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Found these two BG's dead this morning. One was in the water two feet from where I normally feed and the other was at the end of the pond two feet up on the bank, high and dry. Probably two of my nicer bluegills  I have a feeling we have some nefarious activity around the pond in the night. 
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Sleepy, that's a shame. Always hate to lose nice fish like that. Do you this it's the dreaded Blue Heron?
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Look like they have been dead for a while.
Ken may be able to utilize them in some fashion, and call it good!
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Sleepy, that's a shame. Always hate to lose nice fish like that. Do you this it's the dreaded Blue Heron? I've never seen a heron on the pond during the day and I don't know that they fish at night, but they may. Don't know what happened here, but I'm thinking fish rustler. Hard to say though. Thanks for the replies. Dan
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Spawning mortality? Even if they have marks on them from a heron doesn't mean the heron didn't hit them on the way out. I always loose a few bluegills during peak spawning from stress which is right now over our latitude.
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This time of year and them being male, spawning mortality is a great bet...
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I never thought about spawning mortality. Just thought it odd that one was up, high and dry, on the bank, though I guess any number of critters could have happened along in the night and dragged him out of the water and left him.
Thanks for the replies,
Dan
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