Lampreys

[bfish]

Native lampreys (i.e. not sea lampreys) are an indication of good water quality.

[M R Dux]

I've seen a couple here on KY and Barkley Lakes. I've seen several fish with the sores on them where the lampreys have been attached.

The guy in that video treated them much better than I would have. Sidecutters to the head would have been my choice.

[vic n]

Well for those of you who might wonder, here is a short entertaining as well as educational video. It includes helpful hints on what to do with the spinal cords and the blood of lampreys.

[Crestliner08]

We have a large population of lamprey eels here in the Ct. River system (in MA). I've never found one attached to a crappie however.

[Hanr3]

Someone educate me on Lampreys. Never seen one and have no knowledge about them. Are they good for fish, bad for fish? What purpose do they serve in the environment? Can you eat fish that have had Lampreys attached to them, or not? What effect do they have on the fish? I don't even know enough to ask the right questions about them.

They look like leaches, nasty little blood suckers. That make great walleye bait.

[Crestliner08]

Someone educate me on Lampreys. Never seen one and have no knowledge about them. Are they good for fish, bad for fish? What purpose do they serve in the environment? Can you eat fish that have had Lampreys attached to them, or not? What effect do they have on the fish? I don't even know enough to ask the right questions about them.

They look like leaches, nasty little blood suckers. That make great walleye bait.

Think about a regular American Eel, only instead of a mouth like one of those, lampreys have a round suction cup in their face, with rows of rasping teeth. They cling onto larger fish and suck out the blood. Sort of like a vampire. LOL! I've seen them as large as 3 - 4 pounds. They migrate from the sea however, so their introduction normally requires a river dumping into the ocean.

[huntinslabs]

Never seen em here or south Louisiana when I lived there.

[tcounty]

I shot a carp summer before last that had one on it. Scared the heck out of me when I saw it. Looked like something in a horror movie. Didn't know what it was until I sent pics around.


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[feeshrman]

I've caught bass at Pickwick that had them attached. Freaked me out first time I saw it.

[Hanr3]

Think about a regular American Eel, only instead of a mouth like one of those, lampreys have a round suction cup in their face, with rows of rasping teeth. They cling onto larger fish and suck out the blood. Sort of like a vampire. LOL! I've seen them as large as 3 - 4 pounds. They migrate from the sea however, so their introduction normally requires a river dumping into the ocean.

Thanks, sound like leeches.