Funny in a sick sort of way....

[rdahl]

Was dragging a mack and casting iron this morning. Lots of birds around, and lots of sardines. I saw a bunch of bait come up pretty far away, but think I might be able to reach it with a huge cast. I wind up and let it fly when not 20 yards into the cast a major WTF! My 4 ounce jig squarely slams into a big seagull. Broadsides the bird. The gull just dropped like a rock, not even a flutter of the wing. The bird was followed by a rain of feathers a couple of seconds later. Never knew what hit him. A first for me. Reminded me of a couple of baseball highlights when Randy Jones and Dave Winfield knock birds out of the sky with hard throws with same result.

[Handymansd]

:luxhello::luxhello: One down... 7 billion to go!:rolleyes:

[trob]

nice shot! :notworthy:

[nmbrinkman]

:luxhello::luxhello: One down... 7 billion to go!:rolleyes:

The birds are your friend. After all, they probably made you notice the bait boiling. It's the sealions that need to take a shot with the iron. I wonder how big of jig stick you'd need to get one fast enough to penetrate.

[805gregg]

One less flying rat, hope you didn't lose your jig.

[GHOSTHUNTR]

I've done that before, surprised it doesn't happen more often, really. I'm betting you got one hell of a bird's nest on that one.

[rdahl]

Yep, huge backlash. It was at the part of the cast where I was using practically no thumb thinking it was gonna fly a lot farther, then BAM, WTF! Funny as hell. A little revenge from when those birds crap on my yak while searching for food when I have landed and am getting my car.

[DESTROYER]

I did that from my friends boat at the Nados. It was a Commarant. I tied on a Tady C, first cast...BOOM:ack2: bird dead, jig gone!

TL-Matt

[Zed]

I watched a young cormorant dive down and eat my deadstick iron --I figured it wouldn't be that dumb. I unhooked him and he swam right over to CaboJohn where it ate and then was hooked twice consecutively on 'dines.

Give them a break, they aren't that smart to begin with.

[Handymansd]

I watched a young cormorant dive down and eat my deadstick iron --I figured it wouldn't be that dumb. I unhooked him and he swam right over to CaboJohn where it ate and then was hooked twice consecutively on 'dines.

Give them a break, they aren't that smart to begin with.

Twice in a row! That really is a dumb bird!lolSo where did that seagull in Andy's Avatar get his brains? Probably one hit with an Iron and it knocked some sense into him.lol

[Corey]

Catching birds sucks! I got 2 pelicans in one cast from the skiff on Sat. Lassoed one with the line & hooked the other in the wing. Funny shit, unless you're a pelican.:doh:One of them bit Todd on the arm as we were unhooking him. Scared the crap out of him. :D

[Zed]

Can you imagine a sabiki full of pelicans? (http://www.kionrightnow.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=37e3b654-10c0-4baa-8a55-91a1227abd08)
Sucks to be birds too.

[Siebler]

What really sucks is when pelicans fly into a line (and get tangled) when somebody is on a big YT of tuna. Most of the times ive seen this happen the bird is not very lucky but we usually get the fish :D