Bass caught in pond ... look what's in the gullet!

[Darren.]

Quite unusual, but hey, if it was swimming, it was food!

 

Via Nat Geo: http://relay.nationalgeographic.com/proxy/distribution/public/amp/2017/06/moles-bass-missouri-fishing-picture-spd

 

[Scarborough817]

they really do eat anything 

[NYWayfarer]

I wish that Bass could come on land and take care of the Mole problem in my yard.

 

Look for the next lure from Savage Gear to be a Suicide Mole

[Darren.]

Just now, Finesse Wayfarer said:

I wish that Bass could come on land and take care of the Mole problem in my yard.

 

Look for the next lure from Savage Gear to be a Suicide Mole

 

Aint it the truth! Dang mole runs busted my old lab's

knees up pretty bad. Rest his loving soul...

[Darren.]

42 minutes ago, Finesse Wayfarer said:

I wish that Bass could come on land and take care of the Mole problem in my yard.

 

Look for the next lure from Savage Gear to be a Suicide Mole

 

This is what ya need to cure the mole problem!

 

 

[Smokinal]

I caught this one a few years ago

 

 

[CTBassin860]

It didn't even see it coming!

[TnRiver46]

Cool photo, I catch moles for a living (among other nuisance wildlife). They way to get them is with harpoon traps and there are way less than you think in your yard. Dozens of tunnels usually means 1-2 moles. Whole yard eat up with tunnels could be 4-6 moles

[Crestliner2008]

LOVE that Rodenator!!!!

 

According to NatGeo, moles are very territorial. When they latch onto a "property", no other moles can venture in. So what it all boils down to is that you have one mole causing all the damage on your lawn. For such a little guy, he sure can damage up a storm!

[gilkeybr]

I always wonder how bass handle eating living prey, especially mammals like rats/mice or in this case a mole.  That mole has huge claws!  If it were alive at the time of the strike, I can only imagine it would do extreme damage to the inside of the bass?  When I originally saw this picture with the mole I assumed that the bass was found dead with the mole partially swallowed, but I don't know the whole story.

 

Basically bass are a mystery to me because they eat their prey whole, while it is also alive.  Other creatures who may eat their prey whole like snakes, sharks or maybe reptiles in some instances generally have a way of killing them first!

Maybe I should have studied biology

[12poundbass]

16 minutes ago, gilkeybr said:

I always wonder how bass handle eating living prey, especially mammals like rats/mice or in this case a mole.  That mole has huge claws!  If it were alive at the time of the strike, I can only imagine it would do extreme damage to the inside of the bass?  When I originally saw this picture with the mole I assumed that the bass was found dead with the mole partially swallowed, but I don't know the whole story.

 

Basically bass are a mystery to me because they eat their prey whole, while it is also alive.  Other creatures who may eat their prey whole like snakes, sharks or maybe reptiles in some instances generally have a way of killing them first!

Maybe I should have studied biology

I've wondered the same thing. I'm still wondering. 

[TnRiver46]

54 minutes ago, Crestliner2008 said:

LOVE that Rodenator!!!!

 

According to NatGeo, moles are very territorial. When they latch onto a "property", no other moles can venture in. So what it all boils down to is that you have one mole causing all the damage on your lawn. For such a little guy, he sure can damage up a storm!

This is true, to a point. At some level it takes two to tango

[12poundbass]

3 hours ago, Darren. said:

 

Aint it the truth! Dang mole runs busted my old lab's

knees up pretty bad. Rest his loving soul...

To get rid of moles I use those I call them torpedoes. They take a C or D battery and emit a high pitched noise that I guess deters them. No more moles, that battery runs out the moles came back. The battery last a couples years, even in the cold winters of Michigan.

[Lures'n'Liberty]

What was that reality show where the little people had a farm? I seem to remember the eldest male in the family having an ongoing battle with moles. He used to run around in a golf cart with a sawed off 20 ga and blew all kinds of holes in the yard.

 

[NYWayfarer]

48 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

To get rid of moles I use those I call them torpedoes. They take a C or D battery and emit a high pitched noise that I guess deters them. No more moles, that battery runs out the moles came back. The battery last a couples years, even in the cold winters of Michigan.

 

I called an exterminator. She used poison worms and they worked.

 

A year or two later Moles came back so I tried getting poison worms and do it myself. I found poison worms were illegal in NY at the time.  I had to have a friend in another state order some and ship them to me. They worked again at a fraction of the cost of the exterminator bill.

[the reel ess]

It does seem that pond bass react better to critter baits like a mouse, rat, duck, frog, etc. I guess it's shallow and they can see the surface better. Being shallow, a pond can't hold as much forage fish, so they'll take what they can get. at least that's my theory and it does seem to work out that way. When I primarily fished a larger lake, any time I decided to check a bass's stomach contents it would always be threadfin shad only.

[Cargojon]

2 hours ago, gilkeybr said:

I always wonder how bass handle eating living prey, especially mammals like rats/mice or in this case a mole.  That mole has huge claws!  If it were alive at the time of the strike, I can only imagine it would do extreme damage to the inside of the bass?  When I originally saw this picture with the mole I assumed that the bass was found dead with the mole partially swallowed, but I don't know the whole story.

 

Basically bass are a mystery to me because they eat their prey whole, while it is also alive.  Other creatures who may eat their prey whole like snakes, sharks or maybe reptiles in some instances generally have a way of killing them first!

Maybe I should have studied biology

I would think it would only take a minute or two for most of these creatures to drown.

[scaleface]

Holey moley !

[RPreeb]

11 hours ago, Finesse Wayfarer said:

I wish that Bass could come on land and take care of the Mole problem in my yard.

 

Look for the next lure from Savage Gear to be a Suicide Mole

 

Amen.  We battle with the d**n moles all summer long. 

[moguy1973]

9 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Cool photo, I catch moles for a living (among other nuisance wildlife). They way to get them is with harpoon traps and there are way less than you think in your yard. Dozens of tunnels usually means 1-2 moles. Whole yard eat up with tunnels could be 4-6 moles

I had maybe 10-12 tunnels a few years ago in my yard and ended up killing 13 of the SOBs with scissor traps.

[Comfortably Numb]

The 40 size and even the big 50 size Spro Rats have been workin very well on the bass this year early mornin. We have Muskeats here

[TnRiver46]

10 hours ago, moguy1973 said:

I had maybe 10-12 tunnels a few years ago in my yard and ended up killing 13 of the SOBs with scissor traps.

Wow!!! Sounds like you've got some healthy soil. I do also like the scissor trap (especially for the deep tunnels). I could use your help in TN!

[scaleface]

[Raul]

So now I must assume that moles are part of the everyday diet so I can "match the hatch" ?

 

match the hatch -----> 

[tcbass]

Saw this thread and then went out yesterday and cast my Rage Toad against a dock about 15 yards away. Reeled it in and attached to it was a gross, dead, bloated, mouse that had apparently been in the water for at least 2 days. Gross!!!! What's the chance of casting in somewhere in a lake and snagging a dead mouse???

 

 

Also, my bro and I were fishing in the shallows once, wading through the water when an owl flew over us and dropped something right near my brother. He instinctively picked it up immediately. It was 1/2 a mouse. He quickly dropped it. lol. Ugh.....gross!!!