05-16-2009, 08:54 PM
[cool][#0000ff]I have fished all over the country...fresh water and salt. I have always kinda enjoyed watching pelicans. They can cruise just a wingtip away from the water for long distances without flapping their wings. And they make some crazy kamikaze dives when feeding. Scared the heck out of me a couple of times when they did it and I was fishing quietly in my tube and not expecting that big splash.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Pelicans are like illegal immigrants. They come into our fresh water venues and scarf up all the trout, when they are supposed to stay in the salt water zones and leave us mountain anglers alone.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Guess I'm a bit peeved that between pelicans and cormorants they have wiped out a couple of prime minnow ponds. And I have watched them wipe out the cutts in a whole long stretch of Strawberry River by having some go upstream while others work downstream and gulp down all the trout in between. Amazing the size of a trout a pelican can choke down.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, you are wrong about tasting like chicken. I have found them somewhere between bald eagle and spotted owl. A bit fishy too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Pelicans are like illegal immigrants. They come into our fresh water venues and scarf up all the trout, when they are supposed to stay in the salt water zones and leave us mountain anglers alone.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Guess I'm a bit peeved that between pelicans and cormorants they have wiped out a couple of prime minnow ponds. And I have watched them wipe out the cutts in a whole long stretch of Strawberry River by having some go upstream while others work downstream and gulp down all the trout in between. Amazing the size of a trout a pelican can choke down.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, you are wrong about tasting like chicken. I have found them somewhere between bald eagle and spotted owl. A bit fishy too.[/#0000ff]
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