Whats the craziest thing you've seen a bass eat?

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Permalink Reply by Andy Smith on August 8, 2009 at 7:19pm

Any bait Nick Barr throws.

Permalink Reply by WSU Bass Club on August 9, 2009 at 8:01am

A barn swallow- didn't see the bass eat it- but when it was caught, there was a whole swallow still in his mouth....hmm

Permalink Reply by Daniel Bavery on August 9, 2009 at 10:24am

Got a 5-2 and 6-2 last year on a bird imitation, swallow pattern too, both in the same day. The 5-2 came about a foot out of the water when it hit.

WSU Bass Club said:

A barn swallow- didn't see the bass eat it- but when it was caught, there was a whole swallow still in his mouth....hmm

Permalink Reply by Ronald Hobbs, Jr. on August 9, 2009 at 2:20pm

I call this the swallow pattern, fish below swallow nests, usually on the undersides of higher docks and bridges, they usually sit there waiting to pounce on a newly feathered youngin' trying to fly from the nest for the first time. Wolsky and I saw a swallow sitting on a pad last year, it was a juvenile. It skittered over the water looking like a great meal for a hungy bass.

Daniel Bavery said:

Got a 5-2 and 6-2 last year on a bird imitation, swallow pattern too, both in the same day. The 5-2 came about a foot out of the water when it hit.

WSU Bass Club said:

A barn swallow- didn't see the bass eat it- but when it was caught, there was a whole swallow still in his mouth....hmm

Permalink Reply by Zackery Shaff on August 10, 2009 at 2:19pm

Ish Monroe lost the Stren Series event on Oroville this year becasue a LM threw up a half pund gopher in his livewll. Lost by 4ounces.

Permalink Reply by David Parnicky on August 10, 2009 at 9:37pm

I saw what had to have been a largemouth blow up on a bat that was flying low to the water as I was loading my boat up Saturday evening at the Steamboat Rock launch at Banks.

Permalink Reply by David Parnicky on August 10, 2009 at 10:51pm

Here is a new one! Apparently this was one hungry bass!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKBmONt_dds

Permalink Reply by T Dot on August 10, 2009 at 10:57pm

David Parnicky said:

I saw what had to have been a largemouth blow up on a bat that was flying low to the water as I was loading my boat up Saturday evening at the Steamboat Rock launch at Banks.

Im assuming the bat wasnt in the water?

Most often than not, I believe some of the bass we have caught track the lure during its flight.

Permalink Reply by David Parnicky on August 11, 2009 at 12:00am

You are correct Tdot, the bat was a few inches above the water. It does seem that bass track lures through the air at times as it is amazing how quickly they will sometimes strike your lure. I have caught a couple of bass that blew up on a bait the exact second it hit the water. I think this is why sometimes engaging your reel and beginning a quick retrieve with a spinnerbait or lipless crankbait before the lure ever actually reaches the water can draw such vicious reaction strikes.

T Dot said:

David Parnicky said:

I saw what had to have been a largemouth blow up on a bat that was flying low to the water as I was loading my boat up Saturday evening at the Steamboat Rock launch at Banks.

Im assuming the bat wasnt in the water?

Most often than not, I believe some of the bass we have caught track the lure during its flight.

Permalink Reply by Jake Anderson on August 11, 2009 at 9:06am

We used to fish some farm ponds as kids near Othello, WA. We hiked in on a pond and a hen pheasant sitting near the waters edge jumped up and flew over the pond to safety. It took a huge dump mid flight, which landed in the pond, and that bird feces must have looked like a good snack because a 1 1/2 pounder absolutely crushed it. That bass ate poop for breakfast.

The moral of the story is that patience is the key to avoiding a crap sandwich.

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