Bass caught in pond ... look what's in the gullet! 2025
Darren. reply :
Quite unusual, but hey, if it was swimming, it was food!
Via Nat Geo: http://relay.nationalgeographic.com/proxy/distribution/public/amp/2017/06/moles-bass-missouri-fishing-picture-spd
Scarborough817 reply :
they really do eat anything
NYWayfarer reply :
I wish that Bass could come on land and take care of the Mole problem in my yard.
Look for the next lure from Savage Gear to be a Suicide Mole 
Darren. reply :
On 6/29/2017 at 10:34 PM, Finesse Wayfarer said:I wish that Bass could come on land and take care of the Mole problem in my yard.
Look for the next lure from Savage Gear to be a Suicide Mole
Aint it the truth! Dang mole runs busted my old lab's
knees up pretty bad. Rest his loving soul...
Darren. reply :
On 6/29/2017 at 10:34 PM, Finesse Wayfarer said:I wish that Bass could come on land and take care of the Mole problem in my yard.
Look for the next lure from Savage Gear to be a Suicide Mole
This is what ya need to cure the mole problem!
Smokinal reply :
I caught this one a few years ago
CTBassin860 reply :
It didn't even see it coming!
TnRiver46 reply :
Cool photo, I catch moles for a living (among other nuisance wildlife). They way to get them is with harpoon traps and there are way less than you think in your yard. Dozens of tunnels usually means 1-2 moles. Whole yard eat up with tunnels could be 4-6 moles
Crestliner2008 reply :
LOVE that Rodenator!!!!
According to NatGeo, moles are very territorial. When they latch onto a "property", no other moles can venture in. So what it all boils down to is that you have one mole causing all the damage on your lawn. For such a little guy, he sure can damage up a storm!
gilkeybr reply :
I always wonder how bass handle eating living prey, especially mammals like rats/mice or in this case a mole. That mole has huge claws! If it were alive at the time of the strike, I can only imagine it would do extreme damage to the inside of the bass? When I originally saw this picture with the mole I assumed that the bass was found dead with the mole partially swallowed, but I don't know the whole story.
Basically bass are a mystery to me because they eat their prey whole, while it is also alive. Other creatures who may eat their prey whole like snakes, sharks or maybe reptiles in some instances generally have a way of killing them first!
Maybe I should have studied biology
12poundbass reply :
On 6/30/2017 at 1:52 AM, gilkeybr said:I always wonder how bass handle eating living prey, especially mammals like rats/mice or in this case a mole. That mole has huge claws! If it were alive at the time of the strike, I can only imagine it would do extreme damage to the inside of the bass? When I originally saw this picture with the mole I assumed that the bass was found dead with the mole partially swallowed, but I don't know the whole story.
Basically bass are a mystery to me because they eat their prey whole, while it is also alive. Other creatures who may eat their prey whole like snakes, sharks or maybe reptiles in some instances generally have a way of killing them first!
Maybe I should have studied biology
I've wondered the same thing. I'm still wondering.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 6/30/2017 at 1:14 AM, Crestliner2008 said:LOVE that Rodenator!!!!
According to NatGeo, moles are very territorial. When they latch onto a "property", no other moles can venture in. So what it all boils down to is that you have one mole causing all the damage on your lawn. For such a little guy, he sure can damage up a storm!
This is true, to a point. At some level it takes two to tango
12poundbass reply :
On 6/29/2017 at 10:35 PM, Darren. said:
Aint it the truth! Dang mole runs busted my old lab's
knees up pretty bad. Rest his loving soul...
To get rid of moles I use those I call them torpedoes. They take a C or D battery and emit a high pitched noise that I guess deters them. No more moles, that battery runs out the moles came back. The battery last a couples years, even in the cold winters of Michigan.
Lures'n'Liberty reply :
What was that reality show where the little people had a farm? I seem to remember the eldest male in the family having an ongoing battle with moles. He used to run around in a golf cart with a sawed off 20 ga and blew all kinds of holes in the yard.
NYWayfarer reply :
On 6/30/2017 at 2:13 AM, 12poundbass said:To get rid of moles I use those I call them torpedoes. They take a C or D battery and emit a high pitched noise that I guess deters them. No more moles, that battery runs out the moles came back. The battery last a couples years, even in the cold winters of Michigan.
I called an exterminator. She used poison worms and they worked.
A year or two later Moles came back so I tried getting poison worms and do it myself. I found poison worms were illegal in NY at the time. I had to have a friend in another state order some and ship them to me. They worked again at a fraction of the cost of the exterminator bill.
the reel ess reply :
It does seem that pond bass react better to critter baits like a mouse, rat, duck, frog, etc. I guess it's shallow and they can see the surface better. Being shallow, a pond can't hold as much forage fish, so they'll take what they can get. at least that's my theory and it does seem to work out that way. When I primarily fished a larger lake, any time I decided to check a bass's stomach contents it would always be threadfin shad only.
Cargojon reply :
On 6/30/2017 at 1:52 AM, gilkeybr said:I always wonder how bass handle eating living prey, especially mammals like rats/mice or in this case a mole. That mole has huge claws! If it were alive at the time of the strike, I can only imagine it would do extreme damage to the inside of the bass? When I originally saw this picture with the mole I assumed that the bass was found dead with the mole partially swallowed, but I don't know the whole story.
Basically bass are a mystery to me because they eat their prey whole, while it is also alive. Other creatures who may eat their prey whole like snakes, sharks or maybe reptiles in some instances generally have a way of killing them first!
Maybe I should have studied biology
I would think it would only take a minute or two for most of these creatures to drown.
scaleface reply :
Holey moley !
RPreeb reply :
On 6/29/2017 at 10:34 PM, Finesse Wayfarer said:I wish that Bass could come on land and take care of the Mole problem in my yard.
Look for the next lure from Savage Gear to be a Suicide Mole
Amen. We battle with the d**n moles all summer long.
moguy1973 reply :
On 6/30/2017 at 12:49 AM, TnRiver46 said:Cool photo, I catch moles for a living (among other nuisance wildlife). They way to get them is with harpoon traps and there are way less than you think in your yard. Dozens of tunnels usually means 1-2 moles. Whole yard eat up with tunnels could be 4-6 moles
I had maybe 10-12 tunnels a few years ago in my yard and ended up killing 13 of the SOBs with scissor traps.
Comfortably Numb reply :
The 40 size and even the big 50 size Spro Rats have been workin very well on the bass this year early mornin. We have Muskeats here
TnRiver46 reply :
On 6/30/2017 at 9:56 AM, moguy1973 said:I had maybe 10-12 tunnels a few years ago in my yard and ended up killing 13 of the SOBs with scissor traps.
Wow!!! Sounds like you've got some healthy soil. I do also like the scissor trap (especially for the deep tunnels). I could use your help in TN!
scaleface reply :
Raul reply :
So now I must assume that moles are part of the everyday diet so I can "match the hatch" ?
match the hatch -----> 
tcbass reply :
Saw this thread and then went out yesterday and cast my Rage Toad against a dock about 15 yards away. Reeled it in and attached to it was a gross, dead, bloated, mouse that had apparently been in the water for at least 2 days. Gross!!!! What's the chance of casting in somewhere in a lake and snagging a dead mouse???
Also, my bro and I were fishing in the shallows once, wading through the water when an owl flew over us and dropped something right near my brother. He instinctively picked it up immediately. It was 1/2 a mouse. He quickly dropped it. lol. Ugh.....gross!!!
Bobby Uhrig reply :
Holy Moley
Darren. reply :
On 7/6/2017 at 4:44 AM, Bobby Uhrig said:Holy Moley
And of course, one of the best:
Catch 22 reply :
On 6/30/2017 at 3:05 AM, Finesse Wayfarer said:
I called an exterminator. She used poison worms and they worked.
A year or two later Moles came back so I tried getting poison worms and do it myself. I found poison worms were illegal in NY at the time. I had to have a friend in another state order some and ship them to me. They worked again at a fraction of the cost of the exterminator bill.
The poison worms worked best for me.My neighbor and I take turns chasing them back and forth to each others yard.I got the upper hand on him,so he now allows barn swallows to nest freely at his place and they in turn come over and crap on my boat and truck. BTW we are best friends so all is well
lonnie g reply :
send her to my yard, I have had two burrow holes under my pool. i hate them! heck send her sister as well!
Largemouth21 reply :
On 6/29/2017 at 10:34 PM, Finesse Wayfarer said:I wish that Bass could come on land and take care of the Mole problem in my yard.
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