Bit off more than he could chew

[haver79]

So yesterday I went out to check on the fish. Here is my goldie hovering near the surface with a 6 inch night crawler hanging out of its mouth.
Pretty sure that it wasn't going in and wasn't coming out. So I netted it up and pulled the night crawler out of its mouth. I don't think it had been there long cause the worm was still wiggling when I tossed it onto the ground. So wondering if that could of killed my fish eventually if I hadn't of pulled it out.
Should of taken a pic.
Also wondering if eating things like this when water temps are low 40s if they would have digestion problems??

 

[HARO]

The worm would have disappeared down the fish's throat in due time as the leading end was digested. I had a smallmouth bass (3" long) who decided to swallow a tankmate (white sucker 4" long). It took him a while, but he did it!
John

 

[DrCase]

Most of us stop the feeding when the temp drops below 50
That just shows us fish will eat when ever they get hungry

 

[haver79]

Huh I suppose he would of got rid of it eventually but it looked like it was stuck in there!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Interesting you should bring this up. In September I noticed one of my Comets had its mouth wide open. It worried me immediately because the last thing I want is one of my fish to die. So I went after it with the net, when I caught it, it spit out a big green caterpillar. Not sure if it was too big or what, but I was relieved and it was pretty funny.

(I then tried to eat the dead caterpillar to my frog but it didn't want it.)

 

[addy1]

(I then tried to eat the dead caterpillar to my frog but it didn't want it.)

Well if I was a frog watching you eat the dead caterpillar I don't think I would want it either!