Joe_Schmeaux wrote on Sep 24^th, 2013 at 8:12pm:

I don't think I've ever seen eagles eating "Quetico roadkill" though.

On Basswood in Backbay I popped a healthy Pike off a point on a topwater ( a memorable fish).......we pulled onto a long grassy point to clean the fish and eat it. By the time we were done we had not one but two eagles fussing and picking at the pike which was apparently a bit to big to fly off with. It was quite a treat to see them so close and on the ground.......they seem so much bigger on the ground.

Another time I was on Argo and picked up a laker. I cleaned it and was in the process of frying it up when a gull showed up soon followed by an eagle. Both assumed positions in the treetops waiting for my departure. I wonder who won that battle?

I see no adverse effect from leaving cleaned fish behind. The animal kingdom is rife with such examples. From the wolves running herds of caribou and clipping the back tendons and leaving far more than they could ever eat...... to mink who kill for the fun of it and leave a bloody trail of dead things every where they go. Everything has to eat and very little actually goes to waste.