Another post with a photo of a bald eagle reminded me of an interesting event a few years back on a lake here in New Hampshire. We have a lot of eagles here in NH as well as osprey, hawks, falcons, and owls.

It was thecend of the season up here and I was in my boat heading to favorite fishing spot to do a little pan fishing with an ultralight rig. As I was heading out an osprey carrying a fish in its claws flew past about 50 feet over my head. A moment later not more than 20 feet off the water came a bald eagle flying fast after the osprey. The osprey was up at about 100 feet now when the eagle turned up almost and began to climb toward the osprey.

When the eagle was about 30 feet under the osprey, that osprey dropped its fish trying to escape the eagle which was easily twice its size. The eagle immediately flipped upside down and caught the drpped fish in its talons and headed back in the direction it had come from. All it wanted was an easy meal and it got it.

That is one of the most exciting things I've seen while fishing. A pontoon boat full of evening cruisers also witnessed the entire event and were whooping and laughing afterward.

I put this under general chit-chat because even thoughvI was going fidhing, it isn't really anout fishing.

Another post with a photo of a bald eagle reminded me of an interesting event a few years back on a lake here in New Hampshire. We have a lot of eagles here in NH as well as osprey, hawks, falcons, and owls.

It was thecend of the season up here and I was in my boat heading to favorite fishing spot to do a little pan fishing with an ultralight rig. As I was heading out an osprey carrying a fish in its claws flew past about 50 feet over my head. A moment later not more than 20 feet off the water came a bald eagle flying fast after the osprey. The osprey was up at about 100 feet now when the eagle turned up almost and began to climb toward the osprey.

When the eagle was about 30 feet under the osprey, that osprey dropped its fish trying to escape the eagle which was easily twice its size. The eagle immediately flipped upside down and caught the drpped fish in its talons and headed back in the direction it had come from. All it wanted was an easy meal and it got it.

That is one of the most exciting things I've seen while fishing. A pontoon boat full of evening cruisers also witnessed the entire event and were whooping and laughing afterward.

I put this under general chit-chat because even thoughvI was going fidhing, it isn't really anout fishing.