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Two Lost #293451 05/26/12 08:43 AM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 85 Northwest Ohio S sleepyweasel
sleepyweasel S Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 85 Northwest Ohio	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.

Re: Two Lost sleepyweasel #293454 05/26/12 09:16 AM
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,435 S. Mississippi R rmedgar Ambassador Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
rmedgar Ambassador Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker R Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,435 S. Mississippi	Sleepy, that's a shame. Always hate to lose nice fish like that. Do you this it's the dreaded Blue Heron? Just do it...

Re: Two Lost rmedgar #293455 05/26/12 09:27 AM
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JKB Hall of Fame 2015 Lunker J Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,692 Michigan	Look like they have been dead for a while. Ken may be able to utilize them in some fashion, and call it good!

Re: Two Lost rmedgar #293459 05/26/12 09:57 AM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 85 Northwest Ohio S sleepyweasel
sleepyweasel S Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 85 Northwest Ohio	Originally Posted By: rmedgar 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

Re: Two Lost sleepyweasel #293462 05/26/12 10:18 AM
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Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Likes: 1 Northeastern Indiana	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. If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.

Re: Two Lost sleepyweasel #293488 05/26/12 02:56 PM
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CJBS2003 Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame Lunker C Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 10,458 Likes: 3 Earth	This time of year and them being male, spawning mortality is a great bet...

Re: Two Lost sleepyweasel #293544 05/27/12 11:04 AM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 85 Northwest Ohio S sleepyweasel
sleepyweasel S Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 85 Northwest Ohio	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