Here’s a surfer who got taken hook, line and sinker.

Stunt fisherman Matt Watson – who is New Zealand’s answer to the late outdoor wild man Steve Irwin – landed this giant striped marlin from the back of his surfboard and rode the beast for a gnarly six nautical miles.

At one point, the fish tugged him past a giant container ship miles off New Zealand’s North Island. The fish moved so quickly at times, Watson was able to stand up fully on the board.

But after about 90 minutes, the fish tired and Watson let it go.

Watson, 33, is the host of New Zealand’s “The Ultimate Fishing Show.”

Man, those Chuck Mangione tunes are intoxicating.

A Pomfret, Conn., man became so engrossed listening to the smooth jazz wizard’s tunes on his iPod that he didn’t realize his house was on fire.

He snapped out of the groovy jazzman’s spell only when his alarm-monitoring company called to say his house was ablaze.

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Bam!

When word that a 70-year-old Elyria, Ohio, woman lost her favorite cooking pan fending off burglars who’d broken into her house got back to TV chef Emeril Lagasse, he sent her a whole set of his signature cookware.

Police had to keep the pan as evidence after the four intruders were arrested.

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And you thought work in a sewage-treatment plant was gross enough.

Workers at a plant in Urbana, Ill., have recently found numerous placentas caught in their filters and are trying to figure out where they’re coming from.

The theory is a midwife or veterinarian is trying to avoid the expense of using a medical-waste disposal service.

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Give me a small coffee, light and briny.

That’s a common order at one Taipei coffee shop where java fans can get their coffee with sea salt melted into their latte foam.

The creators say the salt gives a more complex flavor to the average cup of joe, giving the 85C Bakery Cafe a unique place in Taiwan’s hyper-competitive coffee market.

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If the city’s budget woes force NYC Transit to slash subway service, this dystopian vision in the Big Apple may not be far off.

A railroad station in Beihai, China, has so little train traffic that officials have started using the grounds for cattle grazing.

Trains stop at the station only twice a day, and it’s far easier for riders to take the bus.