Dog eating trying to eat fish that I catch

[Isaac Lee]

Any of you have dogs that try to bite the fish (Mostly bass) that you catch? I have a private pond and outdoor dogs and whenever I catch a fish from shore, the dog (black lab) runs through his invisible fence and thrives to bate the bass. It makes it super hard to release the fish because he is jumping near or on the fisherman and is quite scary to younger kids.  When I throw the fish back in, the dog jumps in the water and swims around, scaring the rest of the fish. Do you have dogs that do this? if so have you found a good way to make the dog stop?

[Hewhospeaksmuchbull]

Leash.

[Bubba 460]

 

It wasn't the dog in our family that gave us problems... it was always Mikey

 

[gim]

Sounds like some better dog training is required.

[Michigander]

30 minutes ago, Bubba 460 said:

 

It wasn't the dog in our family that gave us problems... it was always Mikey

 

That deserves to be a 30x20 canvas print for the wall!

[813basstard]

Also sounds like that invisible fence is like those invisible calories my wife consumes. 

[galyonj]

9 minutes ago, 813basstard said:

Also sounds like that invisible fence is like those invisible calories my wife consumes. 

 

That tub of ice cream don't count if you're chasing a salad with it.

[Isaac Lee]

Thanks everyone, just wanted to see if their was a special way, but it sounds like better training or a leash is the best! by the way that picture is hilarious!! ? @Bubba 460

[Jig Man]

It sounds like the dog is no where as trained as it could be.  It takes a lot of time to get a dog fully trained.  Your best bet will be to put it in the garage or tie it up while you are fishing.

[txchaser]

Unconventional, but you might give him one of the dinks you pull out. It'll get bored quick, maybe it takes the excitement out of the whole thing. 

[islandbass]

5 hours ago, Bubba 460 said:

 

It wasn't the dog in our family that gave us problems... it was always Mikey

 

He likes it, he likes it!!! (Old school cereal reference)

[Bluebasser86]

My younger Golden likes to lick fish, but she knows better than to jump on me to try and get that accomplished. If she's going to get a fish lick, it's because I offer to let her do it. The one time she got over excited and jumped at one, she came down on a Shine Glide and ended up with Decoy Quattro 1/0 buried in her leg. That was the day she learned why we don't jump and snap at fish and she hasn't done it since. 

 

My older dog really couldn't care less about the fish I catch. All she cares about is relaxing and swimming when she gets the chance. I took the time to train her well though and she's always been great in the boat, I forget she's in there a lot of the time. Waits patently for me to load the boat when we're done too.

 

 

[ironbjorn]

A simple fix is a leash, but you lost me at outdoor dogs because of how much I hate that.

[Bubba 460]

8 hours ago, islandbass said:

He likes it, he likes it!!! (Old school cereal reference)

 

Yeah, Mikey was a trip.

[bulldog1935]

Used to fly fish with my Norwegian elkhound on leash.  He stalked just like me.  He thought it was really important when the fly line was piling on his head.  I always let him smell the bass before I released it.  When you consider water means falling through the ice in his genes, he was a seriously cool dog.  

 

When I was filleting white bass on the back deck - those little fin strips of sushi - always gave him those, and he sat patiently waiting for them.  

He lived to 19, unusually long for a 55-lb dog.  

[PhishLI]

12 hours ago, Jig Man said:

 It takes a lot of time to get a dog fully trained.

Too bad that most people don't understand this. It should be part of the curriculum in grade school.

[desmobob]

10 hours ago, txchaser said:

Unconventional, but you might give him one of the dinks you pull out. It'll get bored quick, maybe it takes the excitement out of the whole thing. 

Worth a try, right?

 

My old buddy, Elmo, used to go on hike-in float tube trips with me.  Seeing me in the float tube used to freak him out a bit; I think he thought I was in some kind of peril when I was in that tube.  He always wanted to swim out to me. Once he did, he wouldn't know quite what to do when he got out there.

 

Anyway, if it was a warm water fishery, I'd throw him the first pumpkinseed or rock bass I caught, up on the bank.  He'd crunch it up and eat the whole thing.  That seemed to settle him down.

 

[galyonj]

1 minute ago, PhishLI said:

Too bad that most people don't understand this. It should be part of the curriculum in grade school.

 

And how. I take mine to the dog park (my MIL, who used to do agility comps with her dogs, and teaches people how to train dogs, calls them doggy fight clubs) for exercise and to get all of us out of the house, and...man, some people's animals.

 

And the vast majority of the time, it's not the dog's fault at all. They don't know any better because they haven't been taught.

[gim]

Invisible fences are only a boundary.  If the dog has enough will power, he can go right through it.  Once they learn that the punishment doesn't continue after they get through the boundary, they are very ineffective.

[Koz]

When I'm fishing on the bank or dock my dog will lie down a few feet away from me and just hang out. But I do still have him on his leash and the leash tied on to something.

 

He doesn't really care about the fish, although occasionally he likes to sniff them. Of course, he hasn't been tail slapped yet. That might change everything.

[Boomstick]

On 6/10/2021 at 5:12 PM, Bubba 460 said:

 

It wasn't the dog in our family that gave us problems... it was always Mikey

 

 

 

Mmm sashimi

[schplurg]

People are afraid to train their dogs properly sometimes because they feel like they're being "mean" to them by raising their voice, etc. Some people seem to raise their kids the same way. They ask their kids to behave at the store, then when they don't...silence. As if discipline is child abuse. It would be comical if it wasn't so pathetic.

 

You might get a glare from these dimwits if you yell for your dog to "come" too loud. Seriously backwards thinking.

 

Some mental giants brought their dog to the campgrounds a few weeks ago and it barked at everyone who walked by until after midnight. They'd say "Be quiet". When it didn't stop, they apparently just gave up. Clueless morons.

 

Dogs want you to lead them unless you're dumb enough not to assert yourself as the alpha. It's in their DNA and that's why they are awesome pets. People these days....

[TnRiver46]

On 6/15/2021 at 9:39 PM, schplurg said:

People are afraid to train their dogs properly sometimes because they feel like they're being "mean" to them by raising their voice, etc. Some people seem to raise their kids the same way. They ask their kids to behave at the store, then when they don't...silence. As if discipline is child abuse. It would be comical if it wasn't so pathetic.

 

You might get a glare from these dimwits if you yell for your dog to "come" too loud. Seriously backwards thinking.

 

Some mental giants brought their dog to the campgrounds a few weeks ago and it barked at everyone who walked by until after midnight. They'd say "Be quiet". When it didn't stop, they apparently just gave up. Clueless morons.

 

Dogs want you to lead them unless you're dumb enough not to assert yourself as the alpha. It's in their DNA and that's why they are awesome pets. People these days....

Our dog was begging for someone’s pizza on an outdoor patio of a restaurant one time so my fiancé jerked on the leash to send a message. Well ole bo, being the beagle/basset that he is, let out quite a “booooooooooo!” And let me tell you, everyone on that patio immediately became extremely concerned with our dogs well being and pretty much carried on like we should be locked up for animal cruelty. So in the eyes of the public, discipline is cruel. I wish bo would have eaten their whole pizza and puked it onto their shoes.  In today’s America: dogs>people and discipline is evil and that’s the way it’s going to stay 

[Ratherbfishing]

"Spare the rod, spoil the dog."  This may be a harsh way of saying you need to let your dog know, in no uncertain terms, what is acceptable and what isn't.  My dog, when it was a puppy, growled at me when I took his dog food away from him.  He learned very quickly that this was NOT acceptable and we got along fine after that.  My cooworker (who spoiled her dog) was almost half afraid of him because of it.