knightfisher Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Buddy wanted to know where to catch carp on Gibson, so I took him to a spot to give it a go. Tried a fews days at one spot and noticed this duck with a jig in it's mouth. We befriended it with corn and tried to catch it. No luck the first day. Second day with the net set up and corn as bait Joe caught it. I opened the bill and noticed the jig was in it's tongue. I got my snips and cut off the barbed end of the hook and then back out the jig. Released the duck who stuck around a while and went on it way. I caught a number of carp using drop shot technique, Joe caught a sucker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lundtastic Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cplummer Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 You may have saved a duck from death Good on you my friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass2mouth Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 People are saving drowning squirles and saving ducks!! Awesome people on this site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 People are saving drowning squirles and saving ducks!! Awesome people on this site! .The one percent don't speak for the rest of us who care for wildlife . If you want to kill a squirrel for the table , go for it . We are supposed to be at the top of the food chain and intellectually superior to animals .We can make the ultimate decision to let an animal-bird live or die .Thankfully , we have people who will go out of their way to save a drowning squirrel ,as posted here , or save a duck frozen in the ice or removing a hook from it's mouth . Kudos to you Knightfisher .....you are a knight with shining pliers ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
416rtz Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Great story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanl Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Samilar story to a loon I saved in Peterborough. Beached itself near my dock and I netted it, my gramps held her down and I snipped the line it was tangled in and cut the hook loose from her tounge and beak. Great to see these stories recently on nfn. Makes me proud to be a part of this community Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron4blues Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 I wonder if the picked up a lost discarded jig; or did an angler accidentally hook him? I've had birds grab my hook a few times but never hooked up thankfully. And a couple years back I remember Bruce nearly caught himself a goose! Whichever it was, great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Most anglers who have fished for many years have probably had encounters with waterfowl . A gull flew into my line at Port in the midst of a cast from the wall . I was alone & reeled the gull in & tried desperately to unravel the braid from it's wing . It was trying to bite my hand and it was windy ....braid is awful stuff to unravel in the best of times !! I'm holding the bird with my left hand while trying to get my knife out of my belt holster and it is going nuts on me ! I was going to cut the line while my worm harness was still in the water about 50' away . I lost my grip on it and dropped the knife , tried to grab the crazy bird & the line just slipped off the wing and away it went . That scene would have made a great comedy scene ,and I was happy to spend another 10 minutes untangling my line . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveC Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 That was great of you knightfisher. For sure you saved its life....good karma on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smatone2k Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 nice job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cjonovich Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Excellent job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Glad there are others out there like this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxco Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Wow! Awesome!! Great on you guys for doing the right thing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D McV Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Awesome! I love hearing stories like this, let's ya know that there are more people out there who care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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