Wanna see something freaky??

Charmin · May 31, 2009

My daughter (who always carries her camera even when we go fishing

) took this picture of a fish with a snake in its mouth! She caught the fish and my husband put it on the stringer and back in the pond while they fished somemore. When he took the fish out and started cleaning them, he found the snake in the fish's mouth--I guess it had caught the snake while it was on the stringer!?! Maybe the fish knew this was its last supper :laughing9:

. Its really a freak thing--we've never caught a fish and put it on the stringer and something like that happen.
My daughter also took some pics of a beaver on the pond.
Thanks for looking!
kind regards~~sandcreek4

Charmin · May 31, 2009

Nick Pappagiorgio said:
It looks like there is more than one garter ...

I bet he vomited ...

Unless you got a lake of snakes ... I have seen those guys spend an afternoon smorgash bord on those guys ...

Kinda a Not Cool Pic ...

~ Nick ~

Nick--we never thought about the fish regurgitating those snakes--that's a very LOGICAL explanation :thumbsup:

! It is still FREAKY, though :tongue3:

.
regards~~sandcreek4

NGE · May 31, 2009

I caught a bucketmouth one time that had a small bird still in its mouth. These fish are known to be gluttons....NGE

Charmin · Jun 1, 2009

nowgittineverything said:
I caught a bucketmouth one time that had a small bird still in its mouth. These fish are known to be gluttons....NGE

He was certainly a glutton, NGE, by the looks of that wad of snakes in his mouth.
Thanks for the comments!
regards~~sandcreek4

Muddy Feet · Jun 1, 2009

Thats kinda gross but still pretty cool.

Woodland Detectors · Jun 1, 2009

Ya gotta eat...ya gotta eat!

Charmin · Jun 1, 2009

Muddy Feet said:
Thats kinda gross but still pretty cool.

Yeah, it is gross, Muddy Feet, but that fishy sure did taste good! I'm glad he got rid of those snakes beforehand :tongue3:

. You just never know what you're gonna see in the woods!
regards~~sandcreek4

4-H said:
Ya gotta eat...ya gotta eat!

Funny, 4-H--everything has to eat! We just didn't expect to see something like that.
kind regards~~sandcreek4

Tnmountains · Jun 1, 2009

Yep he spit them out.Looks like a good time to throw a black plastic worm with a Carolina rig and you may catch more.
TnMountains

Charmin · Jun 2, 2009

TnMountains said:
Yep he spit them out.Looks like a good time to throw a black plastic worm with a Carolina rig and you may catch more.
TnMountains

Yes, TnMountains, I think we need to get some black plastic worms! But these fish are hitting hard on garlic/salty worms, too. And we were using buzz bait and they really went after those. You should see how they were fighting! It was lots of fun!
Thanks for the comments!
regards~~sandcreek4

Monty · Jun 2, 2009

Small snakes are excellent largemouth fare. I have had a snake and a turtle eat on my stringer of blue gills before. I guess turnabout is fair play? Anyway, great picture and not gross at all to a fisherman. I agree, probably regurgitated. I've seen them spit out fish almost as big as they were. Monty

Charmin · Jun 2, 2009

Monty said:
Small snakes are excellent largemouth fare. I have had a snake and a turtle eat on my stringer of blue gills before. I guess turnabout is fair play? Anyway, great picture and not gross at all to a fisherman. I agree, probably regurgitated. I've seen them spit out fish almost as big as they were. Monty

We always have to watch our stringer to keep the turtles off it, Monty. Here's a pic of the stringer we caught that day(12 fish between the four of us) and we threw lots of little ones back. The kids had a blast

! My littest girl caught three in a row and was screaming for HELP!!
Then she would bust out and dance while dad finished reeling the fish in for her

, it was hilarious :laughing9:

. We're gonna have to get her a better riggin than the barbie pole she's got, these fish tend to overload that little pole and reel!
regards~~sandcreek4

NGE · Jun 2, 2009

Those fish are perfect eating size. They look to be 1 1/2 to 3 lbs. each. Who gets to clean 'em? To avoid muddy flavor, when filleting them, cut off white belly meat. Big Mouths like to lay in the mud on the bottom of the lake..........NGE

Charmin · Jun 2, 2009

nowgittineverything said:
Those fish are perfect eating size. They look to be 1 1/2 to 3 lbs. each. Who gets to clean 'em? To avoid muddy flavor, when filleting them, cut off white belly meat. Big Mouths like to lay in the mud on the bottom of the lake..........NGE

NGE---my husband cleans them! He has an electric filet knife that plugs into the cigarette lighter on the truck and he cleans them right at the pond. Then we just bag up the meat and throw it in the icechest. Simple and quick! We're putting away what we've been catching lately for a fish fry on the 4th of July. Firecrackers & fish--what a combo :wink:

! Thanks for the comments!
regards~~sandcreek4

spawn00x · Jun 2, 2009

MMMMMMM, Garters for bait...

naturegirl · Jun 2, 2009

Ooh, that's neat! I've never seen that before. Not gross at all, just really cool to see nature at work. Good catch!

naturegirl

Charmin · Jun 2, 2009

spawn00x said:
MMMMMMM, Garters for bait...

I've got to see if the sporting goods dept. at Wally World has something like those snakes! I bet those fish would really bite on that!
Thanks for the comments, spawn00x!
regards~sandcreek4

naturegirl said:
Ooh, that's neat! I've never seen that before. Not gross at all, just really cool to see nature at work. Good catch!

naturegirl

I guess it is kinda neat, but a little unexpected though. You just never know what you're gonna see in the woods( or at a pond)!!
You been doing any fishing, naturegirl?
And have you been back to the outlaw( :icon_pirat: