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Off-season thread: Weirdest thing you have ever seen fishing or on the water
Posted on 8/4/22 at 9:08 pm
Posted on 8/4/22 at 9:08 pm
i only have two on this topic but growing up on the beach, I used to love to hear all the stories of the maritime seaman etc, they always had some strange shite to talk about.
Fishing in Bogue Chitta river as a kid I caught a 5 pound stick and when it got close it came alive and got off. maybe a freak gar, cotton fish or something it was weird looking thing, looked just like a big stick.
Fishing kinda off one of the rigs off Chandeleur Islands in 90s, one August on one of those hot zero wind flat seas summer days. We saw a rectangular 100 yard wide maybe 300-400 yard deep area of water that was very rough like 2 foot seas with top blowing off of move across the gulf from SE about mile or two away at first then moved right across the water within a few hundred yards of us in NW direction, not a cloud in the sky but wind was clearly blowing 20-30 knots in this little square area. (Easy to see because it was glass all day.) It was like some type of helicopter hoovercraft or something was right over it, but you couldn’t see anything. Moved about 15-20 knots or so. Guys on rig we’re watching it too. No real noise. Maybe experimental craft with some type of cloaking device, maybe just freak wind field, but again it was perfect rectangle which is unusual in nature, and no clouds, glass and wind was 0-5 knots all day. Watched it for probably 10 minutes.
Fishing in Bogue Chitta river as a kid I caught a 5 pound stick and when it got close it came alive and got off. maybe a freak gar, cotton fish or something it was weird looking thing, looked just like a big stick.
Fishing kinda off one of the rigs off Chandeleur Islands in 90s, one August on one of those hot zero wind flat seas summer days. We saw a rectangular 100 yard wide maybe 300-400 yard deep area of water that was very rough like 2 foot seas with top blowing off of move across the gulf from SE about mile or two away at first then moved right across the water within a few hundred yards of us in NW direction, not a cloud in the sky but wind was clearly blowing 20-30 knots in this little square area. (Easy to see because it was glass all day.) It was like some type of helicopter hoovercraft or something was right over it, but you couldn’t see anything. Moved about 15-20 knots or so. Guys on rig we’re watching it too. No real noise. Maybe experimental craft with some type of cloaking device, maybe just freak wind field, but again it was perfect rectangle which is unusual in nature, and no clouds, glass and wind was 0-5 knots all day. Watched it for probably 10 minutes.
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Posted on 8/4/22 at 9:18 pm to TutHillTiger
Saw a submarine while fishing offshore near Jacksonville. Maybe that's not weird around there, but it was new to me.
Posted on 8/4/22 at 9:31 pm to TutHillTiger
Saw a bass jump out of water and swallow a chi chi bird at little chenier . My dad was a witness .
Posted on 8/4/22 at 9:40 pm to TutHillTiger
Where's the guy that saw the two guys fricking out at Comfort Island? Not sure anyone will beat that.
Posted on 8/4/22 at 9:44 pm to LEASTBAY
I saw big bass eat a red wing blackbird at Lake Claiborne once, I probably saw 1/2 dozen misses, but this beast eat him. of course wouldn’t hit a top water bait for shite
Posted on 8/4/22 at 10:43 pm to LEASTBAY
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saw the two guys fricking out at Comfort Island?
Bet they have a different name for that island
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Posted on 8/4/22 at 10:47 pm to TutHillTiger
Headed out before daylight, a meteor broke up and exploded in the atmosphere. For a second, it was as bright as noon in July.
Posted on 8/4/22 at 11:07 pm to TutHillTiger
I saw a brick of wrapped white substance, what we assume was cocaine, floating in a rip
South of Venice. We didn’t touch it, but the boat next to us did and they had the DEA/ATF calling their cells and knocking on their door within a month. That was better than the alternative of the cartel knocking I’m sure.
Also, recently I witnessed a bikini clad lady drop her bottoms and slip
In the water over the bow to pee I guess. Then she climbed back on board, drip dried, then put her bottom back on. I was at most 80 yds away on my own boat, across a point on Deadman’s island out of Hopedale. She didn’t seem to give a shite either.
South of Venice. We didn’t touch it, but the boat next to us did and they had the DEA/ATF calling their cells and knocking on their door within a month. That was better than the alternative of the cartel knocking I’m sure.
Also, recently I witnessed a bikini clad lady drop her bottoms and slip
In the water over the bow to pee I guess. Then she climbed back on board, drip dried, then put her bottom back on. I was at most 80 yds away on my own boat, across a point on Deadman’s island out of Hopedale. She didn’t seem to give a shite either.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 12:09 am to YourHuckleberry
Back in the 80’s I used to fish Cane River fairly frequently.One day I saw something in the water way off coming toward me.I thought it was a duck but when it got closer it was a large black dog,didn’t really look like a Lab.It was right in the middle swimming like hell headed south,eventually went out of sight.
I saw him on several other occasions,maybe 4-5 trips,same scenario.
I saw him on several other occasions,maybe 4-5 trips,same scenario.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 6:20 am to TutHillTiger
Fishing with wife in Henderson, saw about a 4 or 5 foot gator swimming really fast toward Mcgees, all of the sudden he was running on top of water for 30 yards or so then gone, wife and I stared at each other wondering if we really saw that. Looked like the lizards you see on nature shows running across water.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 6:47 am to TutHillTiger
Fishing TB on the Texas side and the biggest fricking snapping turtle I have ever seen in the wild breached the water high enough you could see his back. Sucked in a bunch of air and back down he went. His head was the size of a 4"x4" or larger. Looked up how long they live and I bet he was a youngster when TB was built.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 7:20 am to TutHillTiger
We were frogging one night and were heading back in down the canal going maybe 15-20 mph when I see a commotion up ahead in the middle of the canal. We stop and see about a 9 foot alligator with a 4 foot alligator in his mouth. He basically snapped it in half. I know they eat each other, but that was the first time I've actually witnessed it. Another time I was a kid running our crab traps in the bay by the mouth of the Jordan River. As I'm pulling each trap up there are literally thousands of baby crabs on the rope connecting the float to the trap. What was even crazier is each trap literally had 20+ nice size crabs in it after only soaking overnight which was highly unusual. A commercial crabber confronted me in my little flat boat and followed me in thinking I was running traps illegally due to how many crabs I had only running 6 traps which was all you were allowed back in the late 80's. Needless to say my grandpa almost whipped the mans arse and he left.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:13 am to TutHillTiger
I had my son's friend on a check out dive on a rig in the East Cameron Block doing mask and regulator clearing drills. I looked past him and there were two porpoises mating. I assume they were mating, they were vertical, belly to belly.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:23 am to TutHillTiger
About 30 miles offshore coming back from a deep drop trip. Giant Ray, Eagle Manta?, came up and skyed right be hind the boat. Looks like an alien craft coming up from the gulf.
Another time offshore we came out of a bad storm. My brother looked back and pointed. We just came out of a large waterspout. Not one of those stringy looking ones, a big fat one. That was scary.
Another time offshore we came out of a bad storm. My brother looked back and pointed. We just came out of a large waterspout. Not one of those stringy looking ones, a big fat one. That was scary.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:31 am to XenScott
I remember a while back in this type of thread some guy said he was tuna fishing way offshore and came up on a boat with two dudes in at railing on each other. Guy didn’t even stop raw dogging when they pulled by. 
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:32 am to TutHillTiger
6-7 years ago we were sailing from Miami to grand cayman. I was at the helm, somewhere between the gulf and the Caribbean - the middle of the ocean as far as I’m concerned, more than a day to any dry land. Middle of the day, sun is high.
Within 10 yards of our boat, I see what appears to me as a wooden mast protruding from the water about 5-6 feet. Like a submerged ship that still had some buoyancy. We zip right past it. Not sure what it was but it was an object just sitting in the middle of the ocean that we easily could have hit, particularly because we had been operating largely on autopilot. I checked the charts and there was no record of anything in the area. Got someone else on the boat to confirm I wasn’t seeing things but not until we were 50-100 yards past it.
Freaked me out
Within 10 yards of our boat, I see what appears to me as a wooden mast protruding from the water about 5-6 feet. Like a submerged ship that still had some buoyancy. We zip right past it. Not sure what it was but it was an object just sitting in the middle of the ocean that we easily could have hit, particularly because we had been operating largely on autopilot. I checked the charts and there was no record of anything in the area. Got someone else on the boat to confirm I wasn’t seeing things but not until we were 50-100 yards past it.
Freaked me out
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:34 am to TutHillTiger
Was paddling a creek named Jones when I flipped in a large drop named Casey Jones and ended up out of my canoe and swimming into Armageddon. Very bad ju-ju indeed.
this is 'Bow Down' one of the smaller and cleaner drops.
So without much ado, out comes the painter (haul line), in one hand as I'm dropping into an arse whipping. Good size drop, maybe 10-12 feet, and nothing to stop the inevitable. When sudden the line goes taunt, as the canoe goes right around the first drop and me left, and the water filled boat pulls me back up the river. To the top of Armageddon and I'm left standing high and dry above all the fray.
One of those days when it's far better to be lucky than good.
this is 'Bow Down' one of the smaller and cleaner drops. So without much ado, out comes the painter (haul line), in one hand as I'm dropping into an arse whipping. Good size drop, maybe 10-12 feet, and nothing to stop the inevitable. When sudden the line goes taunt, as the canoe goes right around the first drop and me left, and the water filled boat pulls me back up the river. To the top of Armageddon and I'm left standing high and dry above all the fray.
One of those days when it's far better to be lucky than good.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:36 am to TutHillTiger
A few years back I was kayak fishing with my son in the bays near Galveston when a huge manta ray rolled up out of nowhere and lifted the whole front of my kayak up out of the water. It kind of hung there for a few seconds like it was scratching its back and then moved on. Water was really clear so I was able to see him very well.
Nature, I tell you, never ceases to amaze.
Nature, I tell you, never ceases to amaze.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:51 am to TutHillTiger
There is one thread on this board that takes the cake.
You can’t beat it.
The two guys having private time by the pylons thread.
The OP said, “ that’s enough fishing for me today”.
You can’t beat it.
The two guys having private time by the pylons thread.
The OP said, “ that’s enough fishing for me today”.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:56 am to Tigerinthewoods
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A few years back I was kayak fishing with my son in the bays near Galveston when a huge manta ray rolled up out of nowhere and lifted the whole front of my kayak up out of the water. It kind of hung there for a few seconds like it was scratching its back and then moved on. Water was really clear so I was able to see him very well.
I had a very similar experience at Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario,Canada. I was paddling my kayak across Pickerel Lake, about a half mile ahead of my friends in a canoe. I was literally in the middle of a lake about the size of False River but a bit wider.
Suddenly, it was like I had run aground on an island, and the whole kayak lifted up about a half a foot out of the water, then went back down. I turned around to look for a slightly submerged island or hump and paddled back over the same area a couple of times. It quickly became apparent there was no submerged island there. When I realized that it must have something quite large and alive that came up under the boat, I hauled arse out of there.
This post was edited on 8/5/22 at 9:00 am
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