"Frankenine" 2nd catch

[jgp12000]

1st for me, I caught a Kingfisher

[Gfish]

Cool! Were you able to land him. Caught a Western Grebe once. It was pretty hairy trying to grab it near the head. Thankfully the hook came right out from a soft part of the beak. Been waiting/dreading hooking onea those sea birds that dive after my trolled bait.

[jgp12000]

Greg, actually it was in one wing, I got some video of him flying still hooked up,before I let him go,  too large to post. They are beautiful birds. I put a new battery in the fish feeder, the feed has even gone up $5/bag since last year, but the fish are really getting active with this warm snap.

[thorhammer]

As Chris will attest, pin-rigging for kings off the pier for any length of time will sooner or later have you reeling in a pelican....and they're not happy. I had a cormorant pick off my Redfin once, and we had a go-round. He drew blood on me but I liked that plug.

[jgp12000]

John, In GA we call Anhingas "Water Turkeys", similar to the Cormorants. I can't say here what I do to them...They like fish and so do I. These suckers go under water for several minutes and will come up 200 feet away.

[Keta]

It looks like a flying fish.

I've caught pelicans, bald eagles seagulls and boobies.

[philaroman]

BIG!!! Blue Heron wouldn't let go of the trout 'til he was close enough
to get repeatedly smacked on the head w/ 5' Ugly UL

geese like carp-bait...  huge domestic males are the worst...  NASTY!!!

I can't say here what I do to them...

plop plop fizz fizz -- oh, what a release it is?

[Brewcrafter]

Have had my share of run ins with cormorants, pelicans, seagulls, sea lions, etc.  But the all-time one that really got my attention was bass fishing at dusk when I snagged a bat with my cast.... - john