bird attack

[kochanut]

im thinking a bird, possibly a raccoon got this guy. i posted the pic large so you could see the fish
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[castnshoot]

Hard to say from the photo. It looks like a Bald Eagle swipe to me.

Looks like six gouge lines on the side you were showing. If there were 2 gouge lines on the other side it was likely a Bald Eagle.

An Osprey swipe would be 4 gouge lines on each side.
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[kochanut]

2gouges on th opposite side
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[flygoddess]

Seeing a lot of Baldies this year. That would be my guess. As they say in Canada "nice Troot"
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[riverdog]

I thought those were just your dimples[laugh].
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[TylerKunz]

Looks like one from the sandy pond! I had a brown last week that had all sorts of scratches on it that now its being mentioned a bird makes sense...
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[gstott]

I've seen at least a dozen bald eagles just driving around the valley this winter. I wonder why they're so prevalent this year? Despite (or maybe because of) the cold, it has been a really good winter for spotting cool birds. I just saw a large flock of tundra swan in a farmer's field on Sunday. That was a pretty cool sight.
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[RockyRaab]

Eagles driving around the valley? Man, those birds are getting sneaky, eh?


(Thanks for the delightful straight line, my friend. Couldn't resist.)
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[sinergy]

Wow !!! That fish looks like it took a beating, definitely could be a bird. Ive also seen ferrets / minks in the area I dont know if they eat fish but I think they eat anything, if they can get a hold of it.


Oh Nice Fish other than the scratch its a pretty nice size fish. Congratz !!!
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[gstott]

Yeah, they've become quite adaptive around these parts [:p]
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[Flyfishinglover]

At least that fish gave you a bright and fin wave. []

Nice picture of the semi beat up brown but not close as ugly as my bow from willow pond ha ha ha. [laugh]
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[philbert]

Don't forget about the river otters...although it does look like claw marks.
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[kochanut]

i kind of thought the same thing about otters, but since we are the only folks that fish that section and all i have ever seen is muskrats i dont think there are any there. but that does not mean there are not any around
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[Envenomation09]

The DWR released several otters in there a year or two ago.
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[kochanut]

hrmm i thought that was the middle and upper provo only? would not suprise me though
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[Envenomation09]

Yeah just those parts of the provo, were you fishing elsewhere? If so then I don't know if it was otters.
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