ABW Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 Keith Hester was fishing in a Floyd County pond with his grandfather, Fred Bynum, when they happened upon something that most anglers will never see."While fishing that morning, we could tell that fish were hitting on topwater," said Keith, of Rome. "We noticed the commotion a couple of times and then saw what we believed was a single fish either sick or struggling in some sort of distress. As we trolled over to where this fish was, we noticed that instead of a single fish, we saw two fish stuck together in a manner I have never seen or heard of."What they found was a bass with a smaller bass in its mouth."I assume these two were both after the same meal and ran into one another," said Keith. "The fish being 'eaten' was bigger than the one doing the eating. Both were pulled apart and released back into the lake where they both swam off." 2 Quote
Dylan.747 Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 I've seen this happen a few times. Why do they do this? 1 Quote
atcoha Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 crazy, there are some youtube videos showing the same thing... Quote
Super User WRB Posted February 27, 2015 Super User Posted February 27, 2015 Bass are like dogs in one respect; they can't determine thier own size verses the size of other fish. Prey size selection becomes a trail and error experience. The bass shown mistook the size of the other bass when tring to eat it. You spend enough time on the water and you will see similar mistakes of bass misjudging prey size. Tom 7 Quote
MIbassin Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 For everyone doubting swim baits and worrying that baits are too big, i don't think you could ask for better proof that big baits work 1 Quote
ABW Posted February 27, 2015 Author Posted February 27, 2015 Was this Floyd county kentucky ? This was in a pond in Georgia Quote
Super User buzzed bait Posted February 27, 2015 Super User Posted February 27, 2015 saw about a 4lb bass with a roughly 6-7 pound catfish sticking out of it once on lake norman.... although it was dead, it was quite a site to see. Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted February 27, 2015 Super User Posted February 27, 2015 I saw this with Largemouth & Smallmouth on Kentucky lake... You ain't lying, it's a trip to imagine it, let alone see it! Cool post! Quote
yugrac Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 My son-in-law is a biologist, he told me they will try to eat anything they can fit in there mouth. Reptiles are the same way, I have a photo I took of a bullfrog trying to eat a bird. Quote
plumworm Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 I caught a 20" northern pike with 3 baby mink and a 12" perch in his mouth. The mink had been swallowed but the tail of the last one was still sticking out and the perch was sideways in his mouth and it still hit a 4" red and white spoon. In Canada. 1 Quote
HookdUP Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 I caught a 20" northern pike with 3 baby mink and a 12" perch in his mouth. The mink had been swallowed but the tail of the last one was still sticking out and the perch was sideways in his mouth and it still hit a 4" red and white spoon. In Canada. That was awesome reading that lol Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 1, 2015 Global Moderator Posted March 1, 2015 We had a member on here that used to have a picture of a bass that had done almost the same thing, but with an 8" Huddleston that it couldn't even begin to get all the way in it's mouth. Probably one of my favorite avatar pictures I've seen. 1 Quote
Super User Senko lover Posted March 1, 2015 Super User Posted March 1, 2015 That is awesome! ^^ Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 1, 2015 Global Moderator Posted March 1, 2015 Are 8" Hudds big enough? Savage Gear makes a 12" line thru Quote
jhoffman Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 What did we learn here? Fish eat fish head first 1 Quote
Chief 2 Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 What did we learn here? Fish eat fish head first Maybe we should start dragging lures bacwards. LOL Quote
Super User geo g Posted March 2, 2015 Super User Posted March 2, 2015 In a neighborhood pond I saw a big bass take a baby duck trailing the mother. There was a loud explosion of water and the duckling was gone. Within a week all 8 baby ducks were gone. I believe that bass was targeting the ducklings. They are truly wolves of the water. Quote
riverbasser13 Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 That's an excellent example of why bass are so fun to fish for. Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted March 3, 2015 Super User Posted March 3, 2015 Keith Hester was fishing in a Floyd County pond with his grandfather, Fred Bynum, when they happened upon something that most anglers will never see. "While fishing that morning, we could tell that fish were hitting on topwater," said Keith, of Rome. "We noticed the commotion a couple of times and then saw what we believed was a single fish either sick or struggling in some sort of distress. As we trolled over to where this fish was, we noticed that instead of a single fish, we saw two fish stuck together in a manner I have never seen or heard of." What they found was a bass with a smaller bass in its mouth. "I assume these two were both after the same meal and ran into one another," said Keith. "The fish being 'eaten' was bigger than the one doing the eating. Both were pulled apart and released back into the lake where they both swam off." And people still think swimbaits are TOO BIG Quote
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