What happened to this one?

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10-04-2012, 04:25 PM
NIMROD

What happened to this one?

I catch lots of fish with what appears to be injuries and some with scars I guess.

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10-04-2012, 05:12 PM
Bigben7

Possibly bitten by a bird or other predator at some point.
10-04-2012, 05:45 PM
JJohnson

Prop
10-04-2012, 05:55 PM
arkcrappie

I've seen that quite a few times in some of the lakes I fish. I too think that is an injury from a prop.
10-04-2012, 06:04 PM
SoreLipsNoFish

And to think he made it through a prop attack and what finally got him was a lil ole jig. Poor lil feller
10-04-2012, 06:10 PM
Gomer Snerd

pulled off my hook when I was using him for bass bait.
10-04-2012, 08:55 PM
Lkconwayguru

Could be a lot of different things happened, turtle bite, bird strike, prop attack, or a cat fisherman that is willing to take the risk of using illegal bait and it just happened to get off of the hook. If I was a betting person I would bet it was on a trotline, jug line, or limbline at some point.
10-04-2012, 09:49 PM
MEATGETTER

did you barrow slabbandits single shot camera ???????????????? lol
10-04-2012, 10:29 PM
RCC

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Something happened to this Nimrod fish while I was bringing him up. Pole loaded up like moby dick was hooked then it came free. Gar??? It was still bleeding.

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10-05-2012, 08:41 AM
Billy E

Its that Bald Eagle
10-05-2012, 09:18 AM
NIMROD

We do have lots of predators here on Nimrod Lake. I figured a Water Turkey (Cormerant) or Great Blue Heron hurt that fish when it was small. Not unusual to see Crappie with fresh wounds but figure some are Gar bites.
10-05-2012, 09:21 AM
arkansasbowhunter

Rcc can't blame that Gar cause i like a piece of tail every now and again lmao
10-05-2012, 09:53 AM
coolerfull

I would have to agree with nimrod on this one. Also would like to agree with abh finally too. Billy's post reminded me but someone on here said bald eagles taste like chicken? I just cant remember who......lol
10-07-2012, 12:19 PM
waterturkey

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Originally Posted by NIMROD

We do have lots of predators here on Nimrod Lake. I figured a Water Turkey (Cormerant) or Great Blue Heron hurt that fish when it was small. Not unusual to see Crappie with fresh wounds but figure some are Gar bites.

You are probably right Nimrod, I've seen fresh and old scars like that on crappie in a reservoir that gets hit hard by water turkeys.
I used to do research on water turkeys. They are some mean birds and have an extremely sharp beak, no problem taking a chunk out of a fish or your hand.
10-07-2012, 01:03 PM
JJohnson

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Originally Posted by coolerfull

I would have to agree with nimrod on this one. Also would like to agree with abh finally too. Billy's post reminded me but someone on here said bald eagles taste like chicken? I just cant remember who......lol

Taste like cardinal if u put butter on em.