Re: Seneca Lake Trout Derby! 2024
Yes,,as bad as the lampreys are, the Gobies are worse.. They carpet the bottom, and are voracious .. They eat every egg in any fish nest, and any that do survive and hatch get eaten as fry.. After a few years predators learn they are a good food source, and grow fat on them, so you have a lot fewer bass lets say, but the survivors grow a lot bigger.. Some guys like that, not me.. Local guys don't care at all as long as they keep stocking salmonids, and there are plenty of Alewives to feed them.. Its 90% big water trollers here, and they could care less that there are no sunnies/perch/bass/Pike etc left , as long as they can downrigger troll for trout and Salmon.. They only bitch when the Lampreys get too bad.
Seneca is in trouble.Too many farms/wineries/resorts/homes/camps/businesses [each with a septic!].
Seneca used to have very clear water where you could see 30 feet down, and see big clean algae free rocks with fish all around them.. Today those same rocks have some sort of nasty brown slimy algae 2 feet long covering them, and not a fish to be seen. Entire lake is like that... I think the farms, huge wineries, and thousands of private luxury homes with landscaped lawns is the main reason.. The lampreys can be controlled, people can't.... bob
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