I went fishing for a little while this morning. At about 7:45 or so, I saw the biggest splash I've ever seen. Imagine a truck falling into a pond from 1,000 feet in the air. That's what it looked like. The biggest thing in that lake that I know of is grass carp, but even the biggest grass carp in there couldn't have made that splash. I'm in North Alabama so I can't imagine there are any gators in that pond, but I'm starting to wonder. What do you guys think?

Big bass or carp. Be surprised how much ruckus either one can make.

Were you fishing a pond?  There are gators in North Alabama.  River otters have a tendency to make a ton of noise.  

23 minutes ago, YaknBassn said:

Were you fishing a pond?  There are gators in North Alabama.  River otters have a tendency to make a ton of noise.  

Yep. It's in the middle of a subdivision though; not back in the woods or anything.

Beaver?

1 minute ago, scaleface said:

Beaver?

I don't know. I've been fishing that pond for 2 years and never seen one. 

A beaver slapping the water with its tail is incredibly loud.

They are pretty seclusive. Often time you will not see them. if there are any tees like this in the area, there are beavers

I’m going to have to say beaver also, I can’t count how many times I have been fishing early morning before sunrise and almost had a heart attack to a beaver slapping its tail 10 feet from me. Sounds like a truck hitting the water 

Snapping turtle is another possibility - a large one can be well over 50#s and will definitely wake you up when they decide to go under 

Beaver. 

Lochness monster of course. 

You ever watched the movie lake placid? ?

2 hours ago, EGbassing said:

I don't know. I've been fishing that pond for 2 years and never seen one. 

I've fished certain lakes that had beaver dams for 10 years and never once saw a beaver, but believe me, they're there.

I'd also guess beaver. They sound like a cannonball got shot into the water. They'll give you a heart attack if you don't know they are in that lake, especially at night. 

3 hours ago, Weedwhacker said:

A beaver slapping the water with its tail is incredibly loud.

They are pretty seclusive. Often time you will not see them. if there are any tees like this in the area, there are beavers

I actually have a piece of property with a pond that had 4-5 beavers in them. We owned the property for years and rarely ever saw them. Maybe 10-15 times and we have owned the property for 5+ years. Occasionally you would just see them cruising but rarely did you see more than 1. 

Just a guess but.....

2 hours ago, Brew City Bass said:

I've fished certain lakes that had beaver dams for 10 years and never once saw a beaver, but believe me, they're there.

Yeah, I have seen a lot of huge wakes in that pond before. Might be what that was.

4 hours ago, RichPenNY said:

Snapping turtle is another possibility - a large one can be well over 50#s and will definitely wake you up when they decide to go under 

I've seen snapping turtles on the bank there. Actually caught one once.

33 minutes ago, Gundog said:

Just a guess but.....

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Its a bird! Its a plane! Its......a carp jumping out of the water and making a big splash as it reenters the pond.

 

If it is mating season the carp make lots of noise and splash on the surface.

 

My suggestion is to keep going back every morning until you see just what it is and let us know.

 

 

Bass fishing is what taught me that carp jump out of the water. Slow learning. Probably spent a couple days of my life trying to get bass to bite to suddenly learn it was carp all along.

 

 

3 minutes ago, Smokinal said:

 

 

I knew I'd seen LunkersTV from somewhere before.

21 hours ago, DINK WHISPERER said:

You ever watched the movie lake placid? ?

betty white had the best lines in that movie

Meteorite 

Tom

Rosie O'Donnell.

 

She has been known to do cannonballs in north Alabama ponds...

1 hour ago, OCdockskipper said:

Rosie O'Donnell.

 

She has been known to do cannonballs in north Alabama ponds...

Nah. The splash was way too small. ?