St. Croix Report for 9/20

  • BShimp
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 95
    September 21, 2003 at 1:56 pm #1227238

    Fished WI side Kinny to Mississippi. Caught variety of fish using lindy rig w/ fathead. Also tried crawlers but only had a few bites.

    Smallmouth, perch, white bass, catfish and walleyes (2 small ones)made the mixed bag. Best catch was a seagull! I was casting a skiktter pop to fish chasing minnows. Next thing is saw was a gull dive bomb my lure. I hooked him right in the beak. Wing span was 24″ with a plump girth. Propably weighed 3 lbs. I was using 10 lb test so I don’t think I’ll set any line test records. I got the bird to the boat and cut the hooks out. The gull flew away unharmed. Has this ever happened to anyone else?

    stuart
    Mn.
    Posts: 3682
    September 21, 2003 at 7:16 pm #261735

    The same thing happened to my brother same day down on pepen about 8am.was released unharmed.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    September 22, 2003 at 2:28 am #261220

    A few years ago, I was in a park in CA. The fella was fishing from a wheel chair. I didn’t see how the duck (I’m guessing) got tangle in the line. But it spooled the fellow.

    eleclady
    Posts: 64
    September 22, 2003 at 1:15 pm #260813

    Fly fishing some years ago, I once got a bird caught in my line while casting. The bird survived.

    Eleclady

    thumperw
    White Bear Lake, MN
    Posts: 93
    September 30, 2003 at 9:09 pm #277013

    Yep. Casting for pike this spring on Christmas lake I bounced a 1.5oz Daredevel off the noggin of a muskrat that just happened to surface at the wrong place at the wrong time. He got a standing 8-count: it took him about 10 seconds before the stars cleared enough for him to hightail it outta there.

    lenny_jamison
    Bay City , WI
    Posts: 4001
    October 3, 2003 at 1:20 pm #277496

    I once snagged a beaver while leadcore trolling. I’m sorry to say, I lost that battle. He peeled all the line off my reel.

    Gator Hunter

    JBUSCH
    Hastings,MN
    Posts: 40
    October 3, 2003 at 9:49 pm #277558

    Never hooked one but I did have one fly into my golf ball
    last year coming off the tee.He never felt a thing.I did feel real bad though there was a party of six ladies behind us also waiting to tee off.

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