Great Blue Heron vs Great Egret White Heron - Fishing Tactics

The fishing tactics of the Great Blue Heron vs Great White Egrets appear to be quite different. From what I’ve seen and others have commented on, the white heron or Great Egret using a stomping method to stir up debris or small organisms that attract prey, fish in this case, for them to strike at and eat. Great Blue Herons have a more laid back, patient approach. They stand still for long periods of time, waiting for an unexpecting fish to swim along to become lunch.

That all said, a quick Google search shows most sites having their fishing styles or techniques being similar. But there is more...

Great Blue Heron fishing tactics:

Great Egret fishing tactics:
PDF about Great Egrets using bait to lure, attract and catch fish:

“First Records of Active Bait Fishing for Great (White) Egrets (Ardea alba)"

SO we see that great egrets or white herons have been seeing using baits as methods of luring fish. This is very similar to what we witness the great white egret doing in this wildlife footage. Neat to see the egret and blue heron fishing next to each other! For a second there, I thought they were going to battle each other. The great egret caught more prey, but the great blue heron caught the largest fish!

#BirdsOfPrey #Herons #Fishing

Great Blue Heron vs Great White Egrets - Fishing Tactics

[katsavage]

Awesome video. Where is this? South Florida?