Tally: 2 lmts. kokanee, 1 Osprey!

[Kodiak1]

Fished Lucky Peak this A.M., and did quite well. In addition to our downriggers, we were longlining a Shasta Sling Blade and hoochie on top, and they were hammering it on occasion. An osprey suddenly hovered above us, then dove, we were thinking at the Sling Blade. Got up in the air again, circled and then dove again. To our horror, she comes up with the dodger and squid, and takes off. She peels off 650 feet of line and then crashes into the water. We frantically pull up the dr's, the lead core, and start heading towards her. We got pretty close, not knowing what we would do when we got there, and she takes off, still with the gear. Then, all of a sudden, she releases it from her talons, and we breathe a sigh of relief. There is nothing in nature we love more than osprey, and remember when they almost disappeared from Idaho in the 60's. If I was responsible for killing one, don't know what I would do. I have caught swallows, and a seagull before, but let me tell you when you hook an osprey, you have a significant pull on the rod. Seemed like the drag meant nothing!!! In hindsight, I should have put the boat in neutral and let the gear sink. Mike
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[curt69]

Thanks fo your report . I love reading your posts .
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[cpierce]

A new style of catch and release??? [laugh] That is one to remember for a long time.

Exciting day!
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[BBART]

WOW!!
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[MMDon]

Now that was a huge LDR!

Thanks for the great write up!
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[monkeee2002]

Wowzers!
I love watching the osprey, even if they are competition LoL! I always get a little leery if they start circling my gear...
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[drowning_flys]

Very cool story and glad it turned out the way it did also sounds like you had a great day of fishing.[cool] One of my other hobbies is photography and i have 3 nests not to far from home and love to watch and capture images. There beautiful birds and i wish i caught as many fish as they do lol.








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[hooknhunter]

Cool story. I'm glad it all turned out good for both you and the bird.

I once had a Tern dive out of the sky and grab my leech. Gave me quite a start knowing that I almost had a bird on my line. That would definitely be interesting.

Another time I was fighting a fish and had a Pelican dive down after my fish. I keep thinking, "How do you fight a Pelican on a fly rod?". I never felt the bird hit my line though (thankfully).
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[Oskolkoff]

i practice casting my bait caster in my yard with weightless senko on with a old hook with the point and barb ground off and one time i had a dove come down and grab it as soon as the line went tight he dropped it was kinda crazy i was glad i didn't have a normal hook on their i i always say I've caught bass, perch, crappie, catfish, and doves on senkos
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[flyfish_88]

My brother and his son were fishing at Tripod one time and we had been watching a bald eagle fly over the lake pretty much all day. It disappeared for awhile and we wondered where it went. My nephew was reeling in a trout and the eagle came out of nowhere and stole the fish. The fly he was using got hooked into the eagles leg and busted off the line. Craziest thing I ever saw.
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