my wife and i were watching a mallered duck on our pond,
i front of our eyes, the duck made gasp and was pulled under
the water. adams county, Pa.
2007-09-28 00:15:17 · 26 answers · asked by gis g 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Fishing
Largemouth bass possibly. Or one big a** catfish. Dude, break out the fishing gear. Or do like me, set a trot line across the pond!
Edit: I'm curious...you didn't mention whether or not the duck ever re-surfaced...
2007-09-28 00:20:09 · answer #1 · answered by ~RedBird~ 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Snapping turtle. I'm sure there's fish that can do it, but here in FL, first thing I think when someone says a duck's been pulled under is turtle... snapper or softshell... a gator will take a duck from the surface, and I'd think a fish would disturb the surface some as well.... (i could be wrong) but I KNOW snappers and softshells grab ducks by the feet and drag them straight down like that. Anyhow, I'll probably get some thumbs down just like everyone else who's mentioned turtles, but oh well....
2007-09-30 09:38:59 · answer #2 · answered by gimmenamenow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm was inclined to say it was a Northern Pike or Muskie, but that depends on the size of the pond. Northerns and Muskie normally need a larger body of water to grow big enough to take down a duck. Most fish will grow to the size of their evironment. I would say it's likely to be an aggressive turtle.
2007-09-28 08:50:01 · answer #3 · answered by Jay Dub 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A large SNAPPING TURTLE..Bass and Pike have been known to eat baby Ducklings, but I have seen many instances where a Large Snapping Turtle took adult Ducks by pulling them under just as you have described. I also killed one with a 22 magnum rifle that weighed over 24 pounds in a 2 acre fresh water pond here in Maryland. This Turtle took 7 baby Ducklings and 3 baby Canadian Goslings before I caught it on the surface and shot it before it disappeared under water. I retrieved it and weighed it on a Deer Checking station scale last summer (July).We haven't had any problems with missing babies since, that have been seen.....
2007-09-29 18:47:40 · answer #4 · answered by JD 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes possibly a catfish, bowfin, or maybe a BIG L-mouth bass!..Are there alligators in the area? I have seen alligators eat ducks even a ladies' cat! The game warden killed it and it was 8' long! It could even be a carp of some sort that was curious, even though carp aren't predatory fish it could be possible...But hey get out your fishin gear and catch that monster, if it can pull a 6-10 pound duck under water you know it is huge!!!!!!!! Probably a big alligator snapping turtle, my friend was kayaking on the alabama river and saw a dead one, he said it was 3' in diameter and it arms and legs were as wide as a full grown man..its head was bigger than a softball!
2007-09-28 02:48:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
A friend of the family has a pond with large mouth bass in it. Every time a mother duck took her babies out on the pond, she came back with one less. It was either the bass or the snapping turtles (I caught a snapping turtle out of that pond).
If there are muskies in that pond, they may have been responsible. I heard about a muskie that was found dead with a full grow mallard duck stuck in its throat.
I live in PA, too. In Armstrong county, 45 mins. from Pittsburgh.
2007-09-28 01:50:27 · answer #6 · answered by Green Dot On Helmet 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I disagree with everyone, it's most likely a Northen Pike, AKA a Jackfish. I've seen it happen many a few times, it's usually the straggler of the ducklings that gets eaten. Yes it could be a muskie, but I doubt that there's one of those in their pond!
2007-09-28 03:31:09 · answer #7 · answered by MetalMaster4x4 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In PA, there are a couple. Pike, Muskellunge, large Catfish, If the ducks is smallish very large Bass
2007-09-28 19:53:55 · answer #8 · answered by sirtanaka 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bryan is probably correct. Ducks on lakes here in Missouri smaller lakes, 1,000 plus acres, have large numbers of fledgling, but only a few survive. I was fishing a rock bottom stream feeding a lake. One female had only one surviving duckling, and she was skittish, swimming away from where I was fishing. The duckling would come in, see I was using lure, and scatter. I got hit hard, and thought I snagged. Kept pulling and got this huge snapper to bank. Arms as big as a teenager, head like a medium dog. It stirred up bank dirt, and broke line. I never knew it was there. I read they can lie submerged for hours.
2007-09-28 02:02:06 · answer #9 · answered by peter s 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Not a bass - It would have been either a pike, snapper, or catfish. What kind of fish are in your pond?
It couldn't have been a bass - even a 15 pounder. Mallards are the biggest of ducks. Even a the biggest of bass couldn't kill a mallard. A teal or woodduck may have gotten eaten by a bass, but not a mallard.
2007-09-28 08:15:36 · answer #10 · answered by duckkillerdan 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋