Ive Ready About This...Now Ive Seen It...

JRL · 02-26-11, 03:25 PM

Heres the scene:

Me on my kayak. My buddy on his Gheenoe. Both of us are drifting over a submerged culvert pipe fishing for speck with no luck.

On the lake also is a group of rowers, dont know what else to call them. They look like skulls but single seaters.

So this group of people (all northerners) all morning had been bothering us asking "what are you catching?"... We naturally lie, and in a friendly tone we say "salmon". They continue on without question.

No sooner did they get 200 yards past us one of them says "Holy cow this is the biggest fish Ive ever seen. It has a huge mouth!". I look and see a huge fish floating on the surface with about 5 rowers around it. So I head over to take a look.

Now prior to this we saw a bass in that same area smashing bait out of the water.

I pull up and sure enough its a bass. Hanging out of its mouth is what appears to be a large tail. The bass' gils were flared and stuck open so bad to where it couldnt move them to breath.

After opening its mouth this is what I saw:

After some carefull snipping of Bluegil fins, and about an hour in the live well, this 6lbs 6oz bass swam away to kill some gils another day.

First time Ive seen this, thought Id share.... And sorry no better pics, we tried not to handle it too much...didnt want her to die.

MallenManson · 02-26-11, 04:03 PM

Wow! That's one big mouth! Good job on the emergency surgery!

Bassboss · 02-26-11, 04:23 PM

Haha!! I know what you mean about northerners!

I was wading once and a fella with a real northern accent comes up and says "Hey you know their's crocodiles in Florida, they can eat you!"

Anyway, that's pretty cool, now you know know that bass in their like bream.

Cavs1123 · 02-26-11, 04:36 PM

LOL Boss. I think he meant alligators.

flfireman · 02-26-11, 06:03 PM

No we have both down here in Florida. Down in South Fla they do have croc's.

keithdog · 02-26-11, 07:17 PM

Thats a very cool pic JB. Reminds me of watching my kid eat dinner. I'm always yelling at him to slow down haha

JRL · 02-26-11, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by keithdog

Thats a very cool pic JB. Reminds me of watching my kid eat dinner. I'm always yelling at him to slow down haha

Haha! Its hard to tell from the pic, but the bluegill was around a 1/2 pound. There was no way it was going down no matter what that bass did. The dorsal was sticking through the roof of its mouth. The lower fins were spiking through the gills.....and the bluegill wasnt about to let its fins down. It lived too by the way.

bamabassman · 02-26-11, 09:46 PM

reminds of the egret trying to eat the frog and the frog has his neck in his death grip. the caption reads, "never give up". glad you saved the bass buddy. now go back and try to catch it the proper way, lol.

MallenManson · 02-27-11, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by bamabassman

reminds of the egret trying to eat the frog and the frog has his neck in his death grip. the caption reads, "never give up". glad you saved the bass buddy. now go back and try to catch it the proper way, lol.

Haha yep! That's a classic!

Dave63 · 02-27-11, 07:19 PM

I caught one just like that one time on a fly rod. The bluegill had the fly.

carolina-rig-01 · 02-27-11, 08:19 PM

I saw this one time, but it was a bass and a crappie and their size was the exact opposite of what you ran into. The bass was about as long as your little finger and the crappie was about the size of your thumbnail. It took a little work but I managed to get the crappie out of the mouth of the bass and released them on opposite sides of the boat lol. I still regret not taking pictures of it, but for some reason I never thought about pictures after the fish had already been released.

MallenManson · 02-27-11, 09:37 PM

That pic would have been priceless, Kory. I like the whole other side of the boat release. Kind of a neutral corner type deal

carolina-rig-01 · 02-27-11, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by MallenManson

That pic would have been priceless, Kory. I like the whole other side of the boat release. Kind of a neutral corner type deal

My wife was with me that day and neither one of us could believe what we seen. Like I said, I really regret not getting a picture of that. When I released the bass I almost dropped the crappie in the place and then I stopped and ran to the other side of the boat and said "you go this way" lol.

BBD · 02-28-11, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by carolina-rig-01

when i released the bass i almost dropped the crappie in the place and then i stopped and ran to the other side of the boat and said "you go this way" lol.

funny

02-26-11, 03:25 PM	#1
JRL BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Palm Beach Gardens, FL Posts: 265	Ive Ready About This...Now Ive Seen It... Heres the scene: Me on my kayak. My buddy on his Gheenoe. Both of us are drifting over a submerged culvert pipe fishing for speck with no luck. On the lake also is a group of rowers, dont know what else to call them. They look like skulls but single seaters. So this group of people (all northerners) all morning had been bothering us asking "what are you catching?"... We naturally lie, and in a friendly tone we say "salmon". They continue on without question. No sooner did they get 200 yards past us one of them says "Holy cow this is the biggest fish Ive ever seen. It has a huge mouth!". I look and see a huge fish floating on the surface with about 5 rowers around it. So I head over to take a look. Now prior to this we saw a bass in that same area smashing bait out of the water. I pull up and sure enough its a bass. Hanging out of its mouth is what appears to be a large tail. The bass' gils were flared and stuck open so bad to where it couldnt move them to breath. After opening its mouth this is what I saw: After some carefull snipping of Bluegil fins, and about an hour in the live well, this 6lbs 6oz bass swam away to kill some gils another day. First time Ive seen this, thought Id share.... And sorry no better pics, we tried not to handle it too much...didnt want her to die. __________________ Jason

02-26-11, 04:03 PM	#2
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	Wow! That's one big mouth! Good job on the emergency surgery! __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

02-26-11, 04:36 PM	#4
Cavs1123 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bellevue, Ohio Posts: 1,398	LOL Boss. I think he meant alligators. __________________ Tom

02-26-11, 06:03 PM	#5
flfireman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Palm Bay, Fl Posts: 2,751	No we have both down here in Florida. Down in South Fla they do have croc's. __________________ In the Lord all things are possible.

02-26-11, 07:17 PM	#6
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Thats a very cool pic JB. Reminds me of watching my kid eat dinner. I'm always yelling at him to slow down haha __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

02-26-11, 04:23 PM	#3
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Haha!! I know what you mean about northerners! I was wading once and a fella with a real northern accent comes up and says "Hey you know their's crocodiles in Florida, they can eat you!" Anyway, that's pretty cool, now you know know that bass in their like bream.

02-26-11, 09:46 PM	#8
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	reminds of the egret trying to eat the frog and the frog has his neck in his death grip. the caption reads, "never give up". glad you saved the bass buddy. now go back and try to catch it the proper way, lol. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

02-27-11, 07:19 PM	#10
Dave63 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Farmersburg, IN Posts: 341	I caught one just like that one time on a fly rod. The bluegill had the fly.

02-27-11, 08:19 PM	#11
carolina-rig-01 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Webb City, MO Posts: 6,387	I saw this one time, but it was a bass and a crappie and their size was the exact opposite of what you ran into. The bass was about as long as your little finger and the crappie was about the size of your thumbnail. It took a little work but I managed to get the crappie out of the mouth of the bass and released them on opposite sides of the boat lol. I still regret not taking pictures of it, but for some reason I never thought about pictures after the fish had already been released.

02-27-11, 09:37 PM	#12
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	That pic would have been priceless, Kory. I like the whole other side of the boat release. Kind of a neutral corner type deal __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

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