Fresh Fish Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 ...saw one in the water in erie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 Kill it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwhunter99 Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 There are native lamprey. But if you see 1 over 7in kill it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron4blues Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 Please be sure it is a lamprey and not an American Eel before you give it the bludgeon. Eels are protected; lampreys aren't. There was a recent row over this on a Facebook thread where someone wanted to kill an eel that someone else had caught (and released). The person thought it was a lamprey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 I don't think you will catch a lamprey on a hook. It might come attached to fish, but not on hook. They are pretty easy to tell apart if you know anything about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lund-SS Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 Caught them on a hook before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Fish Posted June 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 It was swimming in the water...very close to the bank....over one feet long and ugly looking in brown color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron4blues Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 Did it look like this? (note the lack of pectoral fins and the "holes" for gill openings) . http://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/sea-lamprey/ Or did it look like this? (note pectoral fins and gill slits). http://www.ontario.ca/environment-and-energy/american-eel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightfisher Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 Caught a few years back Caught last Saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 There can be no mistake identifying the blood sucking lamprey eel ....it doesn't have a normal mouth ....it looks more like a giant leech ! Destroying them is the only answer for us anglers who get one , usually attached to a "host " fish . I hope they can come up with better ways than using chemicals to kill them off . This short video shows how they use a machine to sterilize the males ....... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JQ6oHjpeqU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Fish Posted June 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Did it look like this? (note the lack of pectoral fins and the "holes" for gill openings) . http://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/sea-lamprey/ Or did it look like this? (note pectoral fins and gill slits). http://www.ontario.ca/environment-and-energy/american-eel http://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/sea-lamprey/ this is the one i saw....7 holes on each side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnhunt Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Gwhunter is right...there are native Lamprey..and not all are parasitic..Invasive species is the Sea Lamprey. Best way to distinguish between the two is to look at the dorsal fins. Sea Lamprey have 2 separate dorsals, whereas the native Lamprey have 2 dorsals that are joined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Gwhunter is right...there are native Lamprey..and not all are parasitic..Invasive species is the Sea Lamprey. Best way to distinguish between the two is to look at the dorsal fins. Sea Lamprey have 2 separate dorsals, whereas the native Lamprey have 2 dorsals that are joined. And ....if it's attached to a fish ......it must be a sea lamprey ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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