To celebrate my 41st birthday, I took an afternoon off to go fishing at Lake Guntersville. It was a full moon and the fish were feeding like crazy. Schools of shad swarmed into the back of the creek where I was fishing. I caught over 25 fish that day, but the two that were the most unique were not caught by a hook, but one fish that tried to catch another by mouth.
About 30 minutes before sunset, I was in the middle of a largemouth bass feeding frenzy as they fattened up for the winter by feeding on shad. In the corner of my eye, I saw a fish floating on the surface. It looked about 2 feet long and was long and skinny. I thought it was a dying gar. After moving the boat closer, I saw two tail fins on either end of this fish. I peered closer and said aloud,
"Oh man, that's two bass! One in the mouth of the other!"
The "feeding bass" looked to weight about 2 pounds and tried to eat the other bass that weighed about 1.5 pounds. Looks like he got too greedy. With my hands I picked up the two fish out of the water.
I tried to free the stuck fish to no avail. I placed them back in the water for their fate was sealed. Then, it hit me, "Wait a minute. When am I going to see this again!"
I picked the fish out of the water again and lay them in the bottom of the boat. My camera was back in my truck at the boat house and dock. After sunset, I headed to the dock got a shot of them. Using my hands a some pliers, I tried to free the two fish, but they were stuck together. Once I released them back into the lake, they swam off in a fury together trying to either get loose or finish feeding.
