They steal some of my smaller bass and bluegill from my pond.I don't mind the bluegills but the grandkids love catching the bass. What do you do
Exactly! I have a couple of small Koi ponds and I have put in concrete blocks sideways. The fish hide in them & I can set the potted lilly pads on top. There is a Green Heron we call Fred. For years now he has made a good living eating the small mosquito fish & Molly's from the ponds. They reproduce so fast he is needed to keep them in check.Provide some additional hiding places for the fish. Herons do their best feeding where the fish have no hiding places. Even pieces of clean construction debris (concrete block, drain pipe, etc) can provide useful hiding places.
You need the bluegills too - as forage for the bass.
If you start to notice a high incidence or high prevalence of parasites in/on your fish, then it will be time to try some non-lethal methods to repel those herons since they are the definitive host.
They steal some of my smaller bass and bluegill from my pond.I don't mind the bluegills but the grandkids love catching the bass. What do you do
Cool pics good info on that too,learn something new everyday. His beak looks like chop sticks