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Originally Posted by Slickcraft

Loon Diet:

https://loon.org/about-the-common-loon/loon-diet/

Alan

Thanks Alan!

According to that info "loons eat up to 2 lbs of fish per day". Based on that and to answer Hillcountry's question...in the past 4 years smolt salmon were stocked at approximately 17 per lb which means each loon could have consumed 34 fish per day. There were quite a few loons at Ames Farm in years past during and after stocking feasting on them!

This year they were stocked at 7 per lb. which made them large enough to easily evade most predators.

Dan