What is The Weirdest Thing You Witnessed While Fishing This Year?

[Bigbass201]

I know we have had this question before for what is the craziest thing you have seen on the water.  This question is for just this year.  What is the oddest or craziest thing you witnessed while fishing this year?  Mine was late summer while fishing with my channel partner Jim.  We went out of Port Clinton Ohio on Lake Erie.  The first one that caught us by surprise was a lady coming out of her home as we were fishing the bank.  She had a well fitted bikini on and we tried not to make it obvious  as we took a look her way.  The next thing you know she walks down to the beach and out in the water coming towards us.  We were only in about 3 foot of water so first thought was is she going to walk all the way to our boat?  Was she made because we were fishing in front of her beach front home?  Nope!  Instead she gives us big smile and drags some kind of core digger for taking samples.  She walks about 15 feet from our boat and bends over giving a full shot of the cleavage as she turned the core around and around.  I know I should have just turned the GoPro right in her direction, but I didn't .  Lol. It was pretty apparent she did it on purpose.  You can see her in the intro part of the video in the link below.  It was a distant shot as we were moving away. 
The next thing that happened was just a couple hours later.  We were fishing the Portage River mouth where it enters Lake Erie.  There is heavy boat traffic that is constantly going in and out of the river.  Including the giant ferry boats that go to the islands.  People line the rock pier and fish all the way up and down for catfish.  This young man was fishing when a yacht got a little too close to his catfish line.  The next thing you know the boat's intake sucked his line up ,and his rod took off from shore as it was sucked in the intake.  He was furious he lost his fishing pole.  That is around the 3:55 minute mark I think in this video.  What was your craziest thing you seen in 2024?
https://rumble.com/v5o6vnb-port-clinton-ohio-bass-fishing.html?mref=66lt3&mc=9e0fe

[J.W.]

Alligator eating another alligator on the Red River. I knew they are cannibals, but it's the first time I've ever actually seen it firsthand.

[Bigbass201]

Alligator eating another alligator on the Red River. I knew they are cannibals, but it's the first time I've ever actually seen it firsthand.

Wow.  I didn't know they did that.  I imagine a newly hatched on might be fair game.  How big were the two gators involved?

[D.W. Verts]

My buddy caught a small bass back in July that was disturbing. And I didn't get a pic of it (don't know why). It was a very fat and healthy fish, but it was BUG EYED. I mean, comical. Strange. Alien incursion kind of thing. We've set a goal to go back to that pond and try to catch it again. STRANGE, for sure.

Dale

[J.W.]

How big were the two gators involved?

The bigger one was probably about 8-9 feet. The little one that it was eating looked like it was maybe three feet or so, but it was hard to tell since most of it was in the bigger one's mouth. Not much hanging out except legs.

[Bigbass201]

How big were the two gators involved?

The bigger one was probably about 8-9 feet. The little one that it was eating looked like it was maybe three feet or so, but it was hard to tell since most of it was in the bigger one's mouth. Not much hanging out except legs.

Crazy indeed. 

[Princeton_Man]

I've seen a lot of weird out on the water over the years, but nothing comes to mind for this year. One of the first things I thought of when I read through these was a Bass BigWrench caught on a small private portion of Lake Norman. We were fishing out of the Stratos with BassmanRudy and we were doing some catching, nothing huge, but having a good time when BigWrench boated this Bass with about a 7" plastic worm hanging out it's poop whole. He helped the fish pass the worm turd before releasing it. I've got a picture of it somewhere.

[FlatsNBay]

Alligator eating another alligator on the Red River. I knew they are cannibals, but it's the first time I've ever actually seen it firsthand.

I've seen that before. Pretty wild! The weirdest thing was getting attacked by a gator while kayak fishing. The gator was being fed and was a nuisance so it was attracted to my kayak.

[Bigbass201]

Alligator eating another alligator on the Red River. I knew they are cannibals, but it's the first time I've ever actually seen it firsthand.

I've seen that before. Pretty wild! The weirdest thing was getting attacked by a gator while kayak fishing. The gator was being fed and was a nuisance so it was attracted to my kayak.

I'd have to change my underwear if I experienced that.

[big g]

The weirdest was catching a three pound bass in the upper jaw.  When I went to unhook it, I noticed something was strange in the bass's mouth.  The entire gill plate on the left side was detached on the bottom side.  It hung loosely on the bottom, and only attached on top.  An injury that I thought usually kills a fish, but this one was healthy, strong, and well feed.  The injury was long healed, with no visible side effects.  These animals are survivors, and withstand more than we imagine.  They live in A violent world, where survival of the fittest is the rule of their environment.