The Tribes are very concerned about lamprey but they are not gathering much support. I wonder why? Could it be difficult to gain public support on a parasite that preys on salmon and steelhead? Their numbers have fallen just like all the rest of the native fishes.

Years ago we dipnetted them at night out of the fish ladders and radio tagged them. It was pretty wild letting them attach themselves to your bare arm.

I have seen dead juveniles in the Yakima but we did capture some live juveniles on underwater video in the Columbia. I bet the bass eat the crap out of them during emergence.

By the way, even though everybody calls them eels, technically I don't believe they are.