How did he do it

Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:37 am

Today in work I was watching a cormorant fishing in the river.the water that he was fishing in is very brown and fresh water to and I no he would not be able to see anything.i watched him dive came back up with ntn then I seen him dive once more and he came back up with a flounder nice one to very far up river to.my question is how did he do it he can't see anything does he feel for them or is it sound or what any one no how he did it

Re: How did he do it

Thu Mar 20, 2014 12:24 pm

http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/features/ ... eConsent=A

Re: How did he do it

Thu Mar 20, 2014 12:47 pm

Thanks yngkmd was a good read

Re: How did he do it

Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:53 pm

chris power wrote:Today in work I was watching a cormorant fishing in the river.the water that he was fishing in is very brown and fresh water to and I no he would not be able to see anything.i watched him dive came back up with ntn then I seen him dive once more and he came back up with a flounder nice one to very far up river to.my question is how did he do it he can't see anything does he feel for them or is it sound or what any one no how he did it


count yourself lucky you saw it man! cool lad :)
a friend of mine was catching tiny flounder in fresh water in cappaquin while fishing for trout,feckin miles from the sea! about 2 euro size :)
i once seen a seagull and a ganet fight over the same fish for about 1/2 an hour only to have a seal snatch it,funny sh*t... :lol:

Re: How did he do it

Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:58 pm

chris power wrote:Thanks yngkmd was a good read


enjoyed it myself 8)

Re: How did he do it

Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:06 pm

Yea I didn't think they come that far up the river I checked if it was salty or fresh water it was fresh the water I tested but took test from top water could of been a be more to salt the deeper it went down ya learn something new every day

Re: How did he do it

Fri Mar 21, 2014 6:08 pm

chris power wrote:Yea I didn't think they come that far up the river I checked if it was salty or fresh water it was fresh the water I tested but took test from top water could of been a be more to salt the deeper it went down ya learn something new every day




Seen cormorants on trout lakes and some roach marks

Re: How did he do it

Mon Mar 24, 2014 1:06 pm

With the demise of lakes and rivers here we are seeing a lot more of these buggers around sea angling spots these days , murdering stocks of small pollock

Re: How did he do it

Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:59 am

chris power wrote:Today in work I was watching a cormorant fishing in the river.the water that he was fishing in is very brown and fresh water to and I no he would not be able to see anything.i watched him dive came back up with ntn then I seen him dive once more and he came back up with a flounder nice one to very far up river to.my question is how did he do it he can't see anything does he feel for them or is it sound or what any one no how he did it


Are you guys hiring any time soon, sounds like a great place to work :D

Re: How did he do it

Thu Apr 17, 2014 2:35 pm

Iv had flounder fishing the river in Ennis and got them on garden worms