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Post by davidphillips95 on Jun 11, 2011 7:04:07 GMT
Was fishing a resevoir im a member of last night and came across this dead rainbow in the shallows.  As you can see from the photo it has a slash on its side and is marked around the slash. I have noticed a cormorant coming to the resevoir early doors but until now i didnt think much of it. The water is stocked with fish around 2.5lb as it was assumed fish of this size would be too large for a cormorant to eat. After finding this fish im not to sure if this was correct, it looks like something has had a go and the fish has managed to escape. Would anyone be able to confirm it is cormorant damage from the picture? If so what are the best ways to keep them off the water? Thanks, Davie |
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tweedsider
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Post by tweedsider on Jun 11, 2011 7:39:42 GMT
Looks more like a heron stab to me, but I aint no expert. Impossible to keep cormorants off in my opinion just take a look at the sad decline of Loch Leven.
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Post by builnacraig on Jun 11, 2011 7:55:28 GMT
Quite likely to be a cormorant. The hook on the upper beak normally leaves a hole or gash on one side of the fish with a score mark on the other. I've heard of cormorants taking fish bigger that 2.5lb.
As for keeping them off the water....there is a model boat club in Ayr, get them up there with a high speed stealth mini submarine equipped with a rotating brush, they hate getting their feet tickled, apparently
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Post by tenet on Jun 11, 2011 9:17:41 GMT
My money would be on a Heron strike - I fish Chew Valley Lakes and they have a high resident Cormorant population. Most damaged fish have a hole in their side rather than a slash. As an aside the RSPB have done a wonderful job in protecting the Cormorant on Inland waters  |
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Post by dangler on Jun 11, 2011 10:23:31 GMT
Was fishing a resevoir im a member of last night and came across this dead rainbow in the shallows. Would anyone be able to confirm it is cormorant damage from the picture? If so what are the best ways to keep them off the water? Thanks, Davie Entice them away from the trout with a scattering of best quality Pb pellets. They appear to like them because once sampled, they never go back to trout again!  Tight lines, Mike |
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Post by brokenbank on Jun 11, 2011 10:42:02 GMT
I've seen several dead fish with similar marks around the edge of a small private stillwater I fish in Cumbria. I know it's often frequented by herons as I've seen them standing at the edge, although I havn't seen any cormorants, so I presumed it was down to to herons.
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dunkeld
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Post by dunkeld on Jun 11, 2011 13:31:00 GMT
My guess is that it was caused by a heron strike.
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