[Crimson_Death216]

Originally Posted by Palmetto Balsa

This on got me thinking about a fishing trip last year. (I feel kinda bad about this one)
I was on a private lake in a small fiberglass boat and paddling back in. I saw a small diving duck and its baby crossing the lake and thought I would like to see the baby duck scurry across the water so I paddled a little faster. As I got closer the baby kept up with the mom for a second then the mother bolted across the water to draw me away and the baby duck dove under. I had seen what I wanted to see but it didn't scurry very good. I pulled away fast so the mother could get back to the baby. The mother came back over to the area and the baby never came back up. I was sure the baby must have popped up some where but the mother duck never found it for the 15 min. I stuck around to see. Now I read this and am thinking that it might not have come back up. I guess I won't do that again.

I kinda at this. It amused me. Hehe, if the duckling got eaten it would have happened anyways probably. If a big fish was near it and ate it when it went down, it would have eaten it when it was still on top at the right moment. I sure you didn't change the course of nature. You just saved the fish some energy.

[IamSpartacus]

This story is a little depressing to tell but I'll give it a shot...

My friend Rob and I spotted this hawg of a largemouth right near the shore of a small inlet river to a large lake. Both of us tried everything in our tackleboxes to land this monster (It was one of those annoying fish who have apparently seen everything) but nothing was working. We saw the fish on and off for around three hours and both claimed it was the largest largemouth we had ever seen in person, neither of us have fished anywhere other then Michigan though. As we started to lose hope along came a little duckling, swimming right by us, with the bass swimming right below it. Both Rob and I said something along the lines of "Oh #### no" but sure enough the bass ate the little duckling. If only the duckling would have been kind enough to hold onto a treble hook for me the story might not have ended so depressingly.

Just thought I'd share,
Mike