speaking of invasives

[Inglorious]

Lionfish is starting to become a popular menu item as well in an attempt to reduce their numbers

 

[dxdx]

saw this today...

http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2012/08/07/eat-them-before-they-eat-everything/?hpt=hp_c3

 

[piranhaman00]

I remember catching gobies and alot of them in Lake Michigan. I took one and set it on the pier next to me. After fishing for at least 30 mins and kicked it back into the water and it swam away. I was absolutely shocked it survived that long on land. And i also hooked one on my line and nothing ate it :/ so who knows if anything is actually eating them...

 

[fisher12889]

For those who think it's no big deal. I went snorkeling in Lake Michigan today for about an hour. Other than a small school of minnows, the "only" species I saw were zebra/quagga mussels and asian gobys. Every boulder I passed was covered in mussels, and each boulder seemed to be the territory of 1-3 gobys. I tried to catch some, but they were lightning fast, just as I'd get the net close, they'd disappear into the cracks.

Hopefully you already know this but I just wanted to give you a heads up...any gobies caught have to be killed immediately...
Just making sure in case you were thinking about keeping one...

 

[heatherbeast]

Here you go guys:

http://eattheinvaders.org/

 

[Longshot]

I may have missed the point, but u think predators are eating all the natives?



Go S. Vettel #1 rb8

LOL, no, I think you added an imaginary point. He didn't mention predators.

Here in the San Marcos River we have plecos, MTS, hydrilla, and a bunch of other aquarium introductions that are doing the same thing (out competing) to our natives.

 

[F1 VET]

Go S. Vettel #1 rb8

 

[MN_Rebel]

I remember catching gobies and alot of them in Lake Michigan. I took one and set it on the pier next to me. After fishing for at least 30 mins and kicked it back into the water and it swam away. I was absolutely shocked it survived that long on land. And i also hooked one on my line and nothing ate it :/ so who knows if anything is actually eating them...

I know walleyes, smallmouth bass, pikes, sturgeons and even common carps feeding heavily on these round gobies. Round goby is becoming an important forage fish for most large predatory fishes.