Interesting Find

[Up2Early]

I was cleaning a bass tonight and noticed an odd shape in it's stomach. I opened it up and found a turtle - dead but intact.

Definitely the most interesting thing I've found in a fish belly. What odd things have you found?

[bottomland84]

Very cool indeed. I never pay much attention, but will now.

[pondman]

Grebes, squirrels, mice, snakes, ducklings, cracker wrappers, rocks...I could go on but I think ya'll get it. When you handle bass for 15 years and most of the time you are making them puke up their last meal you find some interesting items.

Outside of a flathead catfish, LMB are the most aggressive predator in the water. If they can fit it in their mouth they will eat it.

Pond

[dukhntn]

When I was a freshman in high school I had a biology class in a room with an empty (large) aquarium. My teacher asked the class if anyone had a fish they wanted to donate. One morning before class I went behind the house and caught a bass that was about a pound and a half. Students would bring shiners, crickets, worms, etc... to feed the fish and the teacher often let me and another student out during class to go catch crawfish or whatever else we could find to feed the bass. The class would all gather around and watch as we dropped whatever we found to feed the bass into the tank. One day someone brought a small turtle to put in the tank to add to the "ambiance." Well, as soon as the turtle was dropped into the tank the bass swam up to it, watched it for a couple of seconds, and then sucked it down. The fish regurgitated the shell within a couple of hours. I wonder if the fish you caught had just eaten that turtle?

[tombstone]

Found a big rat in one, countless old plastic worms, a stick as big as my thumb, intact crawfish, etc

Never found a snake though in one though I have expected to

[Rice]

Little snake and a baby duck

[duck_nutt]

caught one with a plastic worm hanging about 3 inches out it's a-hole...

[Bercy]

Man fishing our pond last week found two bass with a baby turtle in each - was thinking of patenting my new lure.

[kevinw]

Pondman, I remember fishing with you at your dad's house and watching some baby ducks come out of the nesting boxes and the bass were waiting on them as soon as they hit the water. Dangest thing I ever seen.

[DeltaCotton12]

[MudHog]

One thing I always do when cleaning fish after a fishing trip is cut open the stomach. Not only do you find interesting things, but it helps you see exactly what they are feeding on.

[pondman]

[kb7722]

So can a LMB actually digest a turtle or will it eventually lead to their demise?

[MudHog]

[Up2Early]