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Yup!  You know those guys with the red head bands that are dead ringers for Chong of Cheech & Chong.
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Hi.
I have had the same problem here.
After trying several methods (it s illegal to kill them here) I ve had best results with scare-eye ballons.
I ve bought 6 of them in 3 colors for my 1 acre pond and fixed them on poles around the shore.
No more cormorants in my pond exterminating my LMB.
Just remember to turnover colors every pair of weeks.
Filippo
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Fil, would never have thought of that.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
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Add a scarecrow and move it once per week, this helped back when my Tilapia were dying. Not a perfect solution but it did help to keep them away, especially after harassing them everyday. I hate um
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With scare-eye balloons you don t need to harass them.
Just put them on a pole (or a branch) around your shore and you're done.
Just remember to turnover colors every two weeks.
Here it's the only working thing against those pests.
Hope it will work there too.
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Filippo,
Welcome to PBF!
Can you post a picture of one of the balloons?
Thanks,
Bill D.
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Thank you Bill for your welcome! Sure I can, here we go  Be sure to buy the ones with the chrome wheels stickers 
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Wonder if this would discourage the gbh too?
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You re welcome Bill! I m happy to help when I can.
CMM unfortunately no way the ballons will help with herons. At least they don t care about them in my pond, but for sure herons are more and more less harmful then cormorants. In my pond herons eat some little fishes near the shore, cormorants swim everywhere catching every kind/size of fish, eating only those they can swallow and leaving biggers dead. I hate cormorants so much....
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Thanks for the advice Filippo.
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Thanks for the advice Filippo.
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You re welcome CMM!
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IBass,
Cool, good to have another plan for them.
Thanks!
Brian
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IBass,
Cool, good to have another plan for them.
Thanks! You re welcome. I m glad to be somehow of help to you experts. We all know what would be the right way to get rid of cormorants...  But as long as it will be illegal balloons are the best alternative.
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Here, some pond owners can get a permit to permanently discourage them.
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Here, some pond owners can get a permit to permanently discourage them. Good to hear!
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Wish I could get close enough to permanently discourage them... Them critters can sure see good!
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Here, some pond owners can get a permit to permanently discourage them. I get an annual permit from TPW and then authorize my hunters/fishemnen as agents. Paperwork is a PIA . They carry a copy of the permit when at the pond and it has done a good job of moving them out.
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aeb, the state permit is no longer available. Everything got turned over to the feds. IIRC, this is the new permit info. https://www.fws.gov/forms/3-200-13.pdf
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the state permit is no longer available. Everything got turned over to the feds. 
Fishing has never been about the fish....
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Same thing with counting votes in our upcoming election, no longer counted by states. So I was thinking pond but this popped up, senior moment!!
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Not good! Looked back at some earlier posts and apparently, TPW sent all permit holders a letter. Either I missed it or it fell in a hole. Took a look at the Federal permit and it is a non-starter for me.
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the state permit is no longer available. Everything got turned over to the feds. X 2
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Wish I could get close enough to permanently discourage them... Them critters can sure see good! Reverse fish them. Tie the hook and bait deep enough that when they get hooked they drown. It how my grandfather feed his family during the war with ducks. He said its not cool when you get a swan that way but you need to eat.
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Can't you destroy critters that are destroying your property?
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