Cormorants!! Again!!!

[Colin Brett]

I have just had an afternoons Trouting at Grafham Water. Fishing on the Dam I counted over 50 Cormorants flying in over the dam and landing on the lake.

A short while later I had 10 of the Black B~#$~%Ds feeding not 30 yards out in front of

me. One even pinched a trout off my mates hook! Whoever said they only eat fish up to 10

to 12 ozs should come and have a look at what these B~#$~%Ds were shoving down their throats.

Trout to an estimated 1.5lbs were being swallowed, plus they were grabbing much bigger fish which they couldn't. They weren't a bit bothered by anglers shouting and clapping to try to scare them off. All we could do was watch. When will something be done about these pests.

Colin

[John S]

I haven't seen any evidence of cormorants where I fish, but I guess it's only a matter of time

 

If you feel like complaining to/informing your local MP about this matter and the total none-action taken by those we elected, here's a couple of websites you might find usefull.

 

http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/alms.htm This one ia an alphabetical listing of all MP's, some have websites and email addresses as well.

 

http://www.faxyourmp.com/ As you might be able to guess, this one lets you fax your MP over the net for free

 

[ 19 April 2002, 09:37 PM: Message edited by: John S ]

[Norrie]

I fish fairly regularly on Loch Fitty in Fife, they have a pretty bad cormorant problem, to the extent that there is a permanent advert on the notice board for an "early morning scarer" they will train the "lucky" person in fast boat driving and they also get free fishing....