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I've been more of a reader, and not a contributor, going to try and change that this year.The loon talk pushes one of my buttons though. When this first came out I wrote letters to all my representatives. Stated that I was not a Loon expert, but by looking at the charts and data presented on the Loon webpages that we were actually in a population boon. The graphs showed that we went from roughly 100 pairs (or loons I can't remember) to over 500, in some period of time. I think I also used some other data points as arguments.Well that web page was removed from the Loon site. Gone. It's like the page never existed, one of the legislators must have brought it up.This year I went to look for some statistics and on this page, https://loon.org/loons-and-lead/. I see this. "Loons may also swallow lead tackle from the lake bottom along with the pebbles they ingest to help grind up and digest food; however, LPC’s data suggests that this is less common. "Wasn't it the lead from split shot that we were told was the main killer and that's why split shot needed to go? I am all for not killing loons, but I want decisions made on facts, not emotion.Now I also researched how much an average Loon eats in a day. 2 lb of fish. So that's 60 pounds a month, 5-6 months (jun-oct) 300-360 pounds per Loon per season. On Conway Lake we have 6+ Loons. Thats just about a ton of fish consumed per season. How many tons are regenerated every year?
Preach on! I also don't want to see loons or any bird hurt but facts are facts. It is totally an emotion led decision in my opinion.
As for ice fishing on Conway Lake. I only ice fish it 3 or 4 times a year. One drawback it is a two trap lake.I'm a relative newbie when it comes to targeting/success with Rainbows. I have caught a couple, but not consistent. I have caught a few big bass.Just bought an Eskimo Pistol last year, amazed at how good it is, might convince me to snowmobile a little less and fish a little more this year.Although I didn't snowmobile much last year either.Digs, I have access via a shared beach, but I can't grant that access to others. Although I could invite you out next time I'm up and planing on fishing.George
Mold your own and paint them. Making and painting jigs is easy, then there's a never-ending supply of what you want. Powder paints are easy to apply and very durable, way better than anything you can buy.
Do you know where I can find a mold for 1 1/8 or 1 1/4 oz jig heads?
I am convinced the the wild loons in the Northeast act very differently than the typical Minnesota wild loons.Our loons avoid people, canoes, and boats. They would never hang around a fisherman in hopes of scamming his minnows or catch. They keep too much distance between themselves and humans. I have heard of a couple rare cases when a loon attempted to grab a the fish off a neglected stringer, bot these incidents are accidents and not premeditated theft.Oddly, they are now attempting to reintroduce loons to some populated lakes in southern Minnesota. This is a fiasco!Because these lakes are so populated the homeowners have started feeding the "cute loons." Now these tamed loons come swimming up to the docks and boats looking for a handout. These loons exhibit the frustrating behaviors that you in the Northeast have described on this thread. My take-a-way is that tamed loons can be just as frustrating (but maybe not as dangerous) as tamed bears some idiots feed.
In New Hampshire, they often get within 10 feet of your boat, especially on more populated lakes with more kayakers and water skiers. They're smart enough to know that you won't shoot them, so they aren't really that afraid of people in southern New England. In southern Maine, we had one come up about 2 feet behind the electric motor on the canoe once and scream. That was quite the wake-up call.Where I've been in more northern areas in Maine, they aren't as likely to come closer. You'll need binoculars to get a good look at them when you're more north in New England.
But I will say, seeing 3-4 of them swim around/under your boat in clear water is pretty amazing.George
Should see the giant Tool Boxes that drive around in boats behind them on Pine River Pond like a convoy trying to alert swimmers there is a Loon with chicks within 3 miles. It’s unreal. Imagine buying a year round home on PRP and driving up each weekend to idle behind what is now a seagull on top of a McDonalds here now
I get them from leadfreebassjigs.com
Sounds messed up. Something like feeding bear cubs... Brings to mind Yellowstone's "tame" Buffalo that end up killing people..
I’ve hooked up with one. Not cool at all.
Did you take her to dinner first?
What happened? Did you cut the line? The beaks are very sharp and dangerous.
Not so much after you wring their neck.
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