J Darcy 5,871 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 HHHmmmm........... :hmm: Lets get a couple of 'mysteries ' posted in this section lads..... Quote Link to post
EDDIE B 3,120 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 What size fish are we looking at here JD? I hear Otter are partial to a bit of Carp, now and then! Quote Link to post
bobcullen79 1,495 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Mink? Dont a well fed otter just eat the soft bellies out of them? Quote Link to post
Nicepix 5,650 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) Got a couple of mink on my friend's lake and they have taken carp to 3 or 4lb, But herons also spear fish larger than they can swallow. Edit; Reminded me of a photo a friend showed me last year; a fox taking a pike from shallow water in a lake at Rotherham. Can we see more photos please? Edited December 18, 2015 by Nicepix Quote Link to post
Tiercel 6,986 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 What ever had hold of it was not big, as the fish was very stressed before it died. TC 1 Quote Link to post
lurchers 2,598 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 We have shot carp ponds on licence for cormarents as they were spearing the heavy carp as they couldn't carry them. 1 Quote Link to post
forest of dean redneck 11,190 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Pet cat Quote Link to post
jonnie bravo 572 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Looks like some sort of disease? Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 The redness looks like parasites, I've had them like that and they have jumped out of the pond trying to clean them selves off. Quote Link to post
DIDO.1 20,869 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Young otter pulled it onto the bank, it's flapped it's self to death...Otter chewed it's fins? 1 Quote Link to post
budharley 945 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Cormorant Quote Link to post
TOMO 24,876 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 It's a fish,,,and is dead,,,,not much of a mystery...... 2 Quote Link to post
TOMO 24,876 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 I live next to the Trent ,,,,and walking the banks regular,,,you often find big fish carcasses,,, Quote Link to post
Nicepix 5,650 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 It's certainly not a Pole 'cos there's no foil BBQ in the piccie. 5 Quote Link to post
J Darcy 5,871 Posted December 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Otter kill from a carp water . The only sign was a bitten fin, it had been dragged up on the banking and simply left to die. Otters do not just kill to eat, on heavily stocked waters thay will kill alot and only eat a small portion from each. They seem to love carp! That fish was about 6lb, but I have seen ten - fifteen pounders from the same water killed too. This is a water that is far away from a river, it's amazing how far into suburbia otters travel and they never get seen! Quote Link to post
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