Reel weird

Some men (and women, I suppose), fish for sport. Others fish for a living. Leave it to a guy from Japan to fish for...underpants:

Akira Hino, 51, was arrested last week for stealing a pair of knickers from a laundry pole on a second-floor balcony, a police spokesman said.

He stretched out a three-metre (10-foot) rod and caught the underwear on a hook, the Mainichi Shimbun reported.

Called to his house, police found more than 500 pairs of women's underwear inside. He reportedly told investigators he had got into the habit of stealing undergarments when he was 18.

Well, I guess everybody's got to have a hobby. It's just that it's generally better if your hobby isn't illegal and/or creepy.