Re: Are comprants destroying lake fishing for trout?
The cormorants are a growing problem, not just for trout fishing. I have a 5 acre pond next to my office essentially fish able only by people that work for my company and I am the only one who does. This pond had great bass fishing for years, the cormorants have eliminated every bass between 5" and 14". Two tough winters have really hurt the big bass population. This pond will soon be essentially barren of any fish over 5" as a consequence of a dozen cormorants who come in every spring and work it over
That being said I am opposed to trout stocking shallow ponds and lakes. It's a waste of fish due to predation and warm water kill. Better to put them all in rivers even more urban rivers in the eastern part of the state where there are more fishermen and good access and the fish can be spread out a bit. They are still easy enough to catch
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