Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Dang GBH!!

I have only one GBH that has lived at my pond probably for years. Can see him almost daily at certain times of day. he NEVER lets me get close to him. I see his tracks on my pontoon boat dock where my feeder is. Now that my water has cleared up (and dropped) I see his tracks in about 6-12 inch water. I see white puke where he may be trying to call them in. I know he is eating some fish and have not worried too much about him because I have an overabundance of cnbg. But now that i FINALLY have enough LMB to catch and have fun I'm upset. This morning I found a beautiful and appeared to be otherwise healthy 15 inch LMB floating at the ponds edge!! had not been dead but maybe from last night. Still had good color and his eyes were not even "foggy". further investigation found a "hole" on both sides of the fish right behind the head and gill plate. It looked as if he had been shot. I assume that is a lethal stabbing from a GBH? What do ya'll think??

My first thought is why is the fish getting that close to the bird. If I get very close to mine they dart off. GBH maybe sit and wait still so they don't spook them. Not sure if its illegal in your area or not. Pretty sure and 22 or shotgun would keep you from being upset again with him.

Like Rusto sez, those suckers(like dang near every bird) are federally protected. Proceed carefully and confidentially.

Back in the spring I found one of the LMB I stocked last year on the bank with a hole in it. It was a really nice fat healthy looking fish that went to waste. I don't mind them eating a few small BG but killing a larger LMB just makes me mad. They always fly off as soon as they see me walking up.