sea lampreys

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heres an article a friend posted on another site of these butt ugly critters. some good info in it..http://blog.syracuse.com/outdoors/2008/ ... n_cay.html

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http://blog.syracuse.com/outdoors/2008/ ... n_cay.html

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This year we have noticed almost every trip at least one fish has a lamprey on it or that drops off when we get it close to the boat (and we don't catch that many fish!!! ). Out of wilson last week, there were days where I thought I must have had a fish on a flat line, or it broke me off without releasing a rigger rod, because we'd see salmon and steelies jumping out of the water behind the boat, to the side of the boat, in front of the boat, etc, just jumping like mad men... I'm guessing trying to get rid of lampreys?

Nick

[Fish Junkie]

FWIW, My friend saw several spawning and digging beds in Irondequoit Ck. this past weekend....

[Gene Shenk]

The first time I caught a salmon it was off the summer ville pier and it had a big one stuck to it man those are scary slimy nasty smelling critters. I have also been noticing more lamp marks on the N pike I catch on my trips to the 1000 islands the last couple of years.