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I fished at elk river mills for a couple hours yesterday. Only caught a couple bass. There were probably a thousand pelicans there feeding. I have a video of them making a big circle and closing in and feeding on the fish if i can get it to post. I am sure they do not discriminate on which type of fish they eat, bass,crappie,bream, shad etc. Has to take a toll on the small fish. Any one catching any crappie around elk river ? Hope it improves.
Great pics, they want hang around long.
They where on Neely Henry for a year or so, they finally left or I haven't seen them anyway.
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Interesting to find them there
The American white pelican can consume up to 3# of fish a day! :yikes:yikes You talking about wiping out the fish!
They mostly go after the schools of shad, they're always in Limestone bay.
SOMEONE NEEDS TO POST A GOOD RECIPE FOR PELICAN
When the water got high this spring.... remember when it was almost to the store...it washed away a lot of the established structure. They still there they just ain't where they used to be. The crappie I catch can't be eaten by no bird because they live under the water. And they couldn't swallow them if they could catch them. Of course they eat some of the forage but cycle of life it is returned back to the water. Got pictures of this years bait forage but poor signal at this time.
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they come onto T hill every winter and are a glorious site. watch them circle and round up schools of shad and then dive into the chaos. natural thing and there are plenty of shad for all.
I was pier fishing on the Gulf of Mexico and there were pin fish ( looks like a bream, lives in salt water, the pins are the rays of the dorsal fins. Like sharp needles) killing my minnows I was using for flounder. I looked one of the little killers and tossed him on the pier. He ended up being a late night pelican snack. They can swallow a fairly large fish.Quote:
Originally Posted by catchNgrease
About the size of a gizzard shad
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I was fishing my favorite gravel Pitt a couple years ago. When the creek beside it gets up all kind of fish come in the Pitt. It had came a big rain and water was rushing in there. A blue Herron was sitting right where the water was coming in. I was fishing my rear off and catching nothing. He was catching what I will always believe was crappie every few minutes and just putting them in a pile. I wanted to shoot him. But I realized that’s just part of nature. But if still made me mad. Lol
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Or a medium sized crappie.Quote:
Originally Posted by catchNgrease
They are efficient fishing machinesQuote:
Originally Posted by Damion Kidd
We've been seeing these for several years but in the spring of the year. I inquired to a biologist about them and he said they summer in the great lakes but migrate to Fla and La. during the winter. Beautiful bird.