Cormorant Damage

[Norrie]

Hopefully you will see a pic of a Rainbow Trout that was caught on Loch Earn yesterday afternoon, Some mess eh,caused no doubt by a Cormorant.

 

[ 09. May 2004, 08:04 PM: Message edited by: Norrie ]

[madmax]

Norrie, that could quite easily be prop damage from a boat.

just a thought.

[malevans]

Norrie, its not like the damage and scars I have seen on pike, which more like slashes. Does look like something took a chunk out, rather than a wound from a narrow beak. Almost looks as if an otter had been munching away and the fish managed to escape.

[Andy Macfarlane]

Osprey?

[Norrie]

Hiya, I did think it might be an Otter or an Osprey, but the concesus of opinion in our club thinks its a Cormorant, there are a couple on the loch.There are also a pair of Ospreys.To be honest, the cormorant damage I have seen before, is a stab wound through the fish.

[corydoras]

Mink perchance?

[Alan Taylor]

Originally posted by Norrie:

[QB] BAIT mate

 

Alan

[Norrie]

Alan, OF course, its in the freezer, waiting with some of its mates.

[JONNYX]

ive seen bass floating on the surface near manacles a few of times, always after having spotted several cormorants pack hunting. they are invariably wounded in the gills, an obvious weak spot. i plump for osprey as it looks like a tear.

[chesters1]

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To be honest, the cormorant damage I have seen before, is a stab wound through the fish.

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thats more like a Heron,corms grab the fish ,if the fish is lucky (more lucky if secondry infection isnt caught) its left with a pair of scars each side of the body ,if it has thin scars or marks and a hole its escaped from a Heron when it flips the fish up to catch it in its beak for swollowing,err usually