Critters Trying To Get Your Lure?

[atpns1234]

I've had ducks, geese and gators try to get what I throw. But this morning I had a beaver come out of the brush and try to get my frog. First for me.

[Jar11591]

I've had turtles grab rubber worms, and I've had real frogs attack my plastic frogs. Pretty entertaining lol.

[slainempire]

i caught a frog on a spro bronzeye this past weeked. the weekend before a buddy of mine caught a snapping turtle on a jig. its entertaining for sure.

[BassinLou]

I caught a snake bird once. That experience was really unique.... lol 

[Ima Bass Ninja]

Hada snapping turtle eat a text rig rage craw. Seagulls love spooks.

[Sam]

Crabs.

When we have a drought in Virginia he salt water comes up the Historic James River and into the Chickahominy River.

The crabs will drive you nuts as they attack your plastics.

[Mccallister25]

Iv had snapping turtles JET after my spinnerbaits, and Iv caught one on a jig also. That fight felt like a PB lol.

[FrankW]

Last week I was practice casting on my front lawn and a Red Shoulder Hawk dived down to get my Sweet Beaver. I was able to pull it away before the hawk picked the beaver up. It was rigged with a black/blue skirt and 1/8oz bullet weight. The grass was a little long and the beaver was concealed a little bit but easily seen from the tree where the hawk was sitting. Just to make sure it wasn't a fluke I pitched again and it dove again. I Stopped casting to make sure I didn't hook it.

Frank

[STPC]

I have had bullfrogs attempt to eat soft plastics thrown near the bank, snapping turtles love hula poppers and dragon flies keep landing on my line.  The dragon flies make it feel like you have a really soft hit on weightless plastics.

[Bankbeater]

I've had turtles and frogs go after plastics and topwaters, but it was a first when I saw a snake come out of the grass and go after my swim jig.

[BassinLou]

I caught a snake bird once. That experience was really unique.... lol 

 

Haha... so true. Seagulls love topwater baits. Their vision is unbelievable. Just when you think they far enough and out of range, they turn around and dive bomb after the bait. crazy.... and annoying after a while. 

[David D.]

I've had turtles try to eat everything from a Rage Bug to a fluke. The other day I pretty much pulled a bullfrog out of his skin when he ate my Spro Poppin Frog.... He flew a good 10 feet on the hookset.

And while it technically didn't go after my bait; I managed to hook a cottonmouth while it was swimming with a treble-hooked topwater lure.

[akunk23]

Had a water moccasin get hooked on my hollow body frog. Better believe that line was cut.

[everythingthatswims]

I have had the usual turtle, frog, and bird encounters, but my favorite was when a huge 40+lb snapping turtle tried to eat my trout in a creek I was fishing, there is a huge root system that goes to the bottom in about 6 feet of water, and since the tree is still alive the roots are a great place to stand and fish from, turns out this turtle was hanging out in the roots and whenever I would hook a trout, he would come out and try to chase it down! Even when I whacked him on the head with my net he didn't give up, the crazy dude would even climb halfway out of the water and stare at me while I unhooked the fish! I finally hooked a 12" chub and let him eat it, then he left me alone.

[jamesholton]

read in an old field & stream magazine once about bats sometimes mistaking braided line for insects. sure enough. cast out, what the heck IS that. a bat had gotten snagged in my line.

just glad it got off by itself! lol

[Oregon Native]

Had a bald eagle on Lake Shasta dive on a super spook once that had a small spot jumping all over.  Gave him the spot!

[SirSnookalot]

It's not legal to have dogs on most beaches own here, doesn't really stop any one and it's not enforced.  Dogs love to chase out into the water after a top water, need to be careful.

[tholmes]

I had an osprey grab a Jitterbug and take off with it. Luckily, he avoided the hooks and dropped it.

 

Tom

[Bluebasser86]

Caught snapping turtles on almost every type of bait. Got spooled by a goose that flew through my line and got snagged by my spinnerbait. I've got a Decoy Hydratail swimbait that's almost cut in half from the bill of a blue heron that I never saw hiding in the weeds I was paralleling and had them chase my bait many more times. Had an osprey dive on a swimbait and barely miss it. Caught a seagull freelining live shad. A wiper was in hot pursuit but when it blew up on my shad it knocked it out of the water and a seagull caught it out of the air and swallowed it before I could do anything. They're surprisingly docile while you're trying to unhook them.

Worse was an owl that actually got my bait. Night fishing with a muskie jitterbug when I heard a huge explosion on my bait. Set the hook, tons of weight, line started coming up so I buried the rod best I could since I was shore fishing. Line keeps going up, what the? See the owl fly in front of the full moon and realize my line is following it   It crash landed in some blackberry bushes and the hooks got tangled and ripped out and he flew off. I'd like to never repeat that. 

[xAngler.rainey]

I get a lot of cottonmouths and snapping turtles going for any of my soft plastics and its pretty fun!

[bmlum415]

Fishing a jerkbait in the middle of winter I had a coot nail it on the pause. Thought I had a 7lber on when it hit. It was a great fight especially on 6lb test