Last night I got out for an hr so I ran down, and started casting a ribbit frog along the patty's/ pond snot. Well this fish sticks it's head out of the water looks at it for a second, lunges and grabs it and heads on down deeper. Why did he stick his head up and look at it? I lost him BTW, kermits leg got in the way of the hook.

Haven't seen that before...but it obviously looked real enough if he took it down

You sure it was a fish and not a bullfrog? Bullfrogs will attack other frogs, and they scope out an area by peeking out above the water.

Dont have an answer for ya on that one.. That is weird though.

Sneaky Bass, he was investigating before he decided his plan of attack. Which I have never seen or heard of before, but I think you might have discovered the first ninja bass in history. 

You sure it was a fish and not a bullfrog? Bullfrogs will attack other frogs, and they scope out an area by peeking out above the water.

Yeah I've been using a frog and had a bullfrog pop up to investigate then try to eat it.

Yeah I really think it was a fish, I saw another do the same a little while later

I have never in my life seen a fish of any kind 'peek' out of the water. They tend to wait below and watch for their chance to get a meal.

I'm thinking you were seeing some frogs trying to get dinner.

It really looked like fish mouth come up the second time and grab a twig on the water

Could it have been a carp? It was on the little cal river

Maybe it was a turtle. They poke their heads out of the water all the time

Not a fish. Gravity wouldn't allow one to stick its head out to look at something

My guess is that it was a bowfin (dogfish). Those suckers can live out of water for like 4 hours. I've seen them surface to gulp air at times. I've even seen one eat a mouse from shore.

My guess is that it was a bowfin (dogfish). Those suckers can live out of water for like 4 hours. I've seen them surface to gulp air at times. I've even seen one eat a mouse from shore.

It could very well have been one of these although I've never seen one "poke its head out" but have seen then roll on the surface. I have caught more bowfin with top water frogs than any other lure

"Are you on druuugs"..

Nope no drugs or alcohol. A friend thinks it may have been a koy? Fish basically a big gold fish