Re: NJ Landlock Record
They won't spawn...
They don't even reproduce in the huge lakes with large feeder streams we have here in NY...They won't reproduce in NJ either, no matter how excellent the spawning conditions might be, for the same reason as here,,, They eat landlocked alewives as their primary food source.. They contain something called thiaminase- which inhibits thiamine production which is essential to egg viability... Same thing happens to lake trout,, LOADED with dead eggs.. We get natural spawning lakers in the lakes without a lot of alewives up here.. Cayuga does have some reproduction of lakers but its only about 10%,,, The same thing that keeps these salmonids alive, kills their reproductive process.. Remember landlocks are a fish that are supposed to be anadromous fish that spawn in flowing clear cold well oxygenated waters,and then grow in marine environments with a widely varied diet. Lock them up in a lake where they swim in circles gorging on fatty easy to get alewives, and they become a very different fish, with different habits and health issues than they would have in a more suitable natural environment... They are always less strong and greasy tasting when eaten than the lakers, browns and rainbows they live alongside in these lakes....bob
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