you ever get pooped on by birds while fishing?

[Darth-Baiter]

i'm finally doing laundry.  i wash all my fishing stuff separately so i line dry it all.  i remember, the last two outings, i got totally krapped on by some water bird.  another good reason to keep it apart from my wife's frilly things.

 

i'm in a kayak, so with respect to a boat, i am a much smaller target, but holy heck if i am not bombed a lot.  my kayak gets pooped on, me as well..or i get splashed.  near misses are so common.  haha.  

 

just a thought.  so you boat guys get hammered?. 

oh, i hose the majority off in the back yard.  

[TOXIC]

We call cormorants sh—t birds and you learn to stay a good ways away from them when they take to the air. I was fishing a creek off the main lake in my area and there was a small cut to get back to a pond like area.  Whilst fishing my way back there I spooked up a flock of Canadian geese.  I watched them all take flight, I would estimate 15-20, slowly gain altitude and then bank back.  When they got directly over me, a large number of them decided to use me as a target.  There was goose poop dropping all around me.  I can’t believe it wasn’t intentional.

[gim]

Talk about a shi**y day.

[Bankc]

They do it on purpose, you know.  It's supposed to be good luck when a bird does that to you.  And they definitely have a preference for shiny things.  

[Functional]

never fishing....but walking to class one year I got targeted by a flock of geese. I was covered in green crap and the teacher said it was no excuse to miss class as I stood in front of him covered in those cobra chickens droppings. Had to sit there through a 2hr class. 

 

I still have green stains on that backpack to this day. 

[ironbjorn]

I've never been pooped on by a bird while fishing, but if one more middle aged white woman calls a Heron an Eagle at a nature preserve I fish I might **** my own pants over the agony that has become the human race. 

 

(2 years in a row I've witnessed this...)

[gunsinger]

Not while fishing but once on a beach near Tampa, my daughter was the unfortunate recipient of some seagull luck.  Caught her right in the neck.  That cost me a piece of jewelry to make her feel better.  ?

[galyonj]

Never been pooped on by a bird. I've had just about every substance a fish can excrete all over me at one time or another.

 

Daggum white bass almost ruin a pair of shoes for me every time I fish the spawn.

[Skunkmaster-k]

I saw a bird poop in a guy’s shoe one time. He took it off to dip his feet in the water and got a nasty surprise. 

[Captain Phil]

All the time!  In South Florida they have huge flocks of Coots.  I have seen flocks so big in Okeechobee it sounded like thunder when they take off.  In the Everglades, they have a nasty habit of flying across the canals in front of your boat. Often they poop as they fly by. You would poop too if a 70 mph bass boat was bearing down on you! I once killed a coot by accident with my Gambler.  I didn't know it until I saw it's legs sticking out from under my front seat. 

[TnRiver46]

I got crapped on by a cormorant once. I mean splattered from my chest to the bottom of my shorts. It smelled god awful, I took all the stuff out of my pockets and jumped in the water 

[T-Billy]

Yup. Geese are buttholes. They absolutely do it on purpose. I've had 'em do it too many times for it to be accidental.

 I once saw a girl in a bikini get bombed by a heron. She was covered in that nasty crap head to toe, which then caused her to spew like a fountain. It was quite the awful sight. That was 40 years ago. I can see it in my mind like it happened yesterday. ?

[Jar11591]

The Canada geese around here drop

poop like a carpet bombing run. But I’ve discovered that if a flock is heading towards me, if I put my hands up and wave they will actually change course. Don’t call me crazy until you try it, it really works! 

[T-Billy]

38 minutes ago, Jar11591 said:

The Canada geese around here drop

poop like a carpet bombing run. But I’ve discovered that if a flock is heading towards me, if I put my hands up and wave they will actually change course. Don’t call me crazy until you try it, it really works! 

Thanks for the info. I haven't been hit yet, but I've had it raining goose poo all around me several times.

[Darth-Baiter]

2 hours ago, Captain Phil said:

All the time!  In South Florida they have huge flocks of Coots.  I have seen flocks so big in Okeechobee it sounded like thunder when they take off.  In the Everglades, they have a nasty habit of flying across the canals in front of your boat. Often they poop as they fly by. You would poop too if a 70 mph bass boat was bearing down on you! I once killed a coot by accident with my Gambler.  I didn't know it until I saw it's legs sticking out from under my front seat. 

payback!!

[Jar11591]

6 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

Thanks for the info. I haven't been hit yet, but I've had it raining goose poo all around me several times.

Put your hands up and wave like you’re trying to get their attention. They’ll divert instead of flying directly over you. Works like a charm. 

[gim]

44 minutes ago, Jar11591 said:

The Canada geese around here drop

poop like a carpet bombing run.

They crap all over the place when they’re on land too. Golf courses, parks, yards, any grassy area is a magnet for them. A couple weeks ago I was launching at the lake and the grassy area had about a dozen geese. They weren’t really afraid of people either. I was walking by with my dog on the leash heading to my boat and a group of 4 people yelled to me “release the beast on those stupid geese!” So I did and Cosmo sent them soaring and squawking into the water. Everyone cheered and started clapping.

Just now, Jar11591 said:

Put your hands up and wave like you’re trying to get their attention. They’ll divert instead of flying directly over you. Works like a charm. 

I bet that’s an interesting sight if you are a bystander nearby. Some mental nut is waving at a flock of geese and yelling lol

[Jar11591]

6 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I bet that’s an interesting sight if you are a bystander nearby. Some mental nut is waving at a flock of geese and yelling lol

Between that, and me waving my hat around trying to swat black flies and horse flies, I’m sure there are times that I look like quite the character on the water lol 

[throttleplate]

[Bankbeater]

Never fishing.  I've been hit riding in the car with my arm out the window, doing yardwork, hiking, and photography.

[Darth-Baiter]

2 hours ago, gimruis said:

They crap all over the place when they’re on land too. Golf courses, parks, yards, any grassy area is a magnet for them. A couple weeks ago I was launching at the lake and the grassy area had about a dozen geese. They weren’t really afraid of people either. I was walking by with my dog on the leash heading to my boat and a group of 4 people yelled to me “release the beast on those stupid geese!” So I did and Cosmo sent them soaring and squawking into the water. Everyone cheered and started clapping.

I bet that’s an interesting sight if you are a bystander nearby. Some mental nut is waving at a flock of geese and yelling lol

Like walking into

a spiderweb. 

[Kirtley Howe]

I won't hijack this thread....but I am posting an old joke about this in the EveryThing Else thread.

[Catt]

In my teenage years I was a deck hand on shrimp boats, seagulls follow you all day long.

[slonezp]

Cormorants are evil

[TnRiver46]

5 hours ago, Jar11591 said:

Put your hands up and wave like you’re trying to get their attention. They’ll divert instead of flying directly over you. Works like a charm. 

I point my rod at them like a .12 gauge , that’s universal freak out among geese