Owl Tries To Steal Frog Lure

[boostr]

Heh, Kabar Kukri style machete, 11 inch blade, 2 pounds of FSU along with a Mora Companion are part of my standard fishing equipment.

Gotta love being in a open carry state for edged tools

Nice, I was checking the Mora out before I set my mind on the Becker Crewman.

[RanndomUndead]

Nice, I was checking the Mora out before I set my mind on the Becker Crewman.

Mora Companion is hands down the most unheard of blade on the planet. Literally for less than 20 bucks you are getting a blade thats worth over 100.

Plus, its scandi grind is absolutely perfect for bushcraft, which goes hand in hand with fishing.

[RanndomUndead]

I caught an owl on a jitterbug night fishing several years ago, it's a heck of a fight to get one in. 

Im trying to picture sky fishing......and i must say....it sounds fun

[BooyahMan]

My girlfriend had a duck "hit" her spinner mid-cast. That was fun to get unhooked. Also have had bats swoop in just as its getting dark. They seem to think flying lures = insects.

[Verisimilidude]

Had an American Kestrel make several tries for my frog that I was practicing with in my back yard.

 

[WIGuide]

One time I had a loon chase after a worm that I was reeling in from the weed edge. The dang thing looked like a little submarine on a mission. I burnt that bait in as fast as I could and it was still gaining. Luckily I got it out of the water just in time and it dove right under the boat. Another time, completely on accident I plucked a sparrow out of mid-air on a cast. Luckily I didn't hook it and he recovered just before he hit the water. Unfortunately, it left me with a pretty good backlash. Also, hooked a 30-40 lb turtle on a frog right where I missed a big smallie just minutes before. That was quite the interesting ordeal. Luckily the hook popped out after I got pics of him boat side. 

[Ratherbfishing]

Once a Canada goose got in between me and my bait and got tangled in the braided line.  It got airborne and I had heck of a fight on my hands.  I think it was taking drag.  Fortunately, it got free of the line otherwise I don't know what I would have done with it.  Beating it with a stick and bringing it home for dinner had entered my mind-only i think they are protected.

 

Nice images of the owl.  Owls are cool.

[bassboy107]

One closest calls i had was i was river fishing with my brother when he gut hooked a sunfish. I came over to help him and as i was handling the fish i hear 3 beats and look up and see an owl coming talons a blazin'. I was able to cut the line and throw the fish back and duck and run. I never saw it, heard it or thought of an owl being out at noon. lets just say i had to check my pants after that one 

[DogBone_384]

Those are great pics! I see them a lot during deer season & again during Spring Turkey.. I have never seen one fishing, let alone attack a bait!

Cool story...

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I've seen many hawk and osprey (that live in the marsh adjacent to our house) snag fish from ponds I fish, but never a bait.  Saw a bald eagle at a pond I fish in Plymouth, MA, cruising the tree lines.  Never an owl, though my parents have them in their neighborhood ('burbs).  I live in a city just south of Boston, MA.

[bassguytom]

I caught a cormorant under water on a lipless last year. It was weird.

[Bluebasser86]

Did you get it loose, and did it survive. That a little feller.

Yep, he was released unharmed. It's a grebe I believe, they don't get very big. I've had them chase my bait before but this is the first one to ever bite, very disappointing fight. 

[Bluebasser86]

Im trying to picture sky fishing......and i must say....it sounds fun

It's not, especially at night with a ticked off owl on the end of your line. 

[Jay-D]

I was out a week or so ago throwing around a spook when I saw something coming at the water from the corner of my eye. Looked up to see an owl making his way straight for my lure. I did the same thing as the OP, jerked it as hard as I could to get it out of reach of the bird. The owl circled around and landed on a tree limb. It watched me for a few minutes until I decided to pack up and leave. Didnt wanna risk hooking the thing. It was a huge bird.

LoL i had a very similar experience walking a super spook at a local pond last summer.A Big Redtail Hawk saw it and assumed it was a snake and dove in after it i yanked as hard as i could and the bait skipped across the the water on to the bank. It scared the hawk pretty good! I doubt i could removed those 3 trebles from such a wild bird. On top of the bird scaring me, on my very next cast i got a vicious topwater strike and caught my personal best for that year over some submerged trees.

[Mr_Frodo]

Where I fish the Ospries are a pain in the ass when fishing top water lures. Never hooked one but I did hook a seagull when I was a kid fishing for catfish. I was using chicken liver and cast the bait and the seagull grabbed it in the air. Imagine having a bird hooked and it's flying around. I got it to land and was able to get close enough to cut the line near its beak. That sucked. I felt really bad for the bird.