I want to hear some other interesting fishing stories out there about other things being caught when trying to fish for bass.

I threw my crankbait, I see this flock of ducks flying by, the line caught one and then proceeded to run along the duck until the crankbait caught it. The duck went head first into the lake. I was feeling bad, didn't know what to do. Fortunately my partner lent me a hand, we cranked the duck to the boat, he grab it by the neck, it pooped on the deck :-), and he was able to cut the hook off and release the line. The duck swam off, no idea if he was 100% alright or not. My first catch of the day and it wasn't even the same species, white bass, hybrid, no problem, but a water fowl? Come'on. Unbelievable but true.

Thanks John for the hand.

Fishing with brother a couple months ago.
Dark-Thirty in the morning.
He casts out topwater, lots of
splashing and hook setting ensue..
Close to the shore we realize it's
a large bird. No fun trying to get
the trebles out!

I still say you should have put it in the livewell & brought it to the scales. Jay just loves it when something other than LMB shows up!

One day I was fishing at the Trinity River from a low-head dam. Just as I had made a cast toward shore, I saw a bird out of the corner of my eye. It swooped in front of me, hit the line, cartwheeled across the water like a WWII fighter plane, and flew to shore with the line tangled around its foot. Other birds gathered around it while it flopped around on the shore. As I moved in to see if I could help (and recover my spinner bait), it suddenly freed itself and the birds flew away.

I was night fishing out at Hubbard last year and fishing in a marina when I had a cast go bad and it ended up on the walk way in the boat slips and a duck grabbed my worm and flew out of the other side of the slip and hooked itself. All that I heard was alot of quakin and a hard pull that went into the air so I desided to go ahead and try to land it until my line got cut by the roof of the boat house.

Today out there I hit a duck with the trolling motor while doing 65 mph across the lake. Have this happen and I bet you will wonder if you need to go a check your pants!!!

Local game warden is wondering if you have your Duck Stamps--he said he will see you about it tomorrow. BUT he said you don't need a stamp for the Duck POOP.

I caught a Blue Heron out at Grapevine in the night tournament a few years ago. It took off just as I cast and my line wrapped around his neck. It looked like I was flying a kite and was right beside the walkway at one of the marinas with lots of people hanging around. Several of them thought it was cruel but we managed to reel it in and get it released unharmed pretty quickly. I had MORITZ CHEVROLET on the side of the boat and figured we would get a call thank goodness nobody tried to throw me under the bus on that.

Years ago I was in a small farm pond floating around in a belly boat. Bluegill fishing with a ultralight rod. So my float jumped and as I was reeling the little guy in he started pulling a lot harder. What I thought was maybe a bass or cat gobbling up the gill turned out to be a four foot cottonmouth. I wasted no time cutting the line before the snake got too close and bout ran back to shore. I must have looked like Richard Pryor in the movie The Toy.

Fishing a club T with my father in law when his reel started singing from drag going out. Fishing ultra light drop shots as the bite was slow!! He fought this thing for 10 minuites, I reeled in thinking I was fiving to net the biggest fish either of us had ever caught and finally it shows itself and its a 10 pound turtle!! Big old red eared slider with a roboworm 6 inches down his throat! We worked on getting that hook out for 20 minuites so he would survive. Was freakin halirous to me, not to funny to my father in law as he was leading the T after day one. He thought he wrapped it up if he could land this bass. Hahahahha, trophy turtle guys.
Danny

What the hotline # for Moritz, I have celfone in hand........

Caught a small 3 foot alligator on a spook once. He finally came off.
My wife caught a cat on a spinnerbait once. She made a cast and it landed on the bank, that cat had that bait and was running off with it before you could say BOO! It came off also.

Caught a 6 foot water snake on a fluke once had to cut the line.

Sometimes it just shouldn't be called "fishing"!

My old man hooked a sea gull years back while we were wade fishing in Texas City. It took off and my dad had to respool his reel. We were about 4 or 5 hundred yards out on the calm side of the dyke so he did it right there chest deep in the water. I wasn't too happy since he made me help him.

I've caught grebes on Clear Lake every now and then on rattle traps or cranks. I hit a water turkey with a spook on a bet a couple months ago. I told my buddy that if I hit it, he had to unhook it. He didn't think I could get close to him. I expected the bait to bounce off the bird, but it stuck like a dart.

The worst critter other than fish that I have ever got was a couple weeks ago when I had a river otter take a shot at my dink bass that was hooked up. Otter got the front hook of my crank in his foot. That was one unhappy otter. I got him close to the boat, and he tried to get in the boat with me. I was able to keep him held away from the boat as he was a growling and writhing furball of fury, and sounded like he wanted a piece of me. I started to get into my rod locker to get my pistol out, but he managed to free himself from my LuckyCraft.

Th absolute strangest was a Great Horned Owl that took a liking
to my black Buzz bait at Richland Chambers one night.
The Owl grabbed it right off the water and flew straight at me.. I had to duck!

Luckily I was fishing off the bank and it dropped the bait about
30ft behind me right after I turned loose of the rod...
We were both completely surprised!

I'm so glad it did not get hooked.. No way was I going to try to get a hook out of an adult Great Horned Owl!

I also hit a Bat on Bob Sandlin while casting at night.. it was a funny feeling to hit an object in mid swing with nothing above me to hit..except a Bat.

We got the spot light and found it laying stunned on the water.
To my relief it did finally wake up and flew away.

We've had several Gulls get tangled in lines while drift fishing
offshore and I had one attack a Red Fin inshore that got free
by it's self.

Caught a few turtles on live and artificials..
plenty of Drum, Buffalo, Gar, Grinnels and Catfish.

Bazz

I've caught Ducks, Swallows, Herons, you name it.

I guess that is why they call it the poop deck.

man thats weird lol

have caught a duck at the Bedford Boys ranch... flew right into my line... untangling that lil guy while it was quacking, with parents and children watching was QUITE embarrasing.. I played it off, and held it for a little while and petted it... kids wouldnt pet it..then I let it go and it followed me around!! wife wouldnt let me bring it home!! she figured we would get in trouble with the apartments... LOL!!! I named it "AFLAC"

I have caught many seagulls with topwaters in the early morning and near dusk. A silver skitterwalk seems to be the ticket..

Never a duck tho..


-Z-

I was fishing down on the Atchafalaya Basin a couple of weeks ago. I was working a horny toad over some floating vegetation in a ditch coming out to a canal. I was very focused on my frog and didn't notice the barn owl that flew out of the tree until he picked it up and was flying off with it. He got to the end of my 65 lb braid and it jerked him (or her) down into the water. It got up on a stump or something and I kept trying to shake it away from him, but I was only shaking his leg. I DID NOT WANT TO HAVE TO REEL IT IN TO THE BOAT!!! He pecked at it a couple of times. I don't know if he was trying to get the hook out or just trying to eat the frog. He finally flew off one more times and dropped it as he took off.

A little later we were fishing the back of another canal and were watching a three-foot gator. My partner caught a fish and we lost sight of the gator (not that we were intimidated by it). I saw it and asked my partner if that was the same one. He said "where?", so I cast my t-rig with-in a foot to 18" of him. As I was reeling it by him, he lunged out and snapped at it. Once again, I didn't set the hook, but just kept tension on it hoping he would let go. He really started chomping on it and then thrashed side to side and I thought for sure he stuck the hook in himself. He started out turned away from us and by this time was facing straight toward me. Lucky for me he was, because he started death rolling. Since he was facing me, my braid didn't wrap around his mouth. He thrashed it a couple more times and then started swimming off and to my surprise, just dropped the weight and hook out of his mouth.

I was telling my tournament partner that since I had just helped him out with a grinnel and a gar, he had to help me get the gator off. He said I was on my own. Can you believe that?

Some people.lol...I dont think I've ever caught anything out of the ordinary. I have had bats try to get my lures on the cast at Athens. Had a friend catch a goose at Athens.

Hey I caught a bull frog on a Pro's Choice buzz toad.

If I could have caught at least 4 or 5 more just like it I could have had a good mess of frog legs for supper.

I've caught snakes, frogs, turtles, birds, etc., etc. but 23 years ago a Lab puppy grabbed my crankbait while I was picking out a backlash. I had a heck of a time with that little guy getting the hook out. I still feel bad about that to this day.


Brian

I think I got a story that can top this one! This summer fishing lake raven, my buddy Brice caught a bat! It was at night and he casted out and came back with that on the end! He has some pictures, maybe he will catch this and post them. Sad to report that the little guy didn't make it, it was either him or me gettin' bit and a rabies shot...

had a kingfisher hit a black and blue lizard in 4ft of water, it flew off with the lizard in tow, let go, then came back hovered a few seconds and hit it again. Dropped it again and sat up in a tree complaining to me - in a loud chatter. have had snakes on bass asasins, snapping turtles on jigs and pigs more than once. Nutruria hit a buzzbaits, frogs on worms. Fun times.