highdrifter Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Huh...must have been a brown I caught...... Not to mention that every Salmon we pulled in last year had an eel atttached to it...... Whatever. That ain't no brook lamprey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gbfisher Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 how does one tell?............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 how does one tell?............. Give a hoot? Read a book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gbfisher Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 read enough to know what constitutes being a parasite... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 read enough to know what constitutes being a parasite... That's wonderful GB. Then you'd know that brook lamprey feed on diatoms and protozoans... By the by, a parasite isn't necessarily a sucker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 (edited) Give a hoot? Read a book. I didnt read a book,but did do some reading up. Northern Brook Lamprey Features: The Northern Brook Lamprey (Ichthyomyzon fossor) has the characteristic features of lampreys -- a round mouth and teeth arranged in a circle -- but this species is non- parasitic and the larvae feed on diatoms and protozoans. This species is small (9-16 cm long) and is easily confused with other native lampreys. As indicated by its common name, this species lives in small rivers. Adults spawn in gravelly riffles and then die. Individuals can lay over 1,000 eggs. When the larvae (called ammocoetes) hatch they make burrows in soft mud and spend six years growing. Then they metamorphose into an immature adult stage which lasts over winter (about 8 months) and then they develop sexual maturity quickly, emerge from the mud and disperse as adults to the spawning grounds. Adults never feed and live for about a year before dying. Status: Special Concern Provincially and Nationally Range: The Northern Brook Lamprey lives in the eastern United States in the upper Mississippi and southern Hudson Bay drainages, ranging from Manitoba and the Great Lakes region south to Missouri, east to the St. Lawrence River. In Ontario, it lives in rivers draining into Lakes Superior, Huron and Erie, and in the Ottawa and St. Lawrence Rivers. Threats: The Northern Brook Lamprey prefers warm water and it may never have been common here. Ontario populations have declined because of the application of non-selective chemicals in streams to control the introduced Sea Lamprey, which is a parasitic species and a threat to Great Lakes fisheries. The species persists in untreated streams, above barriers and in backwater areas, which are not affected by the treatments. Water drawdowns and siltation are also potential threats. read enough to know what constitutes being a parasite... Good ol Andy.LOL Edited April 3, 2009 by misfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 I didnt read a book,but did do some reading up. Northern Brook Lamprey <img src="http://www.rom.on.ca/ontario/images/risk/photos/stout fellow-58.gif" border="0" class="linked-image" /> Features: The Northern Brook Lamprey (Ichthyomyzon fossor) has the characteristic features of lampreys -- a round mouth and teeth arranged in a circle -- but this species is non- parasitic and the larvae feed on diatoms and protozoans. This species is small (9-16 cm long) and is easily confused with other native lampreys. As indicated by its common name, this species lives in small rivers. Adults spawn in gravelly riffles and then die. Individuals can lay over 1,000 eggs. When the larvae (called ammocoetes) hatch they make burrows in soft mud and spend six years growing. Then they metamorphose into an immature adult stage which lasts over winter (about 8 months) and then they develop sexual maturity quickly, emerge from the mud and disperse as adults to the spawning grounds. Adults never feed and live for about a year before dying. Status: Special Concern Provincially and Nationally Range: The Northern Brook Lamprey lives in the eastern United States in the upper Mississippi and southern Hudson Bay drainages, ranging from Manitoba and the Great Lakes region south to Missouri, east to the St. Lawrence River. In Ontario, it lives in rivers draining into Lakes Superior, Huron and Erie, and in the Ottawa and St. Lawrence Rivers. Threats: The Northern Brook Lamprey prefers warm water and it may never have been common here. Ontario populations have declined because of the application of non-selective chemicals in streams to control the introduced Sea Lamprey, which is a parasitic species and a threat to Great Lakes fisheries. The species persists in untreated streams, above barriers and in backwater areas, which are not affected by the treatments. Water drawdowns and siltation are also potential threats. Good ol Andy.LOL That about sums it up Bryan! Seeeeeeee.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 What a life... Spend 6 years underground, get up, don't eat a damn thing, find a bunch of women, have lots of sexy time, then die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gbfisher Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 lol Brian. ..now hows about a picture to compare with ......... search 'posting a picture'... easy there Drifter.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 easy there Drifter.... What did I do?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musky66 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 They are parasitic and feed by sucking fluids out of trout and salmon by attaching to them with their sucker mouth and rows of teeth. They almost decimated the fisheries in the great lakes many years back. Much money has ben and will be spent to control their numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 (edited) lol Brian. ..now hows about a picture to compare with ......... search 'posting a picture'... I havent posted a RED X in many moons.LOL Edited April 3, 2009 by misfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steel'n'esox Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Speaking of lampreys, wanna have some fun, those things spawn after trout in may/june in shallow rocky streams, they line up in pairs males and females, you try to sneak up behind them and with the white cotton gloves you use to tail steelhead, you reach down and try to catch them before they see you. the best creeks to do this on are also the best ones for trout. Honest its really exiting, plus your doing the trout a big favour, they will thankyou with many memorable days of double digit steelhead. By the way that sure is a biggun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhenrygsr Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Big or small ...Kill em all!........Before It's a boy and what a boy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snag Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 This is an urban cougar lamprey. Evolution is cruel Highdrifter has these things all over him! I'm a little aroused.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OhioFisherman Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Many years ago fishing from shore in Lake Erie with a neighbor and his dad in Cleveland his dad caught a sheephead. It had a lamprey attached to it on the soft flesh under the gill plate, also seem catfish with marks on them from lamprey usually right where the head ends. We killed that one, I have no feelings of guilt over it. Never had an issue with killing a gobie, though bait would have been a better plan if legal Got to watch the history, plenty of blame to spread around on why some species are no longer common sights in the great lakes and elsewhere, most of it human activities. Dad used to tell m of sturgeon being thrown on shore and left for dead when he was young, people thought they were ugly. Commercial netters here in Ohio would never take any responsibility for diminished walleye populations. Always claimed that they weren`t taking enough to harm the population, blamed it all on pollution. But within a few years of their licenses being bought by the state and commercial walleye netting being banned Lake Erie was full of them. Also heard stories of lamprey being the cause of lake trout disappearing, but after seeing some of the fishery abuses and the blame game played who knows for sure. Still don`t like them, not a big fan of sheephead and carp either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Just curious why you guys kill them. I'm not a tree hugger or anything and couldn't care less, just wondering. Do they harm the fishery? They are THE worst invasive species!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckster Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 This is an urban cougar lamprey. Evolution is cruel Highdrifter has these things all over him! I'm a little aroused.. MINT! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterwolf Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 have a major dislike for these damn things. two friends and i went on a mission of destruction many years ago back in good ole new brunswick's hammond river. 181 of these life suckers in two days removed from a geat fishery. for about 3 weeks every year these nasty's took over a river comparable in size to the credit. wtg kemper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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