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Went a little while yesterday after carrying my dad to the Dr.the creek was up and pouring into where I was fishing.i caught a couple decent fish.a herring landed right where the creek was coming in.he sat there and caught probably 10 fish in about 30 minutes.i couldn't tell what they were just hoping it wasn't crappie.if I'd had my gun I would have been tempted to shoot it.lol
They do get a few crappie for time to time. I don't like them myself but I guess God put them here for a reason.
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True. Just hope he misses a few so the will get in my hole. Lol
Herons are some of the birds responsible for transporting fertilized fish eggs( that are stuck to their feet) from spawning areas to other bodies of water that may or may not have fish in them, so they are helpful in that respect as they promote the forking of the family tree so to speak.
I really wouldn't have shot him.just aggravated cause he caught more fish than I did lol
Damion, First I hope your father is better.
A different perspective on the Great Blue Heron. I think they are beautiful birds to watch. Sometimes it's okay to take a break, just watch, and enjoy the moment. I had an experience in the fall where I watched a Great Blue Heron catch a crappie that was ~10". It caught the crappie then placed it on the bank. As I trolled closer, it stood it's ground and firmly guarded his/her catch. I watched about 15-20 minutes while the crappie was still alive and being closely watched by its captor. We are all here for a reason. While it may be frustrating sometimes the restaurant happens to be where you are fishing, that Great Blue Heron needs to eat too. I enjoy reading you are catching more and more! Happy catching!
I really was kidding.lol.it was pretty cool to watch.but I have a question.it took every one it caught and laid them in a pile on the bank.did it go back later and eat them or what??
If not scared away. I am certain he came back to feast. BTW...they are excellent hunters. They hang out in a particular location for a reason. If he joined you, it coulda been for the company and it confirms you were definitely in a location holding fish.
He (or she) most likely had chicks in the nest to feed and was stocking up. And as annoying as they are, don't mess with them, as they are federally protected. You can not even possess a feather from one. I have a heron rookery on my property and can't even pick up a feather off the ground to use in tying flies.
Once, while fly fishing the Holsten River in NE Tennessee, I was doing pretty good catching stockers from 10-12 inches. An osprey was circling overhead, dove into the water and hauled out a 14 inch Rainbow. Amazing to see. Nature is worth watching.
Just now realized I misspelled it.
I agree on the watching part. Sometimes we get so caught up in the catch we forget the real reason for getting out. Went to the panhandle this last weekend and did some pier fishing Did more watching of the wildlife than catching... and I love to catch the mackerels
I watch an Eagle today catch what I think was a Bass about a pound and a half before I landed my first fish.
I wasn't mad, I'd use the word impressed, LOL!!
Herons are part of the food chain. I enjoy watching the ospreys and eagles fish. They are serious. However, over the last several years we have been invaded by cormorants. These are fish eating birds and are a nuisance. I never saw one in this part of the country for most of my life. Wish we could get rid of them but I'm sure they are protected. We also have plenty of pelicans
Blue Heron while fish eaters aren't the ones that need to be removed and make pretty good pets in the winter if you give them a shad or yellow stripe once in a while , while bank /bridge fishing (grin) ,its the Cormorants that I would like to see gone, they herd the fish up into coves and with hundreds of birds very few fish get away. They hang at the bridges and wipe the bait as well as the game fish too. They are starting to try and deal with them finally on the big G after they have killed the vegetation on a lot of the islands from their roosting . Also the Blue herons are still protected I think although they should be off the endangered list by now.
I could have a big time shooting cormorants if it was legal.
Lol.im not sure what that is.now I would love to see an eagle taking a fish.that would be awesome.
Many of the herons learn to hang out around the bridges when crappie fishermen are there. They know that a lot of small stripe get thrown back into the water, usually wounded and easy pickings.
Yeah - I wondered why you were eating bait! Lol. Cormorants are the ones that make me sick. We call them water Turkeys. During the winter a 100 will land in my lake 50 up 50 diving then switch. All the ones that come up have a fish in their mouth. Swallow, then back down again! I just pray it's shad. I watched a flock one morning that probably ate a 1000 fish in 5 minutes!Quote:
Originally Posted by Damion Kidd
They also a carrier / host of fish parasites ! :yikesQuote:
Originally Posted by riverboss
Herring are fish. I assume you mean a heron.
Yeah.if you read all my post I said I misspelled it.dang auto correct.lol
It's all good. We knew what you meant. And, we all make typo's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Damion Kidd
When I see one of the Great Blue Herons walking around my pond eating it makes me wonder how many he gets I don't mind the fish he catches but I wish he would leave the frogs alone. :hatchet: