Wrestling egrets and other mishaps

[Rockfish9]

I've never hooked an egret or a great blue herron.. both are in close proximity to where i fish ....I spook them often as they fish the shallows as i drift bye.. the sqwaking always scares the crap out of me... I did set back on a fox once the pounced on an eel I had tossed onto the sand during an extra long cast just above the water line ..he/she must have been hunting plover chicks.. I never saw it until it pounced... when I "set the hook" trying to get my eel back before it bolted down it's intended meal the damn thing must have jumped 5' in the air... the fox got the eel.. I got my hook back..it ended well...

glad you and the bird are no worse for wear...and just a tad wiser...

[Steve K]

I have only had the pleasure of catching seagulls. You are lucky that you did not have an audience. There is nothing worse than the non-fisherman who thinks you are going to kill it like the lady Raven met. I bet more birds are caught at the canal than any place else.