Author Topic: weird or suprising stomach content (Read 8201 times)

dwaytkus · « **on:** Feb 18, 2005, 08:15 PM »

What is the weirdest or most suprising content you have found in the stomach while cleaning fish?

reubenpa · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 18, 2005, 08:17 PM »

found a hook being pooped out of a caught fish one time!!!!!

stumper1300 · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 18, 2005, 08:31 PM »

http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=20251.0

havent cleaned a fish in years,catch and release or give away.

stump

TroutFishingBear · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 18, 2005, 08:56 PM »

I have cleaned lakers that had stomachs jam packed with corn. I also cleaned a small brown from the colorado river (I am almost strictly catch and release from the river, but I keep a fish every now and then ) and its stomach was full of powerbait.

When I was a little kid, maybe 5 or 6 years old, we were night catfishing on the colorado river. We had been eating cold fried chicken from the store and throwing the bones out in the water ( a practice not done anymore as you will soon see why ). We went to sleep and the next day caught a small blue catfish maybe 3 lbs, that was very fat. When cleaned, it had a huge drumstick bone in its stomach! 8)

TroutFishingBear · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 18, 2005, 08:59 PM »

Quote from: itsmedick on Feb 18, 2005, 08:57 PM

cigarette filters in rainbow trout

We used to go to vega reservoir in colorado 3 or 4 years ago, and we would catch a small 10-14" rainbow every drop. This guy we were fishing with put a cigarette butt on and he caught a rainbow on it!

Pasquatch · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 18, 2005, 09:31 PM »

I've caught a half dozen 10-12" perch on blades of grass...

kingfshr16 · « **Reply #6 on:** Feb 18, 2005, 11:03 PM »

I caught a laker last year with perch, smelt, suckers, rubber worms AND a piece of BARK in its stomach, the bark was the biggest thing in him.

IceTroll · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 18, 2005, 11:13 PM »

Saw a 5 lb walleye caught out of Glendo reservoir in Wyoming many years ago. There was a small rattlesnake in the stomach. I have seen lots of walleyes with frogs in their belly's and have heard of guys finding ducks inside of Northerns, muskies and largemouths.

IceTroll

missfishylicious · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 19, 2005, 07:21 AM »

sea monkeys

Rock Bottom · « **Reply #9 on:** Feb 19, 2005, 07:47 AM »

LOL @ sea monkeys. I caught a nice pike yesterday with a tail sticking out of its throat and then I saw the tail move. I clubbed the fish and then opened him up to find a live 10 inch perch. I cleaned the pike and the perch and had a good meal..

burdenlakeboy · « **Reply #10 on:** Feb 19, 2005, 08:00 AM »

i caught a six lb. largemouth years ago with a snapping turtle the size of a baseball in his stomach.

toothfish · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 19, 2005, 08:05 AM »

A rock in a crapp.

bigredonice · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 19, 2005, 08:16 AM »

my buddy snapped this pic of a nice bass that musta been pretty hungry (from open water)

Icefish4Life · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 19, 2005, 08:27 AM »

Quote from: bigredonice on Feb 19, 2005, 08:16 AM

my buddy snapped this pic of a nice bass that musta been pretty hungry (from open water)
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bigredonice, is that a bird?

reubenpa · « **Reply #14 on:** Feb 19, 2005, 10:35 AM »

looks kinda like a starling.... must have eaten it for the fleas!!!!

bigredonice · « **Reply #15 on:** Feb 19, 2005, 10:52 AM »

icefish3life: yes it is a bird...i think it was a cowbird if i remember correctly - kinda looks like a starling though

Pasquatch · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 19, 2005, 10:57 AM »

Cowbirds are parasites anyways, stupid nest hogging brownheaded things...kill em all!

reubenpa · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 19, 2005, 11:05 AM »

cowbirds a little better than starlings.... lol I HATE STARLINGSSSS my 22 loves em though lol

Chucker · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 19, 2005, 11:25 AM »

Got a 3lb largemouth with a duckling in it once.

C.C. · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 19, 2005, 02:30 PM »

just the other week I cleaned a 11" perch with a 3" piece of yellow rubber worm in it's belly.
Jim

Icefish4Life · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 19, 2005, 06:50 PM »

While filleting some fish recently, I found zebra mussel remains in the stomachs of bluegill and pumkinseeds.

pot-belly-perch · « **Reply #21 on:** Feb 20, 2005, 10:32 PM »

when I was a kid I caught a bass on a purple clover

Frozen_nutts · « **Reply #22 on:** Feb 20, 2005, 11:15 PM »

I have caught many Lake trout and 1 brown that I have found Rubber Bass baits (worms, slugos and grubs) and also alot of cigg. butts.

Cargo · « **Reply #23 on:** Feb 20, 2005, 11:28 PM »

I'm not saying i catch some big fish, but i cut one open once that had a Harley Davidson in it. I just hopped on it and rode it out. Have you ever seen the movie Jaws.

AD · « **Reply #24 on:** Feb 21, 2005, 12:17 AM »

Lots of cig butts i sounds like, maybe people should pocket them instead of throwing them in the water? Can't be healthy for the fish at all.
I have found rocks in perch. I seem to remember a duckling or bird coming out of a pike when I was a kid. I have seen big pike or musky hit a duckling before. Have seen a big drum eating some zebra muscles when I was snorkeling before.
Friend of mine caught a brown out of a creek near a college I used to go to that had a mouse in its belly.
Used to do a few dissections of fish in some of my courses and would come across some interesting things in the bellies, salamanders and all manner of weird things.

edfalc · « **Reply #25 on:** Feb 21, 2005, 03:34 AM »

every night when i come home i empty my pockets of all mine & my buddies butts......i wont even leave them in the shack for fear they might blow around and out onto the ice

archbishop · « **Reply #26 on:** Feb 21, 2005, 08:57 AM »

yesterday i seen a guy filleting a pike on the ice and had a 6" mudpuppy in it

nepa old man · « **Reply #27 on:** Feb 21, 2005, 11:36 AM »

Largemouth bass had a penny in it's guts.

MikeVT · « **Reply #28 on:** Feb 21, 2005, 11:44 AM »

Once caught a 21" brown trout with a 6" purple rubber worm in its stomach. Never thought a trout would hit one.

ChenBassHead · « **Reply #29 on:** Feb 21, 2005, 11:45 AM »

Haven't found anything too strange in a fishes stomach, but last year I caught a 15 or 16 inch largemouth during open water that was trying to swallow a bullhead.....tail first!

Also have seen a big bass hit a duckling....funny as all hell!

-Zach

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