stole my food, so I stole his head.

Mike (Newmarket, United Kingdom) : Uncle Ted's gag about making the fish kiss went a little too far.

J.T. (Baltimore): After hearing Big Mouth Billy's song 10,000 times, he knew he to had to go to extreme measures to shut him up.

Jamie Johnson (Fegus Falls, Minn.): Watch me pull a fish out of my fish.

Bradley (West Virginia): What's eating you?

Paul (St. Louis, Mo.): What's the matter … fish got your tongue?

Denver: Even fish will do anything to "save" face!

Christian (London, Ontario): Well, Mr.Johnson, your teeth are fine. It's the other fish's teeth in your stomach I'm worried about.

Scott Peterson (Oregon, Wis.): Better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big fish.

Adam H. (Kentucky): Before your first kiss make sure you know how!

Aaron (Pullman, Wash.): Are you a victim of a head-on collision? If so, please call the lawyers at Bass n' Tackle, who specialize in freshwater cases!

Shawn Horton (Joplin, Mo.): Evidence that the sushi craze has just gone too far.

Bob (Longview, Texas): Don't let your mouth overload your bass!

Tim (Champaign, Ill.): Honey, I ate the kids.

Greg (Brea, Calif.): I'll tell you what's eating me, everytime I ask you a question you bite my head off!

Curt (Vero Beach, Fla.): It appears both fish where traveling at a high rate of speed prior to impact.

Madison, Wis.: The quickest way to a bass' heart is through his stomach.

Johnny Lusk (Oceana, W.Va.): Nearsighted my bass! I told him he needed glasses!

Ken Ferguson (League City, Texas): Got worm?

Zim (Atlanta): In bass fishing, two heads are always better than one … sort of.

Richard Burke (Florida): Say, "Ahhhhhhh."

Chicago: You gonna eat that?

J. E. Smith (Amarillo, Texas): The fish was secretly relieved that its years of moving its tails and never really going anywhere were finally over.

Brian (Baton Rouge, La.): It was their first kiss … gone wrong.

Nolan (Duluth, Minn.): It's a sucker!!!

Columbia, Mo.: How many times have I told you to chew your food before you swallow.

Joe Wilson (North Carolina): This is what happens when one wants a second opinion on how their gills are operating.

Britton Green (Lincoln, Neb.): Bass, it's what's for dinner!

Mike (Fayetteville,Tenn.): Can you hear me now?

Sam (Boston): ESPN 360 presents: Extreme kissing fish

Houghton, Mich.: Can't always get what you want.

Miles Temple (Torrington, Conn.): Dang it! I'm stuck. Can somebody turn the lights back on?

George (Morgantown, W.Va): Now that is one deep hook. How many times have I told you, "Eat the worm; spit out the hook!"

Brandon Reische (Jacksonville, Ill.): After watching the beginning of the Heat-Lakers game Monday night, every species realized that, like Kobe and Shaq, we can all kiss and make up.

Marc (Baltimore): "Sorry, Charlie."

Gant (Princeton, N.J.): Deep Throat exposed!!!

Joe (Phoenix): Jim was caught by tournament officials after he tried to combine two smaller fish as one large fish. It is believed that the two tails is what gave him away.

Evan (Whitehall, N.Y.): Texas Bass: They're not French, but they take kissing to a new level.

Ryan Morrison (Lakeland, Fla.): "Silence of the Bass"

Ryan (Corpus Christi, Texas): This unusual species of fish hatches her eggs within the stomach and later vomits the young. Shown here is an extremely rare breach birth.

Bryan Youngs (Raleigh, N.C.): Jimmy, quit playin' with them bass; put em' back in the cooler.

Reed (Corvallis, Ore.): Lucky for the big bass, the other bass was a vegetarian.

Clyde Brunette (Crystal Lake, Ill.): Don't tell me you saw that shad first!

Luke Rekieta (Bremond, Texas): Love at first bite.

Dave Rumery (Eau Claire, Wis.): I think this guy bit off a litte more than he could chew.

Craig Martin (Otterbein, Ind.): L'Eggo my Eggo!

Jeff Mulhearn (Oak Park, Ill.): Can you hear me now???

Gregory P. Martin (Streetsboro, Ohio): Momma, what the hell are we doing here?

Mike (Lexington, Ky.): I think I see the hook now, want me to yank it out?

KHY (Milpitas, Calif.): Bas-shimi!

Dave (Pennsylvania): I knew these damn braces were going to get me into trouble.

Bronson Milinazzo (Tewksbury, Mass.): Caught by the catch

Bobby (Lexington, Ky.): And our ingrediant for tonight's episode on the "Iron Chef"
is …

Rob Deckling (Dola, Ohio): Maybe we shouldn't play chicken anymore!

Ed (Worcester, Mass.): Does that count as two fish or one large one at weigh-in?

Keith (Tulsa, Okla.): I need to use smaller bait.

BSC (Long Beach, Calif.): You idiot! Didn't you see me signal?

Carter French (Hewitt, Texas): Nothing like a good piece of bass!

Al (Tempe, Ariz.): You should have seen the one that got away.

Michael MacFarlane (Fruita, Colo.): Nope, no cavities. Looks like someone's been flossing!

Jeremy Acton (Apache Junction, Ariz.): It seems the mating rituals of Texas spring breakers have been passed on to the wildlife in the area.

David Farr (Girard, Kansas): Hey, chew with your mouth closed!

Kelley (Toledo, Ohio): The menu said if I ate the whole thing, I didn't have to pay … and they'd put my picture on the Wall of Fame.

Travis Tiedt (Kaukaun, Wis.): Bass: More than a mouthful!!

Chris Manginelli (Staten Island, N.Y.): So, in an example of the process of evolution, shown here is the reason that male species no longer requires ears and the female tends to have a much larger mouth.

Travis (Champaign Ill.): I can't believe I tried to eat the whole thing!

Jerry Williams (Montgomery, Ala.): It tastes just like fish!!! I can name that fish in one bite!!! My mouth is bigger than yours!!! I'm the female, and what I say goes!!!

Alan (Sherwood, Ark.): Yep, no cavities here.

T. Mungenastt (St. Louis): I'm sorry, but I don't think this is how kissing gouramies do it.

Charles (Baltimore): It's a fish-eat-fish world.

Joe C. (Baldwinsville N.Y.): Excuse me, but I am going to have to ask you to back up a bit.

Chuck Saltsman (Cynthiana, Ky.): It's true, you looked 25 percent smaller underwater.

Mike (Hatley, Wis.): Hey, is that my brother in there?

Brandon (Peoria, Ill.): I was told I had a large mouth.

Mitch Ellinger (West Jeff, Ohio): I'm tired of worms; I want fish!

Angela Deskin (Yukon, Okla.): My mouth is bigger than your mouth.

Rob (Hackettstown, N.J.): Puts a new meaning to sucking face!

Lucas Miller (Woodbury, Pa.): Yep, you're wisdom teeth definitely need to be removed.

Brian Bowman (Lexington, Ky.): How many of ums in dere!!

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