The owl part of this story just reminded me of something that happened up at Lake Champlain last week.
We were done fishing for the day, we had ate, so I decided to try some jerkbait and topwater action from our dock while my buddies were hanging inside. I was particularly drunk that night, and it was dark (already not a great combo).
So I'm fishing, nothing on the jerkbait, and switch to my spook. I heard these big flapping wings and saw a commorant in the moonlight flying by about 50-60 yards away and landed on a nearby dock facing me directly in a straight line(probably saw my bait on the water). I bring in my lure close to my dock and see the bird take off. I swear to god I saw this thing flying right at me and I freaked out and ducked. I think I even yelled a bit. Turns out he did take off, in the opposite direction from me but I couldn't tell from the darkness.
Damnit.
