Cormorants

kildare lad

Has anyone noticed an increase of cormorants on canals this year, was out three times over Xmas and there was 4 birds two mornings and two another. They've been on this stretch all winter and the big shoal of roach, perch and hybrids is halved , I can't catch a jack Pike to save my life although the previous years there's was plenty. I'm sure the stretch will be finished by March/ April . I've been talking to other anglers and they said they're having huge problems with them . Is there anyway of getting rid of them without shooting them.

Super-Rush

You'll see them on the canals in winter a lot more when the rivers are in heavy flood every other week.

We had a few haunting the canals around Carlow the last few months, but once the river levels dropped, they were gone again.

They can do some serious damage over a short space of time though.

Anyone I've spoken to about this recommends a cull.

kildare lad

Super-Rush wrote: »

You'll see them on the canals in winter a lot more when the rivers are in heavy flood every other week.

We had a few haunting the canals around Carlow the last few months, but once the river levels dropped, they were gone again.

They can do some serious damage over a short space of time though.

Anyone I've spoken to about this recommends a cull.

The stretch is only after returning decent the last three or four years, the 2 legged cormorants destroyed the place but me and another few anglers keep an eye on the place now , and the IFI in fairness to them be around too. But it looks like it'll be a graveyard again for a few years.