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.

casting

racoon?

diver-rig

Corn monkey?

select-fire

Snake

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.

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.

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.

wpageabc

EEL. They do it all the time in my traps.

JimmyJack

I cant believe a snake would catch them all out of a five gallon pail full of water? Im betting on a mink.

babun

Oh now you tell us about the 5 gal bucket.

Mink.

JimmyJack

Sorry, guess I took it for granted that everyone kept minnows in a bucket.

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!!