Random noises out on the water

[Desync]

On 8/31/2016 at 10:47 PM, Gundog said:

Agreed. Don't do anything you will regret later. I've been warned off property that I use to fish. And I have always been polite with those who have told to leave. Thankfully nobody has ever pulled a gun.

Without trying to sound rude, why would you fish on a property you had no permission to fish on? If you did have permission to fish the property and someone else tried to ask you to leave, then they would just have to call the cops or the property owner who gave you permission to get it handled. Of course as they say, sometimes it's best to just walk away to avoid confrontation, but if I was in the right I wouldn't leave unless asked by the property owner. 

 

On 8/31/2016 at 10:38 PM, Turkey sandwich said:

Yeah, as a guy who's taught self defense as well as some combative tactics for police and military for the better part of the last 10 years, I'm going to very strongly urge none of you to actually start shooting at people.  

 I understand what you are saying, but just my opinion its the guys property and he had no trespassing signs, so if he was shooting at turtles, it's not his fault if someone else was on his property on the other side of the lake. Down here in the south property owners handle their own.

 

Ok back on topic, sorry about derailing from the topic of the thread.

[Gundog]

25 minutes ago, Desync said:

Without trying to sound rude, why would you fish on a property you had no permission to fish on? If you did have permission to fish the property and someone else tried to ask you to leave, then they would just have to call the cops or the property owner who gave you permission to get it handled. Of course as they say, sometimes it's best to just walk away to avoid confrontation, but if I was in the right I wouldn't leave unless asked by the property owner. 

 

The fact is only one of those cases I didn't know it was private property. It was a situation where I was just over the property line and a year prior the property was not posted. The other cases I will be completely honest, I knew it was private property but in my youth I wasn't as law-abiding as I am now. I did stuff I would probably regret if I had landed in jail for it. But since I didn't I don't regret the experiences. And like I said, never got into an argument and was always polite about it. One thing about me, when I'm caught doing something I admit it and am apologetic about it. I'd make a bad career criminal.

[Desync]

1 minute ago, Gundog said:

The fact is only one of those cases I didn't know it was private property. It was a situation where I was just over the property line and a year prior the property was not posted. The other cases I will be completely honest, I knew it was private property but in my youth I wasn't as law-abiding as I am now. I did stuff I would probably regret if I had landed in jail for it. But since I didn't I don't regret the experiences. And like I said, never got into an argument and was always polite about it. One thing about me, when I'm caught doing something I admit it and am apologetic about it. I'd make a bad career criminal.

Haha, understandable. We've all done the same in our youth. Now that I'm getting older I feel like the grumpy old man in the neighborhood.

[soflabasser]

I agree with Gundog that you must be polite when fishing a body of water that isn't public.As the saying goes "you attract more bees with honey" than you know what.Be kind to property owners and you will most likely have access to private waters that many can only dream about . 

[jr231]

I can't stand people who come on my grand mother's property . They come in and throw every bluegill they catch on the bank. @Gundog I always liked your posts. You're a funny dude. I don't know you personally. And growing up I definitely was not a saint. I just have no respect for someone who would come on my land and treat something that brings me so much joy with so much disrespect. 

I know this is a family site so I won't say what I would like to do to whoever is doing this on my property. 

[Turkey sandwich]

Disrespecting property/killing fish/leaving a mess is one thing, politely apologizing, complimenting the property owner, and if goes well, asking future permission is another.  I grew up fishing farm ponds on private property in can only recall one negative incident, and the circumstances had to do with a property dispute and later sale that we knew nothing about.  

 

As as for differences in the south, really, there aren't many.  If someone testifies they were shot at, good luck retaining your freedom, let alone your property.  I'm very pro gun, and irresponsibly "shooting at turtles" is exactly why so much of the country isn't.  Bravado is cool until it lands you in jail.  

[Jonister]

Otters hanging out in trees is something scary! Those Little weasels just start whistling when you get close and plop off into the water, only to follow you a couple hundred yards down the bank. 

 

There's this one place I fish occasionally for panfish. The one time I ever went alone, I sure regretted it. It was last summer with one of those Full Full moons. I rode my bike to the spot, and started a few hours before dark. I only planned on fishing till then but the moon was so bright I decided to stay. I was catching fish so time flew by and at about 10:30 it just got weird. It was off the river by a canal pump and some thick sticky fog moved in. In about 45 seconds it went from full visibility to just plain weird. Something felt off, like my hair stood up for no reason. That feeling you get when your just yards from a cougar, or a bear, and you can practically smell it's presence.  

I decided to keep fishing. To anybody out there, when your body tells you something's up, don't keep fishing! So basically it still lingered, and the pump station I was by started pumping a little water, nothing special. But whatever was there took their chance to creep closer to me. It was at that point that I started to hear noises that I took off like a bat out of hell! Clearing over a hill, and hauling a** down it, I noticed that every cow in a plot of land next to it had circled the young like they do when a predator is around, and were all in that planted stance. I swear I got home so fast on that bike! 

I have never been so scared in my life. It was one of those moments you would only understand if you'd been there. I still remember that feeling, and it's one I never want to feel again!

[Further North]

On 8/30/2016 at 1:04 PM, Jar11591 said:

First time I ever heard a beaver smack his tail in the water it scared me half to death. I thought a Tyrannosaurus Rex had just jumped in the lake. 

I was fishing a channel between two larger lakes up in Canada, came around a corner and was about 15 feet away from a beaver...surprised both of us...sounded like a rifle shot when his tail hit the water.

...more beaver weirdness...this June up on Lake of the Woods every night about 8:00 - 8:15 PM there'd be beavers all over the place.  One spot we were in we could see 5 all at the same time within a hundred yards of the boat...

[Further North]

On 9/3/2016 at 1:25 PM, Buckeye Ron said:

Fishing a local lake one sunny morning around a real small island. As I made my way around the island I heard a very loud crashing sound right behind the boat. Scared me into next week! It was a large Whitetail buck that I evidently spooked out of its hiding spot. Pretty sure I was more spooked than the deer.

I see deer a lot around here...A lot of our lakes have undeveloped shoreline and they're pretty common.

October of '14 I was about 2 hours north of here on a small river chasing muskies and saw two different groups of elk at the edge of the water.

Seeing moose out on the water in Canada is cool too.

[Montanaro]

I was in 40 fow in kayak at night and had a huge musky bump the underside...also have had them surface beside me at night.

 

Have heard a lot of.coyotes...love that noise

[Darren.]

Heck, I've had beavers and otters scare the living daylights
out of me during the DAY! Couldn't imagine fishing out of 
my yak in the dead of night in our waters.

[Incarcerated Otter]

Possum screams are interesting when walking down a dark trail! lol

[kjfishman]

We were fishing Deer Lake near Marquette Mi and heard what sounded like  a cat meowing.  Then a LARGE  Mountain Lion appeared on the shore in front of us and it wasn't making meowing sounds anymore it was more like growls.  I didn't fumble around looking for my camera I just got us away from the shore as fast as I could.

[that possum]

There's this one lake near me that we tube fish because there no vehicle access to it so we just make the hike with float tubes.  It's chocked full of drum. In the summer those Big male make that deep croaking sound.  Sometimes it will actually vibrate your tube as you're fishing.  No idea how close they are to me but it sounds like they are between my knees.  As a kid my dad and his friend would tell me they were the sounds the dead would make, as a lot of our lakes were built over old graveyards.