Cormorants:

[Eskimo]

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Cormorants are bad news. They really like Merrill Creek Reservoir.

I don't mind sharing the environment with other fish predators. I love seeing eagles, ospreys, and loons. The trouble with Cormorants is there are so damn many of them.

The Eskimos had a way of 'fishing' for birds like these. The would sharpen both ends of a piece of bone or antler to a sharp point and tie a string in the middle. Then they would insert the pin in a fish length-wise and release it. When the bird grabbed the fish and ate it, it would pull on the string, the pin would shift and lodge itself in the bird's gizzard. The bird would then be tethered by the string.







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[buzzbaiter]

Originally Posted by Eskimo

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Cormorants are bad news. They really like Merrill Creek Reservoir.

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yup. they are all over the timber sections. i would say dozens of them.

[baetis]

I'm concerned that trout stocking some of the small ponds attracts the bird which in turn decimates not only the temporary trout, but also the bass and year-round fish.

[youngdumbandfulloffish]

Originally Posted by baetis

I'm concerned that trout stocking some of the small ponds attracts the bird which in turn decimates not only the temporary trout, but also the bass and year-round fish.

That's an interesting thought. I've only seen them chowing down on trout but I assume they'll eat just about anything.

[FASTEDDIE29]

I say kill em all but that's just my PAGAN side of the family speaking out loud.............

[NJSquatch]

Originally Posted by FASTEDDIE29

I say kill em all but that's just my PAGAN side of the family speaking out loud.............

People
Against
Goodness
And
Normalcy

[bunker dunker]

lots of states have opened a hunting season on them.there are just to many and the eat up to 7lbs of fish a day.

[NJ219bands]

Until this year, I saw > 50 cormorants at the Carnegie Lake Aqueduct every spring. Maybe they stayed away this year because of the fish kill there or http://www.thestate.com/news/local/article13846073.html worked.

[Jigman13]

Anyone ever fish Milton lake recently? Dozens of them on the dam and exposed timber. It's crazy.

The population of them down at Carnegie was growing too.

Buckshot anyone? Lol

[phil]

Originally Posted by Jigman13

Anyone ever fish Milton lake recently? Dozens of them on the dam and exposed timber. It's crazy.

The population of them down at Carnegie was growing too.

Buckshot anyone? Lol

I don't think there is anything left in that wastehole, sunnies included