re: Craziest Thing You've ever Seen on the water while fishing or in the outdoors

Back in the late 70’s while riding to the camp with my grandpa on Raccourci Island, we were going real slow looking for deer in the woods close to the road. Saw a heard of deer so big that I stopped counting at 40. Saw the same herd 2 more times that year then never saw more than 3-4 together again.

Nothing really crazy. About 3 weeks ago me and my son made an afternoon trip for some perch. We come to a part in the canal and about 200 frogs all of the sudden take off from the middle of the canal and head to the bank. They were small, about 1.5 -2" long.

Fished the Minimalist Challenge Kayak Tournament a few years back out of Leeville. Was in a very small winding drain, maybe 6ft wide, 2ft deep. I heard a loud squawking and splashing up ahead with birds overhead. I came around the corner to see a dolphin about 10ft onto the shore in the grass chasing something. Yes, completely on land and comfortable being there. I watched for about 30 seconds when one of the two dolphins in the water noticed me. The dolphin in the water came onto shore about half its body, grabbed the dolphin on land by the tail, and helped drag it back into the water. The three took off down the cut. They completely ruined the fishing for that long arse cut.

To finish the story, it took me an hour to get out of the dirty water left by the dolphins. When I did it was the main east-west canal in Leeville. I put out two jigheads with soft plastic to troll. 5 mins from getting out of the muddy water I caught a 42" redfish that took 30 mins to reel in on trout tackle. Its the biggest red Ive ever caught. I have a photo of the redfish, let me see if I can find it.

Almost 5 miles out of the pass in Panama City Beach, saw a huge rattlesnake just swimming in the gulf. Pulled right up beside it. I had no idea they did that but apparently they do

Years ago I went on one of those 4-day Chandeleur Island trips, where they send you out each day in little 2-man skiffs. As much as I enjoyed the fishing, I also enjoyed exploring each of the different types of islands in the area, so I'd often have my buddy just drop me off somewhere and pick me up an hour or two later. I was wading a flats area and ran across a group of hermit crabs - probably around 2 dozen just gathered all together in one spot. Then walking around the area, from every direction there were hermit crabs walking towards the big group. I can only assume it was a mating thing and the females must release some type of pheromone or whatever to attract the males.

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What have you seen?

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a huge school of giant black rays in main pass area
they were all right on top and then right under the boat. Maybe 30 or 40 of them it was incredible to watch

Was near craters of the moon in Idaho and see a pronghorn behind a fence. My buddy an I stop the vehicle to check it out, but only spooked it. The animal begins to run full speed until hitting the fence corner, then turns around, runs full speed the other way until it runs head on into a fence post. Pronghorn then flips over, legs kicking up a mountain of dust, and ultimately dies. Our fault, I suppose.

I was fishing for trout on a lake in Canada and suddenly the line goes down like it's a huge fish and I start reeling. As it get up to the shore I realize it's a loon.

We get a net over it and work the hook out of it's mouth and off it swims letting out it's call. From around the point swims up it's mate and they coo back and forth and then swim back around the point.

Couple years ago my cousin and law and me took our sons to grand isle. We stayed at bridgeside and went fishing at night around the slips and piers. There were small flounder cruising the top of the water and the boys were able to scoop a dozen or more 10 to 14” or so of them with a dip net.

Not on the water, but after coming back from Houma on a seldom used tar road must’ve been thousands of devils horse - large grasshoppers.
I stopped and turn around- no way was I driving through that mess.