JJ Pienaar
Sealiner
Hurd a story of huge bass actualy grazing small duckling's on private farm dam's... Is this posible?
Is it posible
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Little Green Fish
Sealiner
Food is food, wether packaged in feathers or scales, bass will chomp anything that moves.
I've personally witnessed a bass gulp a smaller bass (around 700grams) which drifted on the surface, have also seen them launching at finches flying around reeds, so my opinion YES it's not only possible but very very likely to happen.
I've personally witnessed a bass gulp a smaller bass (around 700grams) which drifted on the surface, have also seen them launching at finches flying around reeds, so my opinion YES it's not only possible but very very likely to happen.
One of my favourite bass stories to tell to non-fisherman relates to the bass's appetite for baby waterfowl.
A few years back I was fishing in amongst flooded willows. As I waded into a new opening a mother and a few ducklings were scared off and started paddling across the opening. I was watching and waiting for them to get out of the way when the trailing duckling disappeared with a large splash. Two seconds later it popped back up and started to haul feathery-ass. It had barely got back in line when again it was pulled beneath the surface, five seconds passed and I thought the duckling was done for, when it popped up again and managed to escape.
I started to cast and caught a 1.8kg bass from the last point at which the duckling re-emerged.
But wait, there's more!!!
I moved further through the flooded willows and hooked another decent fish, also about 1.8 - 2kg. As I was removing my spinnerbait I noticed something in the fish's throat. Two long bird claws, similiar in size to a weaver or red bishop. The bass in question had feasted on a floundering bird in the last 24hrs and still had the appetite for my bait.
Gotta love bass!
A few years back I was fishing in amongst flooded willows. As I waded into a new opening a mother and a few ducklings were scared off and started paddling across the opening. I was watching and waiting for them to get out of the way when the trailing duckling disappeared with a large splash. Two seconds later it popped back up and started to haul feathery-ass. It had barely got back in line when again it was pulled beneath the surface, five seconds passed and I thought the duckling was done for, when it popped up again and managed to escape.
I started to cast and caught a 1.8kg bass from the last point at which the duckling re-emerged.
But wait, there's more!!!
I moved further through the flooded willows and hooked another decent fish, also about 1.8 - 2kg. As I was removing my spinnerbait I noticed something in the fish's throat. Two long bird claws, similiar in size to a weaver or red bishop. The bass in question had feasted on a floundering bird in the last 24hrs and still had the appetite for my bait.
Gotta love bass!
