Was doin' a little bank fishing with my friend Larry yesterday evening under overcast skies, cooled by a pleasant breeze, tossin' a black and red hollow body froggy down along side a long wooden wall.  And BAM!, I nailed a nice fat three pounder, and flipped her over the wall onto the soft green grass. There she promptly puked out a cute little 2" bluegill that was still, somehow, alive, but barely. I defrogged the still feisty bass, holding her by the lower jaw, and called Larry over to see. "Look here Larry, let's see if she'll eat what she ate before".

 

I placed the little bluegill head in her throat right up against her big gut hole, and she relaxed open her hole and caused the little fish to slide all the way down till ya couldn't see even the tail no more. "Muster been a reflex," said Larry, "a helluva swallerin' reflex!"

 

I then put the chunky girl in the water and she darted right off. Wonder if she later decided to puke out that little bluegill a second time. I sure hope she kept it down.

I had a fat Table Rock spot puke up a still wiggling and ticked off salamander in the boat once. Had a largemouth do the same with baby painted turtle also. I didn't try to give either of them back to the fish though. 

I had a fat Table Rock spot puke up a still wiggling and ticked off salamander in the boat once. Had a largemouth do the same with baby painted turtle also. I didn't try to give either of them back to the fish though. 

Interesting. If they didn't try to eat just about anything that moves, we'd never catch them with plastic gadgets.

One of the guys on another sight showed a 6 pounded that threw -up a foot long snake partly digested.  They eat anything that will fit in there mouth, including mice, water birds, baby gators.

Yep had one barf up a bluegill that got left in my livewell for about a week..... It was nasty.

I like the photo from Mike Iaconelli with a little duck in the bass's throat:

 

https://www.facebook.com/MikeIaconelliFishing/photos/a.167654703280170.34195.111115605600747/478295718882732/

 

But the weirdest things bass eat are the inanimate objects with which we entice them so effectively.

My wife had one throw up an eel while she was fighting it in.

 

So I rigged up a YUM Mightee worm and caught one my first cast.

My wife had one throw up an eel while she was fighting it in.

 

So I rigged up a YUM Mightee worm and caught one my first cast.

Well, that makes perfect sense. Sure is nice when you know what they want.

I had one spit up a bluegill that could still swim a little one time!

Have also found nymphs in trout bellies that were still very alive...released them into my goldfish pond that we keep trout in during the winter so they probably got to re live the getting eaten process.