Gobies in the Otonabee

[Dutch]

I was out fishing on the River below Lock 19 between the lock and Rice with my nieces and nephews on Friday and they caught a goby. Just a little one, about 3 inches, snagged it on the underbelly actually.

 

Only one I have seen first hand so far on the river - maybe they have been there for awhile, but I fish the river weekly and I heard they were in Rice, but just hadn't come across them in the river yet.

 

I crushed it's head with some pliers - hopefully a nice smallmouth had it as a meal.

[toca]

Wait till late fall. Catch some monster gobies near shore. Had one yell at me for killing them until i schooled him about terminating an invasive species.

[blue pickeral]

An education program in the area and more signs posted in the parks/lodges would be a good idea. We were fishing around Bensfort Bridge, first week of July, and kind of coaching some new Canadians. One snagged a goby and had no idea what it was. Luckily we had the fishing regs with us, showed them a picture, and it was returned dead back to nature.