I not only caught a fish early this morning, I also caught a mallard duck in the air flying low over the water.  The ducks came flying over just as I cast my fishing lure and I hooked one of the ducks in the wing.  He kept flying and emptied the spool on my fishing reel of 100 yards of line and then it pulled loose from the ducks wing.  I was fishing with a steez combo and if I had let go the duck would have flown away with a 9 oz $800 combo.

One of the wildest experiences of my life.

LOL, been there budy, I had to fight the duck into shore and release him though.  It wasnt real bad, cause he landed after wrapping his wing, so i fought him swimming instead of flying.

crazy when stuff like that happens, huh?!

...once, when i was younger, i was fishing at the everglades holliday park with a very basic setup:

"kiddie" style combo

bobber

and the bait was live earthworms..

cast out as usual,

and a mocking bird swooped down to eat my earthworm in mid-cast...

it was subsequently hooked in the rib cage...

i reeled it in,

and as i was very young,

my father was the one to subdue the bird and unhook it...

something i will never forget nonetheless ;D

Caught a seagull once, I throw a rapala floating minnow and I think if I remember correctly backlashed and I was picking it out and then it swooped and grabbed it. I immediately cut the line and had to drag it in, that sucker wanted my fingers. But I got it off of him.

dude, seriously? I wasn't convinced before but now I am.

I'll bet you were sweating bullets.

May I suggest a cheaper, heavier combo for duck fishing next time.....

I'll bet you were sweating bullets.

At first it was funny watching the line run off the spool so fast but then I realized it was going to end and I might lose the gear.  In the end I only lost a $4 rat-L-trap and $3 worth of line.

May I suggest a cheaper, heavier combo for duck fishing next time.....

I agree, lower cost and more weight for duck fishing.

My wife now refers to that combo as my "duck rod".

Dont you just hate those pesky lil critters

Dont you just hate those pesky lil critters

I don't, on slow days thats how i practice my casting accuracy.

of course, my gear is about 1/4 the price of his steez combo, but i wouldn't let a duck fly off with mine either.

I would have loved to been out on the water when a duck flying overhead dropped an 800 dollar combo on my boat  ;D good thing you got it back. Hope the duck is fine, guess we'll never know. If I see a duck fly by with a rattle trap stuck in it's wing then I'll wait to cast till its far far away

The rat-L-trap came loose and is in the top of a tree, it is a silver one so I can see it clearly.

Those ducks are easy to handle when you hook them.

You ought to try removing a hook from an alligator.

Talk about a top water bite. ;D

Brute

first few times i read through this, it quacked me up.  but now your story is old and i just don't give a duck anymore.

seriously man, glad you got to keep your rig.   i know you'd be sick if you lost it.  glad you got a fish too.

Those ducks are easy to handle when you hook them.

You ought to try removing a hook from an alligator.

Talk about a top water bite. ;D

Brute

Man vs Alligator............

The Gator wins everytime, he can keep the hook, lure, bait or whatever!

not everytime... gator meat is a delicacy down here!