damn cormorants
 

walked by the local pond today should of know it just got stocked have not seen one of these damn birds there the last week today there's 5 and they are picking it clean

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should be a bounty for killing those shit birds

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The first time ive seen them in action I was in awe- every time one dived down it had a fish in its mouth when it came back up, ate it whole, then went down for more.
That's just how nature goes however.

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On second thought this looks fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMhA7K4V87o

It seems like trout stocking have caused their over-population- and now they're hurting wild populations once they eat up all the stockies?

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Just another good reason to stop stocking these scum hole duck ponds that hit 80* water temp by June 1st.

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I've seen cormorants on your beloved Raritan River too, they'll just follow the stocking trucks to wherever.

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yeah but just as bad as the snagging *******s that there the day they stock

i seen guys fishing with 4/0 size spinners in the ramapo

didn't know they stocked musky and pike in there

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Saw about 10 in Echo lake today. there have been none the entire spring. The truck must have come yesterday. They wiped out the entire stock last year. Only three fish were caught on opening day ...all were 16 " and up. Our stamp fee is feeding the dirty ducks.Not exceptable in my book. It's time the state does something.

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What options are there other than hunting management? Other than massive musky stockings that eat the birds... although that'll hurt trout more i guess

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The guys driving the truck once told me they follow the truck it's amazing how fast they show up for dinner

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There should be open season on them all year long. They are not only at the stocked steams and ponds but also in the ocean. Something should be done.

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Love the video!But probley can't do that here in Jersey. All the money we spend to live and fish here and WE are restricted on what we can keep!
About twelve or so years ago I was looking for peanut bunker in Raritan Bay. In Leonardo Harbor I found a 30 to 40 of those BLACK DEATH birds diving on something. I assumed it was pb so I threw my cast net ( unfortunately not getting any birds ) and to my surprise loaded with spike weakfish!!And now we can only keep ONE! Something has to be done indeed. Find the nest and vegetable oil the eggs.

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I have had em sitting 20-30 feet away from the boat blackfishing inshore and watched em eat small blacks every time they dive for one.....then leave when full!

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Remember they are protected under a federal statute regarding migratory birds much like the damn Canada geese. If you go after them be very circumspect.

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Just started seeing them this week on So. Branch... Glad the water is muddy.. Hope they starve..

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You should see how smart these birds are down in FL. As sooon as they see a boat stop and the fishing poles come out, they come out of nowhere... At first they land in your general area and keep their distance...Once they see you reeling in a fish they come closer and as soon as they see you realease it, they dive for it.

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I paddled beneath a cormorant in a tree in Merrill Creek Reservoir and the thing nearly shit on me. :(
I wouldn't mind seeing a depredation program targeting cormorants. They are a real nuisance.

Someone's pics - not mine.

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They're smart, and will find enough.

Once we stop stocking half a million bird-snacks in the waters, then they'll starve but only once they drastically hit the other native species.

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They sit at the entrance to fish ladder on the Raritan river where the fish get bottled up.

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I've yet to see one in the D&R Canal eating stockies and it's odd because they are in the Delaware when the herring start running. We can't catch those herring anymore for bait, but the birds can feast away.

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Fished Verona Park 6am till 1pm Sunday, saw 9 trout eaten by what appeared to be only 1 or 2 birds during that time.