Super User fourbizz Posted February 21, 2008 Super User Posted February 21, 2008 What all have you guys gotten bit by when fishing besides fish? My list includes Countless bullfrogs on poppers and frogs River Otter on a super fluke Great Blue Heron tried to steal one of my 8" 2X4's Kingfisher on a popper Garter snakes on senkos Quote
slomoe Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 I think just a snapping turtle when I was younger, But it was HUGE. It snapped my hook in half. Quote
Super User Tin Posted February 21, 2008 Super User Posted February 21, 2008 A cat. We were fishing a night tourney and all my big fish were right up against this retaining wall. So every now and then you would land on the retaining wall with the Midnight Special. Well, on one cast, my bait took off up the people's yard when I landed on the retaining wall. I never even saw the cat, just pounced on the spinnerbait and took off. All I could do was cut the cut line. :-/ Quote
=Matt 5.0= Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 So dissapointed. Was working the spook around sunrise....SPLASH!!! "Holy crap, get the camera ready! It's a giant!" Remember the sound effect from the "Price is Right" when someone lost? Quote
secretlakes Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 a seagull flew into a spinnerbait i had just cast out in mid air and became antangled up in it. it was like flying a kite with a fishing rod. i pulled him in to untangle him but all the other gulls started to come to his aid by attacking me and my girlfriend. i had to just cut the line for fear of my own life!! there were like fifty something seagulls swooping at us. Quote
Ryan_Johnson Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 When I was down in TN last summer, we were fishing below the Douglas Dam at night. I was casting a rattletrap and never heard it hit the water. I started really in and felt something, so I set the hook hard!! A great blue heron came crashing out of the sky like a plane going down! It hit the water and started making all kinds of noise. The hook came off and when I reeled it in, there was a huge clump of feathers on it. Only then did I realize what had happened. Quote
Super User Bassin_Fin@tic Posted February 21, 2008 Super User Posted February 21, 2008 Bull frogs cormorants seagulls countless turtles(they have a thing for t-rigged worms) Funny this post came up. Just yesterday me and one of my pals were flipping some cattails.Threw a perfect flip, and no sooner my rage craw sunk, my drag started screamin.DUDE! It must be a huge catfish.It aint no bass!Is it a huge bowfin?!! When the jon boat started dragging at about the same speed as my trolling motor on high,I figured it had to be a gator.Not one of those little 3-4 footers I play with all the time.This one was around 10 foot. After fighting with it for around 20 mins and having my boat dragged about 100 yards.It slowly surfaced.Once I saw it 5 feet from me I freaked and screamed "cut the line"! That was a hell of a fun time! Wish I could of got that moment on camera :-/ Quote
Dean Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 Agkistrodon piscivorus . He wasn't to nice to me! Quote
slomoe Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 a seagull I forgot, I caught one of these too. It got clotheslined while swooping for a chunk of squid that fell of the dock while my buddy was cutting bait. Got it untangled though. Quote
Fish Man Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 ah lets see.....a snappin turtle, a surfer while surf fishing, well almost got the hook set before we realized ;Dand then there was that time i got the back of my head with a crankbait ;D Quote
Super User SPEEDBEAD. Posted February 21, 2008 Super User Posted February 21, 2008 Last year, my tourney partner hooked a snapping turtle on a Crigged worm. Very entertaining watching him try and get the hook out. The only time something like this happened to me, I was fly fishing back in the day. I was casting dry flies and it was getting toward sunset, so the hatch was going off great. I pulled my back cast and let it fly forward. Fly line landed in the water, but the tippet was magically hovering in mid air.... I look at the end of the line and what do I see? A freaking bat. I hate bats. That quick little sucker swooped down and picked my fly out of mid air. Little fella really impressed me that night. A quick backward snap of the rod and the guy next to me got up close and personal with Mr. Bat. After a few choice words were spoken, the bat somehow came free. I found it entertaining, the guy with me did not. LOL Quote
Super User Jimzee Posted February 21, 2008 Super User Posted February 21, 2008 Coon.....Zoom Swamp Crawler Snapping Turtles.....You name it Rabbit.....Zara Spook Beaver.....Devil's Horse (hardest fight I've ever had in my life) My Dog.....Megabass Pop Max *All these were on accident except for the countless snapping turtles. Quote
SenkoBasser Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 I think just a snapping turtle when I was younger, But it was HUGE. It snapped my hook in half. Ha Ha! Last year I hooked a huge snapping turtle right by the lip. I thought it was a log at first until he surfaced and started hissing at me. As I was reaching for his shell the my hook also snapped in half. He must have weighed a good 35 - 40 lbs. Quote
Super User Sam Posted February 21, 2008 Super User Posted February 21, 2008 Turtle. My cousin. My thumb. My left hand finger. I usually avoid all other critters. Quote
fishizzle Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 Bull frogs get pretty vicious for topwater in shallow coves up near the bank And by buddy caught a fishizzle in the upper lip when I was 10 Never trusted novices since then (no offense) lol Quote
brian_82 Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 I hooked myself a nice duck at the park one day... Wonder if a hunter had shot that one what they would have thought, not quite a banded bird BUT. ;D Other than that just the previously mentioned snapping turtles. Quote
Infidel. Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 Just last month I had an Osprey grab my ABT Titan that was running over a foot deep in muddy water. I didn't think he would be able to see it but he got it! Also had one going towards my Lunker Punker one day but he stopped about 3ft away from it. A few years ago when I was in Florida I had a small gator pop up out of nowhere and clamped onto a spittin' image. He was on the line for about 30 secs or so and then he just let go. Also caught a big soft shell turtle on a live blue gill. Had a turn dive and grab my Slug-o one time as well. Coolest thing though is that I was in the back yard practicing my casting one day when a Falcon dove down out of nowhere and grabbed the hookless spoon I was tossing. And I can't forget the time I stuck myself in the back of the head with a rattle trap at Lake Mohave. That was fun Quote
Jake. Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 Countless Turtles A Pelican Seagulls A Bat A Duck And my friend got bit on a spook by a beaver. Quote
Hooked_On_Bass Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 And my friend got bit on a spook by a beaver. Fantastic! ;D Quote
littlefisher Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 What all have you guys gotten bit by when fishing besides fish? My list includes Countless bullfrogs on poppers and frogs River Otter on a super fluke Great Blue Heron tried to steal one of my 8" 2X4's Kingfisher on a popper Garter snakes on senkos and more than once i have had this happen to me, but this is the only time i have got video of it http://youtube.com/watch?v=M8xZAj7KKLs&feature=user THAT must have been fun to get the hook out of. I've hooked birds with line while casting that's about it. I've hard snappers chase after my Horny Toad a couple times but I've always gotten it away in time. My little brother took a PopR to the head once. He didn't find it as funny as me. Quote
Pond Hopper Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 Snapping turtles Frogs Muskrat Red winged black bird Snake And while fishing up near Lake Vermillion, MN, where we portaged back to a small lake, I had a snow owl come from around the corner and almost got my Pop-R before I jerked it away. Man was that thing huge coming down, wings spread, talons out Quote
Tokyo Tony Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 Pelicans, seagulls, and the occasional gator/croc, not in CT of course Quote
osbornj2 Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 I've had bats hit my line quite a bit while fishing at dusk. Also, I've caught turtles, too. Never any otters or beavers, though ;D Come to think if it, one time my dog did bite a lure after I retreived it and was preparing to cast ! Poor thing...got a huge lip full of trebles! Fourbizz - you mentioned getting bullfrogs on poppers ??! Wow! That's pretty crazy! Out here in the mountains of VA, we get a lot of newts (kinda like salamanders, 'cept different!), and in the spring when they are "spawning", they'll get all OVER a curly-tail worm fished t-rig or c-rig. They'll be all wrapped around it, trying to mate ! Ahhh....spring is the season for love ! Quote
fathom Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 5' coppermouth on a fat "a"...never let 'em tell you they only swim on TOP of the water. beavers are obviously dumber than i thought. but they can sure pull drag! Quote
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