06-16-2003, 11:27 PM
[cool]Can't offer you any suggestion on the "dogs". Hate them protected fish hounds.
Glad the pony express found you. Let me know if you need any input on some of the combinations. I think you got it pretty well figured out.
We have a few bald eagles that nest over here on a couple of the lakes. About three years ago, during the worst part of the early drought, they dumped the remaining water out of a small lake I like to float tube (Horseshoe Lake). There were a lot of fish that went through the chute and many of them were killed or injured. The seagulls heard about it and flocked in for the feast.
A couple of young eagles also got in on the action. Only they didn't scoop the fish in the traditional eagle fashion. They waited until a seagull hauled up a big fat crappie or bass and then swooped in and thumped the seagull to make it give up it's dinner. Lazy kids learned a life of crime early.
Down on the salt water channels below New Orleans, I would be out float tubing and catching a lot of sea trout and redfish. I threw most of them back and there were a couple of big brown pelicans that got to recognize me. When I launched they flew in and I couldn't get rid of them. I sometimes had to fight to rescue a fish to be released. A couple of times I thought they might be considering me as an appetizer. I guess I shouldn't have encouraged them by tossing the occasional snagged mullet to them.
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Glad the pony express found you. Let me know if you need any input on some of the combinations. I think you got it pretty well figured out.
We have a few bald eagles that nest over here on a couple of the lakes. About three years ago, during the worst part of the early drought, they dumped the remaining water out of a small lake I like to float tube (Horseshoe Lake). There were a lot of fish that went through the chute and many of them were killed or injured. The seagulls heard about it and flocked in for the feast.
A couple of young eagles also got in on the action. Only they didn't scoop the fish in the traditional eagle fashion. They waited until a seagull hauled up a big fat crappie or bass and then swooped in and thumped the seagull to make it give up it's dinner. Lazy kids learned a life of crime early.
Down on the salt water channels below New Orleans, I would be out float tubing and catching a lot of sea trout and redfish. I threw most of them back and there were a couple of big brown pelicans that got to recognize me. When I launched they flew in and I couldn't get rid of them. I sometimes had to fight to rescue a fish to be released. A couple of times I thought they might be considering me as an appetizer. I guess I shouldn't have encouraged them by tossing the occasional snagged mullet to them.
TubeDude
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