Went ice fishing with my nephew 2 days ago - bald eagles stole every one of his fish
It was brutally cold but we went anyway.
While we were drilling the holes (with hand augers) we heard eagles - but couldn't see them.
When the first flag went up on my nephew's traps - 3 eagles appeared out of the trees and circled us only 30 feet off the ice.
When my nephew went to get the bait bucket after he iced his first fish - one of the eagles swooped down and took it!
And the 2 fish after that!
They were sneaky and silent - and pretty bold - flying within 20 feet of us.
My nephew went home cold and hungry - but the eagles got enough food to survive the night.
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We had a portable ice shack and a heater.
And it was better than staying home all day...
29 degrees out, just caught (pics!) of Buffleheads and geese on Patuxent River through my livingroom window!
