Cormorants in the Salt

[Denlon]

Originally Posted by Captain Rich Adler

You know when I see them working, I know there is bait in the area, so that is kind of helpful to me. Last week when I saw one trying to swallow a winter flounder in front of my boat, I wasn't so happy!

They must have a really wide or stretchy throat to be capable of swallowing a Winter Flounder or a Fluke. It's hard to believe they can do it. In all my years on the bay, I never saw them eat a flat fish.

I wonder how they would do with the spikes on a Sea Robin?


Denny

[SaltLife1980]

To many of em

[wrktoomuch]

Anyone who doesn't think they need to be drastically controlled, has never seen them at work. They are voracious predators. You are limited to a few fish but Cormorants will clean out a pool of freshly stocked trout, while you can't get a bite. I work on Newark Bay and watch them eating fish all day long. While crabbing, they are brazen enough to steal the baits from the traps.