What do you think happened here?

[kayaking_kev]

 

Found this poor thing on the bank of a pond that I fish at. My guess would be that it came up shallow to eat the smaller bass and a rodent or something grabbed it. I have seen a mink there once, the only time I have ever seen one, but there're also some big birds that go back there. It bummed me out a little, I'm sure I caught that fish before and was looking forward to trying to catch it again this year, but as long as it was nature and not some ignorant fisherman.

[Bluebasser86]

Choked to death on the smaller bass and was eaten by scavengers.

[kayaking_kev]

50 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Choked to death on the smaller bass and was eaten by scavengers.

Ahh, didn't even think of that one. There are tons of small bluegill in there, not sure why it would go after that big of a bass, I guess just stupidity if that's the case. I see at least a couple small dead gills floating up by the bank the last handful of times I've been there due to the cold water, I would think they would get eaten, but they go untouched. That place has tons of frogs also that have been active lately and it's not a very big place.

[imbatman]

 

[FishinBuck07]

I would say the biggen bit off more than it could chew and died from that, then something found the two floating near the shore and made a meal out of them!

[scaleface]

I'm not a crime scene investigator but here is what I see . A large deceased bass on bank  with a smaller one stuck in its throat . The large bass has been eaten . So, a clever otter caught the small bass but wanted a larger meal . He laid the small bass on bank to lure the large one . The big bass crawled up on bank , engulfed the small one but before it could return to the water , the otter caught it and ate it . The clues are all there . I'm surprised Bluebasser didnt figure this one out , being a cop and all .

[N Florida Mike]

It happens. Found these 2 a couple years ago.

[TnRiver46]

Me thinks the lucky winner was a snapping turtle . I've pulled in my stringer many times and had only heads. Humans are the only creatures that feel sorry about it, animals just eat whatever they can 

[kayaking_kev]

5 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

It happens. Found these 2 a couple years ago.

Wow!

[N Florida Mike]

I was able to separate them and they swam off.

[the reel ess]

When I hear someone try to explain bass behavior as if fish can reason, I think of things like this. They have no clue why they do what they do. If you asked and they were capable of a response, they would say "I don't know." A neuron in that tiny little brain stem flashed "Kill It!" and it was on. Irreversible.

[galyonj]

23 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

animals just eat whatever they can 

…and sometimes they outkick their coverage, and we see something like in the OP. lol

[Smells like fish]

I see why throwing big baits work!

[kayaking_kev]

42 minutes ago, Smells like fish said:

I see why throwing big baits work!

This is what kind of irks me, most people who keep every bass they catch, uses the same old blanketed excuse that they are getting rid of dinks to help grow bigger fish, as if they know the status of that specific water, which most have no clue. I completely understand the need to cull fisheries at times, but those big fish will obviously eat some of those dinks.

[Sam]

It grabbed the smaller bass; got choked with the smaller bass; tried to throw the smaller bass out of its mouth on the surface; got too many predators interested in the commotion; one of the predators grabbed the big bass, brought her to the bank and ate her.

 

Case closed

Sherlock Bass

[Dogface]

On 4/8/2020 at 1:33 PM, Smells like fish said:

I see why throwing big baits work!

I fish for pike and musky and I use some big baits. Many times I have bass and other small fish hit the big lures. Sometimes the lure is bigger than the bass. 

[CrankFate]

What I really wanted to say when I saw this was someone didn’t want you fishing there and put that there As a curse to put a hex on you so you don’t catch any fish.

 

But then, I was on Facebook today and came across this:

 

https://www.facebook.com/mattbatyfishing/videos/613727366029840/

 

[fishwizzard]

On 4/7/2020 at 8:39 AM, scaleface said:

I'm not a crime scene investigator but here is what I see.

Last year I got to solve a Fishcrime CSI case.  Walking the bank and see a pickerel floating belly up next to the bank.  I looked at it and there were no wounds.  Walked about 10 more feet and found a 'gill dead with it's tail bit off.  Went back to the pickerel and sure enough I saw the tip of the tail sticking out of it's gullet.  

 

I was going to take some pics and make a funny thread, but some people came up on me and I didnt want to explain what I was doing so I left.  

[WRB]

Most animals including your pet dog can't determine it's size verses other animals until it gets very close or not at all. 

I remember seeing giant goose decoys big enough for the hunter to hide in and laughed, geese arn't that dumb. Well the giant goose blinds work because those smart wiley geese can't determine size.

Tom

[Big Hands]

Back in the early 90's, I caught a 1-1/4 lb bass on a full size AC Plug. The only one we ever caught on the plug that was under 5 lbs.

 

Many bass have met their untimely demise trying to swallow a bluegill, only to have it lodge itself in their mouth/throat. The spines on the bluegill act like barbs on a hook making it difficult to impossible for the bass to spit out the bluegill. Then you see the dance of slow death play out on the water's surface.

[bazzelite19]

The smaller fishes spiny dorsal fins got stuck in its mouth so it was unable to be spit out. Then from their the bigger bass couldnt properly ventilate its gills so it probably died from lack of oxygen well before starvation .

 

[kayaking_kev]

This happened the other day.