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[Bass23]

Several years ago I was fishing on the bank of a canal just having a good time casting out when suddenly an otter came up out of the water right in front of me and scared the be-jesus out of me. He must have been searching for food because i think it scared him just the same. He went under and came up on the other side and went flying through the bushes. I just knew a gator had got me that day. My dad always said be alert. All this different stuff flashes through your mind.

[Bass23]

Oh another. Years ago Lake Okeechobee was really low and me and a couple friends were wading in about three foot of water trying to catch some shellcrackers. We were evenly spread out fishing and me of course i was out the farthest. I happened to look to my left to ask my buddy something when up popped a ten foot gator. He looked at me. I looked at him. We froze momentarily. Really didn't know what to do. We both decided to start walking backwards when he went under. Now i'm expelling waste. We just kept moving holding our rods ready to swing if needed. Not that could of done much. Suddenly he came up farther out. We high tailed it to the bank to fish.

[gr8outdoorz]

Walkin the dog with a spook when, what I think was, a blue herron swooped down n grabbed it. Thankfully a few shakes of its head sent the spook flyin back to the water.

[plumworm]

I was flyfishing the Yellowstone river in Yellowstone National park back in the 80's A guy on the other side of the river hooked a nice trout As it was thrashing around on the surface, a pelican swooped down and picked it up. The guy is now fighting a bird with a 6 ft. wingspan instead of a 16" trout. Guy lost,as the pelican flew away with the trout and his flyline. He yelled across the river to me that, "no one is going to believe me, when I tell this story" I told him to meet me back at the parking lot later. I wrote out the whole story on the back of a Yellowstone Park information sheet and included my name and phone number. Two of his Trout Unlimited friends called me to see if his story was true".All fisherman lie a little,but some storys just can't be made up"

[Michael DiNardo]

Wading a strip mine lake with a buddy at night. He snags his lure near shore. Just as he frees his lure, we hear the loudest scream/holler/growl/shriek from the woods a few yards from where he is standing. Well it took about 0.5 seconds for a combined 500 lbs of fishermen to be standing as far into the middle of the pond as we could get. We figured we were getting the HE double hockey sticks out of there. As we approach the other shoreline, roughly 100 yds from the first encounter it happens again right in front of us. We immediately assume we are being stalked. After a few hours, we finally wade to the end of the lake where we parked. I have never heard anything that terrifying in my life. I was told later it was probably a grey fox with pups. I think it was a 'Squatch...

Mike

[princecraft papa]

I was fishing a weedbed usisg a tiny torpedp when.....wham...a seagull hit my lure & took off flying....I did what any good fisherman would do...set the hook! I fought it for a few minutes untill I got him close to the boat & netted it. stupid bird... the second I got the lure out of its mouth...wham...he hit it again! removed it again & released the dumb bird. anybody know the record size for a seagull?

[f23blackwidow2]

I'm sitting on a dock with about 10 feet of line, and 2 small hooks about 1 foot away from each other, each with a worm on it. Some other people are around me. Some friends, some not, but they all have one thing in common; NO ONE is catching anything! All of the sudden, I feel nibble on my line. i give it a yank, and start to pull it up. when i finally get it on the dock, and there are 2, not one, of the biggest blue gills i've ever caught on the dock. Before i can unhook one, i flops of the hook. i made a lunge and ,as lightly as i could, stepped on it to stop it from getting away. About 15 minutes after my catches, just about everyone there had caught something. It's amazing how quickly fish's attitudes change. I caught 33 fish that day with the same set up. The closest person had caught only 12. It was one of those days...

[mod479]

Last summer after a good rain, I caught a walleye on a Skitter pop (frog) while fishing for smallies. I had a pic, might be able to track it down. I dont know if that counts a bizarre, but it surprised me.

[WookieeJedi]

Once I saw a gator up in someone's fenced back yard. I was going to put ashore to tell them, but before I could do it, I heard a lady calling, "Fifi! Fifi!" She was calling her little dog. The dog wasn't gonna show...

[outdoorsman110]

Once I saw a gator up in someone's fenced back yard. I was going to put ashore to tell them, but before I could do it, I heard a lady calling, "Fifi! Fifi!" She was calling her little dog. The dog wasn't gonna show...

That's what she gets for having a toy breed. Lol

[redboat]

We recently emerged from a killer drought in Texas. At the height of the drought back last Summer I caught a three pound catfish - but once I pulled all the ticks off him he only weighed about pound...

[Madd Lunacy]

There's a walking trail that goes all the way around the lake I fish...Me and my dad were fishing in our boat and I happened to look up on the walking trail and I see this guy with a camera taking pictures of us. I thought I would help him out with some good shots, so I decided to pose and give him the good ole' California howdy. I don't think that was a bird he was planning on taking a picture of that day, cause once he focused in I think he could see what I thought of him taking pictures of us and he quickly pulled his camera away from his face and walked away. Lol.

[Bluebasser86]

I was driving with a buddy through a tiny little town in western Kansas next to the lake we were going to fish a tourny on the next day when this crazy lady runs out into the road in front of me waving her arms to flag me down. I had to lock my breaks up just to avoid running her over. I rolled my window down to figure out what in the world was going on that was so important to almost get run over. As soon as I started to talk she shushed me and leaned in close and said very quietly "There was a hummingbird on the feeder!" I was stunned and my friend was doing everything he could to not burst out laughing. As soon as she gave me a chance I hit the gas and got out of there. It was one of the most bizarre situations I've been in outside of work.

[outdoorsman110]

I was driving with a buddy through a tiny little town in western Kansas next to the lake we were going to fish a tourny on the next day when this crazy lady runs out into the road in front of me waving her arms to flag me down. I had to lock my breaks up just to avoid running her over. I rolled my window down to figure out what in the world was going on that was so important to almost get run over. As soon as I started to talk she shushed me and leaned in close and said very quietly "There was a hummingbird on the feeder!" I was stunned and my friend was doing everything he could to not burst out laughing. As soon as she gave me a chance I hit the gas and got out of there. It was one of the most bizarre situations I've been in outside of work.

I'm rolling!

[ynnhoj86]

I rode my motorcycle to the lake to do some shore fishing. Everything was good until I saw this Guy want down the boat ramp and come sit next to me. Spoke hardly any English and said he was from Mexico with no papers. Asked if I can give him a ride to Phoenix!!! In the back of my head, I thought he had buddies trying to hotwire my bike. Anyways, said I had to change lure, walked over got all my stuff and left.