When I was a kid I was cleaning out the boat after we got home from fishing and had set all the rods on the ground and there must have still been a minnow on one hook because after a while there was a big commotion and all I could see is line peeling off one of the rods as it was scooting across the yard. The old man heard it and came running and grabbed the rod and that's when I saw a cat spin around. Dad sent me after his leather gloves and when I got back he was just getting close enough close enough to have Mom throw throw a jacket over the cat and get ahold of it. In those days every farmer had a pliers pocket with a little pliers in it so it only took a second to get ahold of the hook and take it out of the cats mouth. I felt bad for the cat and cried and was pisd because the old man thought it was funny.