Went fishing for large-mouth bass on Lake Toho today. \u00a0What a great smooth, easy to fish body of water. \u00a0Lots of wildlife to enjoy between bites.<\/p>\n
As we fished, and occasionally needed to refresh our bait, \u00a0we would toss the old bait into the water. Quite unexpectedly, an osprey spotted us and dove down within four feet of our boat to scarf up the shiner we had just tossed overboard. Never had time to grab a camera, but he was super close.<\/p>\n
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