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 Herons will nail fish too large to eat! This fish is one of three large brook trout that were skewered by a heron that was making night visits to my trout pond a couple of months ago. (The highschool next door lights up the sky like a Christmas tree every night and it's even brighter during football games) This fish was caught on hook and line today, and had obviously healed somewhat and survived. The other two that were found the next morning a few months ago did not. Not clear in the picture is a healed gash down the side. Apparently that beak is one sharp instrument! No sale on this fish! 
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Ouch! 
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Yeah, I've seen that particular wound before.
Herons suck.
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On second thought maybe this was evolving into a brook trout/porpoise! Salvelinus truncatus!  And I caught and killed it!
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Side wound look anything like this? 
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Yep! 
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[quote=Theo Gallus]Side wound look anything like this? [/quote Is this a threadfin shad ? By any chance .
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No it's the victim of a heinous crime. 
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It's a floor wax AND a dessert topping.
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It's a floor wax AND a dessert topping. 
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It's a floor wax AND a dessert topping. Quoting a 70's era SNL commercial parody. Now THAT is an obscure reference. Keep them coming.
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Cecil Wrote: No it's the victim of a heinous crime. Looks like a "heroneinous" crime to me.
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Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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Well this man is good with the wit!
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And these birds are smart enough to purposely stock a pond? I don't think so. Or are they so smart that they are removeing their competition for the smaller fish?
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They have good eyesight and can hear a rifles bolt closing at well over a hundred yards....or so I have heard.
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The GBH at my pond can hear me crawl through high-tension fence wires at about 75 yards. But I'm not too graceful about it sometimes.
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And these birds are smart enough to purposely stock a pond? I don't think so. Or are they so smart that they are removeing their competition for the smaller fish? Could be! Maybe both the trout and the heron were after the fatheads cruising the edge of the pond and he decided they were competition?
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The GBH at my pond can hear me crawl through high-tension fence wires at about 75 yards. But I'm not too graceful about it sometimes. Hell that's nothing. One that visits my ponds has a cloaking device and a deflector shield. And he's working on x-ray vision to see where I am in the house!
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From what I understand it's very common in nature for animals to attack competitors for the same food.
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From what I understand it's very common in nature for animals to attack competitors for the same food. Makes sense. BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
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The herons around here can hear my legrest go down on my recliner ............... and my dog is sleeping right under the chair and can't hear it. 
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The herons around my place must be pretty tame. I saw one the beginning of the week standing at the edge of the pond so I fired a round to scare it off and it flew to a nearby ditch. The next day it was back again so I fired into the rip-rap close to it and this time it flew out of site. The following evening it (maybe there are several) was near the pond and looked to have a piece of plastic stuck around it's neck. I was thinking "serves it right" but I took out my .223 and looked through the scope to find that it had a large silver fish in it's mouth. I encouraged the GBH to drop the fish with a little noise and flying lead then went to see what I had lost. Laying on the bank was a 14" shad and a 12" bass. I guess it was doing me a favor in this case. I haven't seen it for a couple of days.
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Do they make good forage ? And how often does the golden shiner spawn ? thanx i am thinking of useing them to feed my big LMB so they see other food besides BG and HBG .
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