Brown Trout Distribution in Lake O

[Legacy]

On 7/12/2023 at 10:32 AM, Jeff Mick said:

What is the DEC doing currently about the sea lamprey issue? Do they target the lamprey on their spawning runs in order to try and control their numbers?

 

The Great Lakes Fishery Commision is the lead agency on lamprey control and they handle all of the treatments on the great lakes including canadian water. Here is some good reading... http://www.glfc.org/control.php

[Jeff Mick]

Thanks for sharing that info. 

[Sweet Caroline]

Browns get hammered by just about everything when they are stocked.  Cormorants have a field day on them for sure. They don’t move much for days and sometimes weeks after being stocked and are sitting ducks. Barge stocking seems like it would help. Has there ever been any research on barge stocked vs shore stocked survivability? The amount of money thrown out the window when these get stocked is sickening. Such a waste. Surprised we have as good of a brown fishery as we do given what I’ve witnessed. 

 

[Jeff Mick]

Not super detailed but I just found this. 

 

https://wildlife.org/protecting-lake-ontario-fishing-stock-from-avian-predators/