EGbassing Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 I went fishing for a little while this morning. At about 7:45 or so, I saw the biggest splash I've ever seen. Imagine a truck falling into a pond from 1,000 feet in the air. That's what it looked like. The biggest thing in that lake that I know of is grass carp, but even the biggest grass carp in there couldn't have made that splash. I'm in North Alabama so I can't imagine there are any gators in that pond, but I'm starting to wonder. What do you guys think? Quote
Glaucus Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 Big bass or carp. Be surprised how much ruckus either one can make. Quote
YaknBassn Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 Were you fishing a pond? There are gators in North Alabama. River otters have a tendency to make a ton of noise. Quote
EGbassing Posted July 28, 2018 Author Posted July 28, 2018 23 minutes ago, YaknBassn said: Were you fishing a pond? There are gators in North Alabama. River otters have a tendency to make a ton of noise. Yep. It's in the middle of a subdivision though; not back in the woods or anything. Quote
EGbassing Posted July 28, 2018 Author Posted July 28, 2018 1 minute ago, scaleface said: Beaver? I don't know. I've been fishing that pond for 2 years and never seen one. Quote
Russ E Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 A beaver slapping the water with its tail is incredibly loud. They are pretty seclusive. Often time you will not see them. if there are any tees like this in the area, there are beavers 1 Quote
Ksam1234 Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 I’m going to have to say beaver also, I can’t count how many times I have been fishing early morning before sunrise and almost had a heart attack to a beaver slapping its tail 10 feet from me. Sounds like a truck hitting the water 1 Quote
Subaqua Adinterim Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 Snapping turtle is another possibility - a large one can be well over 50#s and will definitely wake you up when they decide to go under 1 Quote
DINK WHISPERER Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 You ever watched the movie lake placid? ? 1 1 Quote
Brew City Bass Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 2 hours ago, EGbassing said: I don't know. I've been fishing that pond for 2 years and never seen one. I've fished certain lakes that had beaver dams for 10 years and never once saw a beaver, but believe me, they're there. Quote
Super User MassYak85 Posted July 28, 2018 Super User Posted July 28, 2018 I'd also guess beaver. They sound like a cannonball got shot into the water. They'll give you a heart attack if you don't know they are in that lake, especially at night. 1 1 Quote
Stephen B Posted July 28, 2018 Posted July 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Weedwhacker said: A beaver slapping the water with its tail is incredibly loud. They are pretty seclusive. Often time you will not see them. if there are any tees like this in the area, there are beavers I actually have a piece of property with a pond that had 4-5 beavers in them. We owned the property for years and rarely ever saw them. Maybe 10-15 times and we have owned the property for 5+ years. Occasionally you would just see them cruising but rarely did you see more than 1. 1 Quote
EGbassing Posted July 28, 2018 Author Posted July 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Brew City Bass said: I've fished certain lakes that had beaver dams for 10 years and never once saw a beaver, but believe me, they're there. Yeah, I have seen a lot of huge wakes in that pond before. Might be what that was. 4 hours ago, RichPenNY said: Snapping turtle is another possibility - a large one can be well over 50#s and will definitely wake you up when they decide to go under I've seen snapping turtles on the bank there. Actually caught one once. 33 minutes ago, Gundog said: Just a guess but..... ? 1 Quote
Super User Sam Posted July 29, 2018 Super User Posted July 29, 2018 Its a bird! Its a plane! Its......a carp jumping out of the water and making a big splash as it reenters the pond. If it is mating season the carp make lots of noise and splash on the surface. My suggestion is to keep going back every morning until you see just what it is and let us know. Quote
Glaucus Posted July 29, 2018 Posted July 29, 2018 Bass fishing is what taught me that carp jump out of the water. Slow learning. Probably spent a couple days of my life trying to get bass to bite to suddenly learn it was carp all along. 2 Quote
Glaucus Posted July 29, 2018 Posted July 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, Smokinal said: I knew I'd seen LunkersTV from somewhere before. 1 1 Quote
cheezyridr Posted July 29, 2018 Posted July 29, 2018 21 hours ago, DINK WHISPERER said: You ever watched the movie lake placid? ? betty white had the best lines in that movie 1 Quote
OCdockskipper Posted July 29, 2018 Posted July 29, 2018 Rosie O'Donnell. She has been known to do cannonballs in north Alabama ponds... 1 Quote
EGbassing Posted July 29, 2018 Author Posted July 29, 2018 1 hour ago, OCdockskipper said: Rosie O'Donnell. She has been known to do cannonballs in north Alabama ponds... Nah. The splash was way too small. ? 1 1 Quote
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