was fishing the green the other day in the lower river. almost every square foot of grass that has been recently exposed by receeding water had a little lamprey about 4 inches. there was a little kid collecting dozens of them and putting them in a plastic jar. he and his dad thought that they were fresh water eels. so did i until i saw one start sucking on the side of the jar with a big round mouth and circular jaw. I have never seen anything like it. have any of you seen such numbers of little lampreys? do they swim up river to spawn there?
i have never even cought a fish with a lamprey still on it but i have caught many with lamprey marks.
the other thing i was thinking is that it may be a good reason to leave mergansers alone (other than the fact that it is stoupid to shoot them)on the rivers because they probably eat millions of these as they are so easy to catch. and that probably has an effect on the fish stocks that helps negate when they eat fish fry! does anyone know anything about this like maybe salmo g or someone with some biological knowledge on the subject??

and to think, i almost threw one into my golfish pond