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Minnow killer

JimmyJack
Something got in my boathouse and bit the heads off all my minnows? What am I dealing with, a mink, a cat, or maybe an ermine? Next night ate all the bodies which I hadnt cleaned up. Nothing since.
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  • notnow
    racoon?
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  • diver-rig
    Corn monkey?
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  • select-fire
    Snake
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  • He Dog
    snakes don't eat heads off things, they swallow them whole. Look to a mammal, likely raccoon. Owls do that but not to minnows.
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  • select-fire
    He Dog wrote:
    snakes don't eat heads off things, they swallow them whole. Look to a mammal, likely raccoon. Owls do that but not to minnows.

    Sorry I have seen snakes eat just the heads off of fish.
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  • babun
    select-fire wrote:
    He Dog wrote:
    snakes don't eat heads off things, they swallow them whole. Look to a mammal, likely raccoon. Owls do that but not to minnows.

    Sorry I have seen snakes eat just the heads off of fish.

    +1

    Snakes are one of the few things that watch the eyes of their prey. I've seen many small
    fish de-headed by water snakes in my pond.
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  • wpageabc
    EEL. They do it all the time in my traps.
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  • JimmyJack
    I cant believe a snake would catch them all out of a five gallon pail full of water? Im betting on a mink.
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  • babun
    Oh now you tell us about the 5 gal bucket.

    Mink.
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  • JimmyJack
    Sorry, guess I took it for granted that everyone kept minnows in a bucket.
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  • babun
    JimmyJack wrote:
    Sorry, guess I took it for granted that everyone kept minnows in a bucket.

    Just funning with you.
    But all kidding aside, when I read "boathouse" {lucky you!!}, I envisioned a boathouse my fishing friend had.....His minnow tank was a 55 gal fish tank with all kinds of air-rators, feeders, lites.
    He did go over board on most things he did!!
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