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'Duck-eating' fish removed from Lakeside shopping centre lake


Ken L

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Corm's arn't very big when you get them in your hand, much smaller than you would think!

Looks like the pike has bitten off more than it can chew and is prolly gonn'a croak along with the bird, fingers ceossed the grebe go the hell out'a dodge

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Pike of course almost always grab their prey broadside, release it then swallow it head first.

 

Hence the old fashioned countdown from the initial take to the strike which can often lead to a deep hooked fish.

 

More modern, instant strike rigs will hook a Pike in the scissors more often than not.

 

Enter the real Pike Anglers!!! :marinheiro:

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All,

 

Well, for Vagabond I'm calling it a CORM.

 

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They're not too dissimilar in diet & looks!!

 

Cormorants kill (& injure) much bigger fish, whereas Grebes just kill & eat what they need to survive (small fish,frogs, tadpoles etc)

 

I know on some venues, the Corms are shot on sight when it's quiet.

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They're not too dissimilar in diet & looks!!

 

Cormorants kill (& injure) much bigger fish, whereas Grebes just kill & eat what they need to survive (small fish,frogs, tadpoles etc)

 

I know on some venues, the Corms are shot on sight when it's quiet.

 

Corm's don't kill for the sake of it and eat just the same as the grebes eat. Any fish eating predator will injur some fish as it escapes, or it turns out to be too large to manage. Most of these injuries are superficial and the fish will recover very quickly.....a lot more fish are victim of match anglers than are of predators. Every time there's a match on the local canal there are fish belly up floating against the banks.

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All,

 

I'll also add - you have to be a pretty good shot to hit a Corm in the water with a .22cal

 

 

 

disclaimer: - (Today, in thirteen states, aquaculture producers may shoot cormorants feeding on their private ponds, and they may call on government wildlife managers to shoot birds on nearby roosts.

 

Our regulations may be different than those in the UK

 

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I dont know how true this is but the female bailiff of a local gravel pit near us told us about a guy who was throwing a ball out on the water for his very small dog to retrieve, and as the bailiff came around checking for day tickets the guys small dog was attacked by a big pike and was dragged under the surface.

 

I also read in one of my Pike books about a horse that was drinking which was attacked by a Pike along the edge of a lake. They said that the Pike had homed in on the sound of the horse drinking because the Pike was probably blind.

 

Keith

Perhaps the pike was not blind but the horse merely drinking but giving off the vibrations that could be the same as a dying or injured fish ? Pike just underestimated the size or forgot it wasnt a crocodile ,looking comes second in primal reactive situations put your hand in a bunch of male toads in mating season ,do you really think the toad/s that grab your hand really think its a female lol
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All,

 

I'll also add - you have to be a pretty good shot to hit a Corm in the water with a .22cal

 

 

 

disclaimer: - (Today, in thirteen states, aquaculture producers may shoot cormorants feeding on their private ponds, and they may call on government wildlife managers to shoot birds on nearby roosts.

 

Our regulations may be different than those in the UK

 

Phone

Dont shoot them in the water ,wait until they come out and dry themselves (wink)

Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you

None of this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap it just means i have at least two enemies!

 

There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong

 

Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle

 

Mathew 4:19

Grangers law : anything i say will  turn out the opposite or not happen at all!

Life insurance? you wont enjoy a penny!

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson

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And now we have piranha's in Yorkshire - wink wink.

Species caught in 2020: Barbel. European Eel. Bleak. Perch. Pike.

Species caught in 2019: Pike. Bream. Tench. Chub. Common Carp. European Eel. Barbel. Bleak. Dace.

Species caught in 2018: Perch. Bream. Rainbow Trout. Brown Trout. Chub. Roach. Carp. European Eel.

Species caught in 2017: Siamese carp. Striped catfish. Rohu. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Black Minnow Shark. Perch. Chub. Brown Trout. Pike. Bream. Roach. Rudd. Bleak. Common Carp.

Species caught in 2016: Siamese carp. Jullien's golden carp. Striped catfish. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Alligator gar. Rohu. Black Minnow Shark. Roach, Bream, Perch, Ballan Wrasse. Rudd. Common Carp. Pike. Zander. Chub. Bleak.

Species caught in 2015: Brown Trout. Roach. Bream. Terrapin. Eel. Barbel. Pike. Chub.

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