so i almost caught a seagull today...

[Alfiegee]

I'm always worried about a gull taking my lure, hasn't happend to me yet (knock on wood).

My brother caught a huge snapper once when we were kids, scared us both so we just cut the line and let it be.

Had the Snapper experience as kids 30-some years ago. My friends and I had a place we used to fish on a western trib ( do I have to say that when talking about Snappers )
We caught the same one 3 times in 4 years. One of the front legs was a stump, so at least fairly sure it was the same one. Twice it was hooked in the mouth on a worm and once snagged in the stump. We got brave (or stupid) once and weighed it. 32 lbs, that's how much a case of Canadian "stubbies" weighed back then. (We got brave and weighed one of those too, once :lol: )
Not to insult the Turtle, but it fought like I was bringing in a tree stump. Kind of ironic.

Alfie.

 

[Robert Pogue]

I was fishing a little bay with a friend one time and in mid-cast a gull flew down and grabbed my lure with it's mouth. Anyways, it didn't end well. a CO that was in the area came by and tried to help. But, the bird had swallowed my tube jig and could'nt breathe it eventually sank and drowned. it was a horrible end to a great trip. :cry:

 

[apz245]

I was fishing a little bay with a friend one time and in mid-cast a gull flew down and grabbed my lure with it's mouth. Anyways, it didn't end well. a CO that was in the area came by and tried to help. But, the bird had swallowed my tube jig and could'nt breathe it eventually sank and drowned. it was a horrible end to a great trip. :cry:

i knew all these stories didn't end so well as the previous ones posted here, i guess me and the other guys that shared were pretty lucky, that really is a crappy end to a fishing trip... i'm gonna try and be more careful casting around birds but I saw the damn thing go for my lure, and at that point I even tried to make the lure dive.. but he still got it

 

[kaministiquia]

i knew all these stories didn't end so well as the previous ones posted here, i guess me and the other guys that shared were pretty lucky, that really is a crappy end to a fishing trip... i'm gonna try and be more careful casting around birds but I saw the darn thing go for my lure, and at that point I even tried to make the lure dive.. but he still got it

It must have been a pretty life like lure for the Gull to go after it apz245... I'd be scared to hook a Loon like BackwoodsBassr said they can really boogie on top of the water in the spring when it's mating season...
I can remember seeing the males just a giving her across the top of Lac Des Isles while fishing some years ago they can kick up a rooster tail that looks just like a jet ski in the distance!
Here is a video of Loons hydroplaning on water.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m8-cDTZhb4

 

[chalkhorse]

i hooked a gull once pier fishing at bronte.

it was horrible. i brought it in and removed the rapala from it's mouth. in future, i think i'd just cut the line before offering resistance so the bird could dislodge the lure.

 

[apz245]

cool vid smackum, only problem I have with loons is the ones on my lake get lazy and forget to do their loon call

and chalkhorse, I offered resistance at first too because it's really not something I knew how to react to immediately, it really catches you by surprise as you obviously know

interesting to see so many of these birds caught on rapala's, I guess they really are so expensive for a reason

 

[concant]

Had one grab my heddon spook last week flew him around like a kite for a bit before he landed and I started pulling him slowly to the boat so I could try get the hook out. Got him maybe 5 feet from the boat when he decided to let go. Boat mate couldn't stop laughing. Glad the bird was okay.

 

[ShouldaUsedaLiter]

Dad caught a seagull and it was hooked to s@it. Had to kill it. Those buggers always go after shallow water divers. I almost hit a swan mid-air, never seen him comming, that woulda been bad. But good thing he didnt get hooked, lucked out, esp if you had treble hooks

 

[Christopheraaron]

lol that's your first time? I had 3 grab my jerkbait just this morning!

 

[Mr. Bassturd]

lol that's your first time? I had 3 grab my jerkbait just this morning!

maybe u should take up hunting lol :mrgreen:

 

[AaronKrick]

One time i casted out, with seagulls way up in the air, one went down and right in front of me... As i casted. The 1 oz egg sinker went over the seagull LOL and it hit the water, and the line fell on it's wing. It was on for about 5 seconds, and then the line fell off the wing: thank god lol. I think if i ever hook one, i will cut the line, unless it is a 10 dollar + lure.

 

[fishing fr3ak]

I've never caught a bird yet but have had a number of gulls go for my lure. My girlfriend caught one at lasalle a few weeks ago. lol she dropped the rod on the ground and didn't want to deal with it. My brother many moons ago had a blue heron take his jitterbug. i ended up cutting his line and the heron dropped it on the other side of the bay. the next morning we went to hunt for his jitterbug. when we found it he let it swim behind the canoe and a big bass hit it. He fought with it for a few 20 seconds or so before he left go of the line. the look on his face when the bass swam by with his jitterbug in its mouth was HILARIOUS!!!! It's not as uncommon as you would think.

 

[AaronKrick]

I imagine topwater lures are bad for seagulls taking them.

 

[Bow Man]

Well last nite while fishing a "personnel little hole" I actually caught a gull.... Threw out a swim bait and three gulls came swooping down.
One grabbed the bait and of he went, after 10 feet or so he came down and rested in the water, so I slowly reeled him in, he was hooked through the webbing in his claws.

Once in shore with me I held him down with the net a carefully removed the hook, once I felt he was calm released the net and the gull just stood there for 20 seconds staring at me. I looked back at him and just said " your own damn fault dumb ass". Then he was on his way.

Bow Man

 

[FishingNoob]

Well last nite while fishing a "personnel little hole" I actually caught a gull.... Threw out a swim bait and three gulls came swooping down.
One grabbed the bait and of he went, after 10 feet or so he came down and rested in the water, so I slowly reeled him in, he was hooked through the webbing in his claws.

Once in shore with me I held him down with the net a carefully removed the hook, once I felt he was calm released the net and the gull just stood there for 20 seconds staring at me. I looked back at him and just said " your own darn fault dumb ass". Then he was on his way.

Bow Man

:lol: :lol: Nice.