Fishing isn't easy at the best of times, but it can get even harder when you end up with a feisty fish on the line.
This guy had a big fish within his grasp after he snagged one on the pole he was holding.
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However, things didn't go quite to plan.
Not only did the fish break away but it also stole the pole that he wasn't using!
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What is it? The leafy seadragon is a marine fish in the family Syngnathidae, which includes seadragons, pipefish, and seahorses.
Size: Eight to 10 inches.
Lives: Along the southern and western coasts of Australia.
Eats: Plankton and small crustaceans. It feeds by sucking up the small crustaceans - like amphipods and mysid shrimp - plankton, and larval fish through its long, pipe-like snout
Fun fact: The lobes of skin that grow on the leafy seadragon are merely for camouflage, giving it the appearance of seaweed.