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How did he do it

#1 Post by chris power »

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
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2012 species list (In order of appearance), Pollock, Whiting, Colefish (New PB), Shore Rockling, Flounder (New PB), 5 Bearded Rockling (New Species), Dogfish, Pouting, Plaice, Dab, Lesser Sandeel (New Species), Cod (New PB), Long Spine Sea Scorpion, Ballan Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Mackerel, Herring, Goldsinney Wrasse, Butterfish (New Species), Ling (PB), Halibut (New Species), Haddock (New Species), Red Fish (New Species), Wolffish (New Species), Rockcook Wrasse, Shanny, Poorcod, Conger

2011 species list (In order of appearance), Pollock(PB), Lumpfish (New Species), Whiting, Colefish, Codling(PB), Dab, Pouting, Shore Rockling, Conger (PB), Blenny, Corkwing Wrasse, Three Bearded Rockling (new Species), Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Ballan Wrasse, Plaice, LSSS, Poor Cod (new Species that i know of), Sand Smelt (new Species), Herring (new Species)
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#3 Post by chris power »

Thanks yngkmd was a good read
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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:
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chris power wrote:Thanks yngkmd was a good read
enjoyed it myself 8)
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#6 Post by chris power »

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
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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
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#8 Post by seabass88 »

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
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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
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#10 Post by cragk25 »

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