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Bad news for Wolfe lake
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 7:58 am
by Jale
Was away for the weekend on Wolfe lake (westport) with some guys from work to do a little fishing and a lotta unwinding.
Had catches of small walleye and great largemouth/smallmouth action. Beautiful weather but the most disturbing part of the weekend was the sighting of these 4 cormorants.
I didn't think that they had moved to these smaller inland lakes yet but I guess they have and will soon be taking over all our lakes in Eastern Ontario if nothing is done about them.
Pics arn't that good but it was as close to them as they would allow me to get
Joe
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:03 am
by Markus
Were are the cottage owners? I think a discreet 4 bird cull would be fairly simple.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:14 am
by UrbanAngler
I was out in Windsor this weekend and brought up the Cormorant issue with the locals I was hanging with. None of them realized there was a problem with Cormorants, though they'd "heard something about a protest to protect them". Avid outdoors people may understand the Cormorant issue, but it's surprising how few other people know the destruction of these pests....
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:16 am
by Jale
You and I think exactly alike Markus. The older fellow I work with mentioned something along that line come fall
Regardless, that is just a quick band-aid solution for what will become a major problem soon.
Joe
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:23 am
by Dartee
Seen a couple on Charleston as well
Maybe they could teach the perigin falcons that are being raised to hunt cormorants.
Cormorants
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:31 am
by B B
kindly enlighten me..I'm oblivious to the issue.
Many Thanks
BB
Cormorants
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:59 am
by Rocky
Re: Cormorants
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:03 am
by UrbanAngler
Thanks
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:34 pm
by B B
Troubling info. Thanks to all.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:05 pm
by sevendustfan#1
is this problem something like the goby problem in the great lakes?
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:40 pm
by Gravelguy4
I've seen a few on the ponds in our gravel pits in Durham region.
They're opportunistic and will spread if left unchecked.
Keith
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:55 pm
by ganman
They have been on Charleston for a couple years. They don't seem to get anymore than the handful there is now. I suspect that will be the same scenario on Wolfe. Likely they come from Upper or Big Rideau.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:45 pm
by wolfe
We've only spotted a couple here and there at Wolfe. I noticed a few on Gananoque a couple years back, as well, but don't know if they've picked up there or not?
Careful, jale6666, or I'll have to update your action figure to include a firearm!! The toy factory doesn't appreciate last minute line changes!
W.