My afternoon of relaxed dock fishing at Beaver Lake ended up provided a memory of a lifetime. I was fishing off the bottom using power eggs when I got a very good bite and tug on the pole. A nice fish on had me standing up as it jumped out of the water, at which point it got a little more interesting. Suddenly I felt something over my shoulder and looked up to see a huge bald eagle swooping down from behind. Unbelievably it grabbed my fish from less than 20ft away and took off across the lake. The line zinged off the reel like crazy - the eagle had my fish and my hook had the fish too... As the eagle reached mid lake, the line continuing to peel off, and not knowing what else to do I finally broke it. The eagle continued to fly off, apparently happy to have scavenged a nice fish. The line must have broken near the hook as I was able to reel in a huge amount of line - good news that it wouldn't tangle up the eagle. After, I stood there amazed at what had just happened.

I know the eagles and osprey are super active at beaver lake. Has anyone had this happen to them?..

Rating this 5 stars for the memory...

p.s. No bald eagle was harmed during this true story (with witnesses). The next time I have a fish on I might be looking over my shoulder!

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