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Originally Posted by AndyS
Nice bass, any idea as to why fishing was slower than normal ?
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Yes,, Round Goby... SLR/Great Lakes/Finger lakes/Oneida Lake, have been decimated by this invasive.. they now cover the bottom at all depths in all these great waterways.. they are aggressive in the extreme.. They eat the eggs of all other fish as well as the newly hatched fry, and they are so incredibly numerous that bass, sunfish family, perch, walleyes, and just about everything else cannot guard their nests.. In many fishing areas up here, you cannot even fish with a live worm any more.. As soon as its tossed out, 1000 gobies swarm it from every direction, and its stripped instantly.. What has happened is this- the bass, Lakers, and most other predators in the large waterways here have started to key on the super abundant gobies.. The fish that do survive are getting HUGE on Gobies.. Big fat bass like Gerry showed.. problem is, the populations of all game species that spawn naturally have been battered, and the numbers are WAY down.. When you catch a bass, its big, but there are no where near as many.. the trout trollers like the gobies, because the trout eat them and get fat.. Anyone that fishes for bass, walleyes, or pan fish, despise them.. I no longer fish cayug lakes right down the road from me.. Its impossible to catch anything with bait these days.. I haven't caught a sunfish or rock bass there in years with my grand kids.. i have to drive these days to skaneateles lake, as the Gobies haven't made it there.. Yet.. the zebras are there, not the Gobies... I HATE with a passion what has happened here.. Since I came in 1991.. Zebra Mussels/Quagga Mussels/ Round Gobies/Spinier Fleas/ Asian Carp.. Destroyed these waterways.. bob
