Found these in a Laker

[ejg]

Me and a friend went to Keuka this past weekend and I found these rocks in one of the lakers belly this weekend and was wondering if others had found similar things and had any theories why they were there

hopefully the pic comes through

[GAMBLER]

More than likely chasing baitfish (possibly a sculpin) and got a rock with it's meal? I have found lots of lakers in Lake Ontario that crap out zebra and quagga muscles.

[stinger]

....wonder what would be said if something like that happened during a fishing tournament

[rolmops]

Has anybody ever done research on the way the laker's digestive system works? Some land animals (ostridges) need stones in their digestive system. I'm just wondering if certain fish need something simular.

[BSmaster]

I think Muley's/goats eat dirt for nutrients. Most birds eat gravel to help their gizzard grind up hard grains. I think woodchucks might do the same thing. I never heard of it in a fish except maybe those reef fish that eat coral and poop sand. I would be suprised to see stones in a laker. I found deer teeth in a turkey's gizzard once. They were polished so smooth and white, I was going to make a necklace out of them, but never got around to it. Thanks for sharing. I am curious too as to why small stones were in laker...

A tourny fish with a lead meal? interesting...

[quality time]

I agree with the sculpin theory. Some of the big lakers you get are all banged up on the nose from rooting around in the rocks. Sculpins were the natural bait before the invasive bait fish were introduced.

[ejg]

you know what, i didn't know what it was but i pulled a baitfish out of the same belly and i was wondering it was because of the shape of the head, it was only a little digested so you could make out pretty decent details. i just did a quick search and i think it was a sculpin or something very similar so that would make sense.

[lakebound88]

I see those sculpins, what I believe they are, in a creek called newtown that flows into chemung river... Interesting.

Last week a guy showed me a 6 inch rubber bait found in a laketrout he cut up... I thought that was cool..

[reeleyz]

One time my dad caught a laker with about 7 finish nails in it's belly. We figured somebody had used the nails to weight down a cisco and the fish took the bait without getting hooked.

The scuplin theory makes sense.

[treerat]

I find stones in stream trout all the time . Mostly during fly hatches I suspect they root out the larva on the bottom of the streams . So chasing some sort of food is probably correct.

[Big Water]

These came out of a laker from Raystown Lake last week. All of it was in one 24" fish.

[Mortigan]

That fish had nine lives

[Lil Jake]

That most have been a "Hollywood" laker.........more plastic parts than really parts

[Ray]

That most have been a "Hollywood" laker.........more plastic parts than really parts

[Hookedup]

These came out of a laker from Raystown Lake last week. All of it was in one 24" fish.

Caught one about 8lbs on Owasco that had over 12 plastics in it 5 of them had hooks. Most were bass worms guys had chucked in after they were worn out. The ones with hooks were jigs.

[ac holmes]

Interesting article on Lake Trout and what they eat...

http://www.fishsniffer.com/wiza/050320lures.html

[Second Chance 22]

Several years ago I caught a Seneca landlock that had 3 X 1 inch hunk of tree bark in its intestines. I have always wondered what the landlock was thinking when it ate it.

[dremarquis]

seeing those soft plastics in the lakers reminds me of an article i read in In Fisherman about how bass that eat plastics often have compromised digestive systems that results in either poor health or death - another good reason for fisherman not to litter our precious lakes with anything non-biodegradable

dre

[stash41635]

BALLAST !!!