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    Default Please comment on the benefits of managing the cormorant problem...


    The feds are taking comments on how to deal with the thousands of cormorants that have become a nuisance on virtually every lake in the US. Apparently they are protected by a migratory bird act agreement with Canada that is 80+ years old.
    I cannot think of a single positive thing about cormorants. They ruin docks and duckblinds that they roost on and eat a couple lbs of fish every day. It is time for a change.
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    Scoter....couldn't agree more. One benefit would be the survival of millions of young of the year panfish. I'm not an authority on the subject but do know they eat a heck of a lot of young perch, bluegill and I suppose whatever else they can catch. After looking at the comments, it's something that's been needed for a long time.

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    Government stocks trout in a local park, I have counted over 50 cormorants roosting in the trees waiting to slurp up the stocked trout. Expensive bird food.

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    They have deforested several islands on Lake Guntersville and messed up a whole lot of things. They roost on the large transmission towers and the stench from their droppings which coat the entire towers is disgusting. I can't comprehend why they're protected. There should be a bounty on them.

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    I think South Carolina has (or had) a season on those rascals during or at the end of duck season each year. I have relatives down that way and they were telling me about it several years ago. Said darn things were not that easy to kill.

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    I think as soon as we deal with this bird problem we should move on to large mouth bass. I have been told they eat minnows and small crappie as well. And them dang otters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FurFlyin View Post
    They have deforested several islands on Lake Guntersville and messed up a whole lot of things. They roost on the large transmission towers and the stench from their droppings which coat the entire towers is disgusting. I can't comprehend why they're protected. There should be a bounty on them.
    X2! I think there should be a bounty on them.


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    Quote Originally Posted by catchNgrease View Post
    I think as soon as we deal with this bird problem we should move on to large mouth bass. I have been told they eat minnows and small crappie as well. And them dang otters.

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    KILL THEM ALL ! I have preached for years about them .Water coyotes is all they are . They consume ,maim ,kill and waste literally thousands of TONS of freshwater fish every year .
    I watched a greater kill a really large crappie one year in the winter and even though the fish escaped its hooked beak the first go , it chased the crappie down and caught it again . I was sure at the time a close to 2 lb slab like that couldn't be swallowed by the bird and was dumfounded when it managed to get it swallowed and took to flight like nothing happened with an extra couples of lbs. of ballast .
    And yes I hear tell they are about tough as nails when it comes to putting them down . One of my little minks on the river where I watched that bird kill that crappie , killed one a year ago and that little mink became a BIG hero with me .
    Nasty ,smart, nuisance animals for sure , they cleaned out several thousand lbs of rainbows in 2 days at one spot they stock locally .
    They can't go away quick enough for me for sure …..sorry for the rant but I am sick of seeing big slab crappie with huge rips down the sides every winter .
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