Cormorant control

[landingzone]

Fished with a friend this morning out of Hughes Marina. The place has been inundated with cormorants. Hundreds of birds in the trees, which are now completely white from their droppings. 
When we returned to the dock about 11:00 we noticed a couple dead cormorants in the area near the boat ramp. I noticed two men in shirts with USDA on them. They were picking up brass from 22 shells. They said that they had killed about 100 birds. I saw them take a few more as I watched.

Hope they keep this up. 

[lachsforelle]

Get'm all and move on to the geese!

[whaler1]

When you come into Olcott harbor downwind of the rock pile that protects the harbor from north winds the stench is incredible. 

[bill furdock]

3 hours ago, landingzone said:

Fished with a friend this morning out of Hughes Marina. The place has been inundated with cormorants. Hundreds of birds in the trees, which are now completely white from their droppings. 
When we returned to the dock about 11:00 we noticed a couple dead cormorants in the area near the boat ramp. I noticed two men in shirts with USDA on them. They were picking up brass from 22 shells. They said that they had killed about 100 birds. I saw them take a few more as I watched.

Hope they keep this up. 

catch any fish?

[Grady95]

I'm from up around Ogdensburg on The River.  We have watched helplessly as these things have one by one, completely destroyed entire islands.  The Three Sisters out in front of Brockville smell so bad now that it's worth plotting a course around them if possible.  And there's no denying the toll they have taken on fish.  These birds can dive up to 30 down giving them the opportunity to decimate fry populations after hatches.  And try to find a perch these days!

I hope the DEC someday gets their head out of their ^#% and gives us a chance to make a fair fight out of it.  Right now, we're losing big.

[landingzone]

1 hour ago, bill furdock said:

catch any fish?

Fishing was very slow.