Old Ben of An Older Texan Remembers has passed on to his new adventures location. I will miss his blogs and humor.
Adventure Location: Rockport, Texas
The only adventure today was the morning fishing at the
harbor pier. The first fish caught was a
Ladyfish about a foot long. The pier
great blue heron, all piers seem to have one around here, started easing over closer when
the fish hit the concrete top of the pier. The fish looked too big for the bird
to swallow to me. However when the fish
was unhooked, it was left on the topping. My feet took me a couple of steps
away and my hand reached for the camera in my pocket. Before the camera was
unlimbered and started up that bird grabbed the fish, flipped it in the air and
caught it head first. Then it was down the throat and gone. This picture was
less than a few seconds after I stepped away from the fish. The action was
already all over with.
Later this nice speckled trout was landed.
The bird headed for this fish before it was even on the
topping. My hand and arm thrashed to
keep the bird at bay while the fish was photographed and unhooked. The bird was
getting pretty pushy by now. My boga
type fish gripper was put into action, the fish unhooked and tossed back into
the water to grow larger and come back for supper.
Maybe the fish will return and grab my lure again to help
in the quest of trying to have tooooo much fun. TheOFM.
Quick work by the bird! Sorry to hear that Ben is hospitalized, and hope he has a speedy recovery.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry about your friend. I will keep him in my prayers. The Egret is beautiful and I so happy you fed him. Getting a tasty meal added to his day of having too much fun as well as your.
ReplyDeleteFor some odd reason your pier egret looks exactly like a great blue heron.
ReplyDeleteBoy howdy, that one good look'n trout. When I get back down that way, maybes I'll catch me up one just like it. Have a ton of fun.
How do we know that "the bird ate the fish I caught" was not just a tall fish tale? Hmmmm?
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