Methed Out Rainbows, Hellbenders, and Heartache (tR)

[Onslow]

The analogy was obviously over my head. I've seen grouse on a few occasions up that way.

I will mention this now that we've spoken about noises. I sat on a large rock and had lunch. Behind me, I kept hearing limbs breaking and leaves being moved about. Squirrel, I thought. It got closer and closer. The odd thing was that every single time I turned around to face away from the woods it would make the noise again. I thought nothing of it and continued on upstream. For the next hour I swear some critter was following me as I fished. It would walk and I could hear it plain as day, but never saw it. I think maybe otter, but not in the woods you wouldn't think. Otters make that funny chirp and I'd hear that occasionally. The only other animal I seen was a muskrat that basically went around my foot to retreat to it's watery home under a huge rock. May have been some sizable bird checking me out as I progressed. It was pretty neat, although I never seen it.

I dunno.

Probably a coyote. Some coyotes behave in the same manner that foxes do. I had one coyote shadow me once while fishing, and another approached me. I've even heard of them following people mowing fields hoping for a rodent to lose their cover.

Beavers and otters are present there.  Plenty of bobcats in the area, some around 50 pounds according to locals. 

[Dee-Vo]

Bobcats, foxes, and coyotes all crossed my mind. Whatever it was proved to be quite curious to keep up with me that long. Another very curious critter is the weasel.....I came across a few of those in a creek last summer. They would come all the way down to the water's edge and stare at me and make those quirky sounds similar to an otter or even a guinea pig. It's a mystery.

[driver]

Bigfoot....

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[Yallerhammer]

I've had mink follow me a couple times before when I was fishing. They usually don't stay hidden, though.

[Dougfish]

Irish Travelers.

[Woolly Bugger]

Bigfoot....

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Exactly what I was thinking!

[driver]

you just gotta tell em, "GIT"

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[Dee-Vo]

[Yallerhammer]

Bigfoot....

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Exactly what I was thinking!

I can remember when that clip first came on our local news. I was literally rolling in the floor laughing. "I had to go out there and rough-talk 'im" "Hit had bee-you-tee-full hair!"

[RiverbumCO]

A 50lb bobcat is somebodies fucking pet.  No way a cat that fat could still hunt to maintain that kind of figure.

[Yallerhammer]

They're out there. Saw one that a guy near here killed that was a shade under 50. It wasn't fat, either. Just friggin' huge. 35 pounders are not uncommon up here. 20-25 is about the average for a male, though.

[jkilday4]

  A little bit of everything in that trip!

[troutfanatic]

You're on fire Jason.



You may be the chosen one to redeem this shit-show from the depths of the commode.

[Dee-Vo]

Thanks, fellas.

I reported the hellbender sighting to the wildlife folks as they've got a contact email provided on the website. Seeing that thing in almost the same exact spot that Onslow saw one a while back was neat. I informed the wildlife folks that two had been spotted in that locale. In case you're curious or in case you want to report a sighting:

http://www.ncwildlife.org/Portals/0/Learning/documents/Species/Fact-Sheet-Eastern-hellbender.pdf