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Is there a list online or a way to check which lakes different invasive species have been found in? Most specifically Round Goby.

 

This year, for the first time ever there was a sign at the public boat launch of the lake that my parents have their cottage on warning of Round Goby and not to dump your bait bucket. My dad and I are wondering if that is because they got into the lake or if it is a preventative measure.

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id argue that the round goby although invasive has had a profound positive impact on game species in georgian bay.

 

Ive first hand witnessed the bass and walleye gorging on them specifically in the fall when bass are supposed to be out in the open flats chasing shiners, ive found schools of tank smallies in <2FOW in total feeding frenzies. I guess the concern is with the smaller competitor species of fish.

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Can't figure out how to post this without a Facebook link.

 

https://www.facebook.com/fisheriesqu/

 

Scroll down to the post on April 13 regarding Smallmouth and Largemouth diets in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence. 86% of SMB diets are gobies while 44% of LMB diets are gobies.

 

That site has some cool videos! Gobies raiding a bed within 34 seconds of a bass pulled off it?

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That site has some cool videos! Gobies raiding a bed within 34 seconds of a bass pulled off it?

 

I'm watching all their videos. So cool. They have evidence showing that fish learn from being caught & released. That's hilarious!

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