2012 May 11 - Maine

It started out as another typical good day of fishing in Maine.  We were both catching a few nice bass when we decided to explore the outlet stream on this lake.  As we entered the stream, I heard some splashing and looked down to see this red squirrel swimming furiously toward our boat!  I didn't know if it was going to try and climb into the boat, but it just came right up to it and then swam by to head for the opposite side of the stream.  As it approached the shore, the water suddenly exploded as a bass tried twice to gobble the squirrel down!  Lucky for the squirrel, the bass missed and the squirrel made it safely to shore. I have never seen a squirrel  swim before, and it happened so fast, I didn't get any pictures, but I did find a video clip on YouTube that is similar to what happened to us - so it does happen!

Esther with a 16" smallmouth bass. I caught this before all of the excitement with the squirrel.