The most dangerous encounter I had with wild animals while fishing was on the Yakima River in Washington. We had stopped out float at a small island for a lunch break when the island became inundated with these wild creatures. They were a group of local ski patrol members from a local ski resort out for a fun time on an extremely drunken river float vacation. One of them almost drowned while trying to land his inner tube on the island. Another one, who was trying to save the first one, almost drowned in the rescue effort. We pulled up stakes and left, wondering if any of them actually survived.