Ducks

[Tako]

Will ducks taking off spook a pool? I'm getting PO'ed at the mothertruckers. Or should I just assume that if I spooked the ducks I spooked the fish already

[Brownstone]

I've often though of this but have nothing to support or rebut, one would think the fish should be use to the waterfowl and pretty mush ignore their actions to a certain degree .. good question Tako

[maxwell]

depends i figure.. on teh bow in some sitiations hells yea.. same with smaller streams..... ecspecially the crow n whatnot....... but thats just me....

[TerryH]

I've wondered the same thing, but haven't any experience that would indicate one way or the other. However, I've sure seen the fishing go south on a lake when loons start hanging around. Terry

[BRH]

Will ducks taking off spook a pool?

 

From what I've seen, I'd say it depends on the water. On streams like the Bow I'd suggest it doesn't have much of an effect. On smaller streams, I'd say ducks taking off certainly puts the fish down. That said, there are always exceptions.

[Guest Sundancefisher]

From what I've seen, I'd say it depends on the water. On streams like the Bow I'd suggest it doesn't have much of an effect. On smaller streams, I'd say ducks taking off certainly puts the fish down. That said, there are always exceptions.

 

My past biology experience would lend me to believe that it is size dependent. If the fish is big enough to feel pretty safe and the water is not gin clear they will probably remain active.

 

However, many predators come at fish from above like osprey and therefore any activity above them is probably not a good thing at all.

 

Fish probably do not know if a duck is not a predator anymore than they can distinguish between the shadow of a person fishing and a person walking a dog.

 

Loons look just like a duck probably to a fish just like a pelican might look like a duck on steroids.

 

They are probably attuned to being safe than sorry.

 

Just my thought.

[KingSalmon]

I was just about to cast to a rising trout on a small creek once, when a duck came in and bombed the pool. It swam around a bit and flew off. I decided to cast for the hell of it even though I thought there wouldn't be a chance in hell it'd feed after that, and ended up getting the trout to come up to the surface after all. So the ducks aren't always as disturbing as they seem I guess.

[Bowcane]

Well I,ve more than once seen a pod of browns working a spinner fall in the middle of a flock (gaggle?) of Canada geese doing the same. You need more than a 4WT to turn a big goose!

 

RB

[Bowcane]

Well I've more than once seen a pod of browns working a spinner fall in the middle of a flock (gaggle?) of Canada geese doing the same. You need more than a 4WT to turn a big goose!

 

RB

[fishfreak]

I was out last night where there were about a hundred birds, including some ducks, all around me and on the run that I was planning on fishing. As I approached the run, they all flew away or moved away from me, making lots of noise and stirring up the water in the process. I caught several fish shortly after, but wasn't sure if I would have caught more had they not been there. But still, the fish weren't spooked enough to not take my flies.