What we caught we threw away;

Question

What we caught we threw away;

what we didn't catch, we kept.

--the riddle put to Homer by fishermen of Ios,

said to have caused his death.

Answer 1

good question...

Answer 2

Do you have a question or are you defiling yahoo answers like so many others?  

Answer 3

wouldnt that mean that they kept nothing.

Answer 4

lice that we already had....

or fleas too!

^_^

Answer 5

Lice