Keith Hester was fishing in a Floyd County pond with his grandfather, Fred Bynum, when they happened upon something that most anglers will never see.

"While fishing that morning, we could tell that fish were hitting on topwater," said Keith, of Rome. "We noticed the commotion a couple of times and then saw what we believed was a single fish either sick or struggling in some sort of distress. As we trolled over to where this fish was, we noticed that instead of a single fish, we saw two fish stuck together in a manner I have never seen or heard of."

What they found was a bass with a smaller bass in its mouth.

"I assume these two were both after the same meal and ran into one another," said Keith. "The fish being 'eaten' was bigger than the one doing the eating. Both were pulled apart and released back into the lake where they both swam off."

Absolutely Crazy!!!

I've seen this happen a few times. Why do they do this?

crazy, there are some youtube videos showing the same thing...

Bass are like dogs in one respect; they can't determine thier own size verses the size of other fish. Prey size selection becomes a trail and error experience. The bass shown mistook the size of the other bass when tring to eat it. You spend enough time on the water and you will see similar mistakes of bass misjudging prey size.

Tom

For everyone doubting swim baits and worrying that baits are too big, i don't think you could ask for better proof that big baits work

Was this Floyd county kentucky ?

AWKWARD!!!!

Was this Floyd county kentucky ?

This was in a pond in Georgia

saw about a 4lb bass with a roughly 6-7 pound catfish sticking out of it once on lake norman....  although it was dead, it was quite a site to see.

I saw this with Largemouth & Smallmouth on Kentucky lake... You ain't lying, it's a trip to imagine it, let alone see it!

Cool post!

My son-in-law is a biologist, he told me they will try to eat anything they can fit in there mouth. Reptiles are the same way, I have a photo I took of a bullfrog trying to eat a bird.

I caught a 20" northern pike with 3 baby mink and a 12" perch in his mouth. The mink had been swallowed but the tail of the last one was still sticking out and the perch was sideways in his mouth and it still hit a 4" red and white spoon. In Canada.

I caught a 20" northern pike with 3 baby mink and a 12" perch in his mouth. The mink had been swallowed but the tail of the last one was still sticking out and the perch was sideways in his mouth and it still hit a 4" red and white spoon. In Canada.

That was awesome reading that lol

We had a member on here that used to have a picture of a bass that had done almost the same thing, but with an 8" Huddleston that it couldn't even begin to get all the way in it's mouth. Probably one of my favorite avatar pictures I've seen. 

That is awesome! ^^

Are 8" Hudds big enough?

Are 8" Hudds big enough?

Savage Gear makes a 12" line thru

What did we learn here? Fish eat fish head first

What did we learn here? Fish eat fish head first

 

Maybe we should start dragging lures bacwards. LOL

In a neighborhood pond I saw a big bass take a baby duck trailing the mother.  There was a loud explosion of water and the duckling was gone.  Within a week all 8 baby ducks were gone.  I believe that bass was targeting the ducklings.   They are truly wolves of the water.

 

Looks like love to me 

That's an excellent example of why bass are so fun to fish for.

 

Keith Hester was fishing in a Floyd County pond with his grandfather, Fred Bynum, when they happened upon something that most anglers will never see.

"While fishing that morning, we could tell that fish were hitting on topwater," said Keith, of Rome. "We noticed the commotion a couple of times and then saw what we believed was a single fish either sick or struggling in some sort of distress. As we trolled over to where this fish was, we noticed that instead of a single fish, we saw two fish stuck together in a manner I have never seen or heard of."

What they found was a bass with a smaller bass in its mouth.

"I assume these two were both after the same meal and ran into one another," said Keith. "The fish being 'eaten' was bigger than the one doing the eating. Both were pulled apart and released back into the lake where they both swam off."

And people still think swimbaits are TOO BIG