I Fed an Eagle

[Pete Collin]

A bald eagle snatched a fish I just released right behind the boat. He must have been following me... it happened so quick there wasn't time for me to turn the camera on. Caught some fish, too. But I already told you about the coolest part of my trip!

Pete Collin

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[muskybob]

Great memory. That's part of fishing people rarely hear about around here.

[lavarock64]

Pete- What a sight! More and more Eagles and Osprey on Cayuga!.

Last duck season I shot a drake mallard that was 1/2 dead. Before I could get my kayak to finish him off, an adult Eagle swooped him up. Took every ounce of energy for that bird to make it to the trees for breakfast. This happened between Dean's and Sheldrake. Where did you spot your bird?

Lavarock

[guff]

AWESOME

[Big Dave]

Using Eagleclaw hooks??? Cool , we have one that fishes the river behind my house.

[biglaker]

I feed the eagles at Quabbin Reservoir all the time it's realy cool........

[biglaker]

Here is a couple more pictures

[JR]

I seen a young one this summer hanging around Port Bay, Must be one of Hank's Pets

[Fish Junkie]

Big Laker , fantastic pics !

[biglaker]

Thanks..... Fish Junkie

[GAMBLER]

There was an eagle hunting Sandy Creek in the estuary last week when I was working on my boat. It followed the creek not high up from the lake to Rt 19. It then roosted in a dead tree just West of Rt 19. Very cool to see.

[Pete Collin]

Biglaker,

You're making me sorry I didn't get the camera out fast enough! It's so cool that eagles are making a comeback. I was trying to think of when I saw my first eagle..... can't quite remember, but it must have been when I was into adulthood. there is a nest within a couple miles of where I live now!

The one I mention in this story was on Canandaigua. there have been eaqgles nesting on the south end for a few years now. They tell me they stay throughout the winter. You often see them right from the launch.

[biglaker]

Hi Pete

When you go to take a picture have your digital camera on continuous, keep the camera on the fish floating in the water, just before the eagle gets it start taking pictures

then just pick out the pictures you want and delete the rest because those eagles are fast and the digital camera are slow the eagle will have the fish before the camera go's off.

I was fishing Seneca a couple weeks ago on the south end and i saw a eagle on the tower on the brake wall but had no luck to feed him.

[Pete Collin]

Biglaker,

I learned about slow digital cameras when i was trying to photograph steelhead jumping over a weir dam. None of the pix came out like I wanted.

[biglaker]

They say there is 12 nesting pairs at Quabbin Reservoir they are there all year long they eat the dead deer in the winter from the coyotes that kill them.

[biglaker]

Even on continuous you have to time it just right to get that good picture.

[ioiosoiwork]

EXCELLENT pics Biglaker

[biglaker]

Hay Pete.....

Here is another picture from a week back......another sorry ass laker.

[Pete Collin]

biglaker,

Man, they act like park pigeons for you! I missed another great photo opportunity last week. I was driving to work and passed a herd of deer that included a piebald. they were fairly close to the road and i would have gotten a great shot.

Pete

[FSNmachine]

We had one watching us fishing in northern Ontario this summer. We where really surprised when it came down and grabbed a small bass we threw back. Caught some pics and had the gopro running and uploaded a small clip to youtube.