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Wierd catch on the Inland Sea
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 9:16 pm
by fishmaster176
I've caught a lot of fish over the years, but never like today. While fishing for Bass or any other takers, I caught a small Smallie, but not in the mouth, but backwards through the gills. The lure ( Cabela's spinner) went backwards into the right gill and hooked inside the mouth. Very weird. Not sure how it's even possible. Fish don't usually back into a lure. Sadly, the little fellow didn't survive. I tried to back the lure out the mouth, to no avail. It was only about 6" long. Not sure how the treble could even fit through the gill. The only positive thing is that the fish was taken by a seagull about a minute after it was put in the water. Lots of birds around Savage Island. We also watched 2 Loons courting each other just before this incident. Interesting day. The Bass we caught hit very hard and fought like demons. Good day on the pond. Fred
Re: Wierd catch on the Inland Sea
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:52 am
by raz
I once caught a lamprey....only the lamprey.
Re: Wierd catch on the Inland Sea
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:28 pm
by fishmaster176
Catching a lamprey is hitting the bottom of the barrel. That's when you know you're wasting gas.
Re: Wierd catch on the Inland Sea
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:04 am
by Reelax
Hmmm... Must inhaled it backwards after a head shake.....
Re: Wierd catch on the Inland Sea
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:15 pm
by fishmaster176
Sounds like a reasonable explanation. Should've taken a pic, but it seemed kinda sadistic to take a pic of an impaled baby fish. I let nature take over and a seagull had it for lunch. Still bothers me, but I've fished many years and could count the number of hook deaths on my finger tips that I couldn't keep. Not bad, I guess.
Re: Wierd catch on the Inland Sea
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 8:14 pm
by flyguy
When bass take a lure or bait aggressively, they open their mouth rapidly, creating a negative pressure area in the mouth cavity. When they do so, they also flare their gills to increase the negative flow into the mouth. Not unusual at all to have a bait take the "back door".
Re: Wierd catch on the Inland Sea
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 6:38 pm
by fishmaster176
flyguy wrote:When bass take a lure or bait aggressively, they open their mouth rapidly, creating a negative pressure area in the mouth cavity. When they do so, they also flare their gills to increase the negative flow into the mouth. Not unusual at all to have a bait take the "back door".
I guess I haven't fished enough.
Thanks for the Fishing 101 (How not to swallow a lure). Fred