Re: How many trout do these diving birds really eat?
A couple of years ago I went with a friend to the park around Dahnert's Lake in Lodi. That lake is about the size of a large parking lot, all put-and-take fishing. Since my friend brought her granddaughter and they played in the park, I decided to throw some spinners for a while. In the hour or so while I watched, two Cormorants landed, and I watched one come up with a stocked trout TWICE! You could watch the fish slide down the birds throat as it swallowed it. That was in an hour! And it was long past when that lake was stocked, so I'm sure they were feeding there regularly.
We laughed about how all my ultralight equipment couldn't outfish a bird.
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