what odd or strange things have you seen while fishing?

This morning I had only been fishing about 5 or 10 minutes. It was still pretty low light but I saw something coming on the surface from the main lake, that I had just come across, toward the point I was angling toward. Initially I thought it was a beaver...but way too big. As it got closer I realized it was a deer, antlers and all. Never have I personally seen a deer treading water. He seemed like a pretty good swimmer...awesome sight!

Tell us what you have seen while fishing that was odd or unique:popcorn

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We seen a deer swimming across Kentucky lake, talk about a long swim.

Iv witnessed Lotsa deer swimming across the lakes, but the coolest was having an eagle fly down and grab a dead fish not 15 foot from the boat in Canada.


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Seen lots of deer swimming. They can really swim fast!
I too have eagles come get little Crappie off the water surface during winter.



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It was what I didn't see and that was the night of 9/11. I was night fishing on Mill Creek lake. After a couple hours on the water I noticed that there hadn't been any airplanes in the sky. Kind of a odd feeling in the middle of night. If I remember right the Federal Government had all aircraft grounded at the time.

I had a turkey fly into my boat an attack me once. Was the scariest and funniest 30second I have had fishing.

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My Aunt has a large pond behind her house. It has large cats, bass, and pike. While crappie fishing a mother duck with a string of babies swam past us. A swirl appeared behind the last baby. Mom duck was short 1 duckling.

Have seen deer swimming, eagle flew right over me within a few feet even dropping dirt on me from some brush it had pulled up for a nest(I assume), Had large alligators swim up next to the boat, even had a couple fighter jets pass what seemed very close over us while fishing Toledo Bend, but the strangest came as a weird sound first. Fishing a lake by Tallahassee years ago early one morning we kept hearing a intermittent strange whoosh sound. It got louder and all of a sudden 2 hot air balloons came into view and nearly landed on us. They were trying to touch the lake with the basket and as there was a tree line, they didn't see us either until they were right over us by a few feet. Was quite a sight. I have flown in one since then. Not nearly as exciting as I thought it would be.

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When you're so stoned you forget about the bong... Your dang high.

2 years ago about this time of year I seen a buck walking in a tree row, I grunted at it and it came down the bank staring at me and even took a couple of steps into the water. Another time I seen something swimming in the middle of lake shelbyville birthday Lithia campground, come to find out it was a box turtle. Recused 2 of the that year in the same area. I had a beaver slap its tail on the water at me when I must of been to close to its den.

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About 15 years ago a friend and I made a trip to Lake Tillery to go striped bass fishing. We were fishing on the discharge side of the dam in the fast water catching both stripers and blue catfish at a fairly good rate and having a great time when an Apache Helicopter appeared from out of nowhere from the other side of the dam. It appeared to be watching us as it hovered no more than 60 yards from our boat... but it was the weirdest feeling I have ever felt... wondering whether or not it might be some crazed or rogue pilot who was actually locking onto us with his machine guns or hellfire missiles. Finally, after hovering in this locked on us position for about 15 minutes it pulled up and disappeared as fast as it appeared. Those things are awesome. I wouldn't want to be pursued by one of them in a war type situation for sure.

Special K - I've been in "near proximity" to Apaches when they fired. Had a " ball or globe" on top of the rotor, one was sighting for the other. All you saw was the ball sticking above the treeline, couple hundred yards away, the other one would pop up - fire - drop back down.

I was fishing a shoreline from my boat when I heard a wheezing sound like someone choking. No one was in sight on the lake and the shoreline was all trees and brush, no houses anywhere. Kinda made my hair stand on end but I kept easing closer using my TM.
I finally spotted a Commorant that had a catfish hung in its throat. It had been this way for a while because the smell from the fish was awful, like decay.
Nothing I could do but hope the misery soon ended.

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2 years ago about this time of year I seen a buck walking in a tree row, I grunted at it and it came down the bank staring at me and even took a couple of steps into the water. Another time I seen something swimming in the middle of lake shelbyville birthday Lithia campground, come to find out it was a box turtle. Recused 2 of the that year in the same area. I had a beaver slap its tail on the water at me when I must of been to close to its den.

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After the Beaver slapped its trail at ya, did you catch anymore fish? I never have been able to catch another fish after that has happened to me.

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Special K - I've been in "near proximity" to Apaches when they fired. Had a " ball or globe" on top of the rotor, one was sighting for the other. All you saw was the ball sticking above the treeline, couple hundred yards away, the other one would pop up - fire - drop back down.

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I understand exactly what you are saying about the spotter chopper with the globe on top of the rotor axle or hub. On this particular day at Lake Tillery... it was an Apache helicopter apparently flying alone and we saw the whole helicopter in very plain sight. We were so close that we could have seen the pilot through the front windshield except for the glare on the windshield. I'm sure we would have felt the prop wash from it... but it stayed just across the dam from us. In hindsight, I believe the pilot might have been a fisherman himself and may have just took a few minutes away from whatever his mission might have been that day... to watch us while we fished.

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Seen deer swimming couple of times. My dad and I once rode right up to them and watched closely.

have seen numerous deer in water.

Sorry Guys ,haven't posted much. Early to mid 1990's ,buddy and me were fishing back in Lick creek, when we saw an animal up on shore. Looked like a coyote,it entered the water,and proceeded to swim all the way across,coming within 20 yards of boat. It was a Bobcat! We could see the tips on his ears. Continued on by boat,to far shore,got out,shook off water ,and on his merry way like it was routine. Another true story in same decade was a pair of swans again back in Lick creek, female was nesting on bank, the male harassed every boat that entered towards the back , he came up to my boat, put his big long neck inside boat and had his beak around one of my poles! Then flew up 2-3 feet off water honked and flapped his wings pretty intimidating! This went on for a period of time

My son and I were running up Coldwater Creek at a pretty good pace to go run lines and we rounded a bend and caught a couple of gadwals sitting on the water. They started running on water to take off. Two of them got into the air the third one was just about to clear the water when all of a sudden he disappeared. Like David Copperfield said hocus pocus. Never seen anything breech the water like a bass would, I would think. Only thing that whatever it was could've grabbed a hold of was a foot. We still don't know what it was. Maybe a bass, catfish, gar or gator. Idk But both of us saw the same thing. A bird vanish into thin air.

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My old man was fighting in a nice bluefish from the surf when an Osprey (they are huge up close) dove down and grabbed the fish across the back. What followed was a mid-air tug of war, man vs. bird of prey. Man was victor claiming the prize of fish bearing deep talon wounds. Interesting to watch lol


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On a clear cool day 25 years ago in Alabama on Smith Lake my fishing buddy and I spotted a pair of Bald Eagles flying toward us. Only 25 or 30 feet off the water they were chirping and playing with each other. As they flew directly above us we were struck with what awesome a sight we had just witnessed. A minute or so later a white feather slowly floated down in front of my face. I stuck out my hand and caught it. Still have it to this day. I have often wondered if this experience would have been "Big Medicine" among our Native Americans. It was a honor for me whatever the meaning. I have the feather framed.

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Yep Pithon I still caught some nice crappie deep on the brush piles

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today was special. I witnessed pelicans working together to hunt schools of shad. At first a single or pair would be scouring the shallows and pushing schools toward the shore. Then a 3rd, 4th, and 5th would join. They would use a series of synchronized maneuvers before lunging upward and then hard downward filling their gullets with fish. Seriously good fish finders!

So, a few years ago, my son and I were fishing on L Vermilion in MN. We were at the entrance to a small bay with a reef in front of it. One rock on the reef was slightly out of the water. We looked up and saw an eagle come around the point and dive to the surface, probably for a fish. Well, it misjudged the distance and landed in the water, which was about 6' deep. It was equidistant from the point and the exposed rock, about 100' or so. It just sat there on the surface. Then it looked each direction several times. Both toward the rock and the point. Then it turned toward the rock, spread its wings and began doing a butterfly stroke toward the rock. We couldn't believe it. The thing was propelling itself with its wings! It got to the rock, climbed up on it, shook a few times to dry off and then took off. It was like it had happened to this eagle before. Nature is amazing! Too many of us don't spend enough time looking around while on the water. It's not all about the fishing. Enjoy and learn from the whole experience.

This summer at Reservoir Lake in Montana, an eagle swooped down at the brook trout on my stringer (attached to my float tube). He pulled up about ten feet above the fish. I would not have wanted his talons or beak near my tube.

As to strange, weird, odd, or just plain creepy, this is a picture of Rock Island in Clark Canyon Reservoir in Montana. I took it just before sunset. Didn't notice the faces until after I took the pic.

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My PC is very old and getting senile. I have no idea why it put up three pics of the island and the jig picture (although it is a great jig).

Very cool! Thanks for sharing

saw a sherp coming across lake today.would post a picture if I knew how .it went across a 6 foot levee and into the lake on the other side and crossed the lake .