Silent Invader

[flounder pounder]

Silent Invader.... Gobie

 

[toadfrog]

Never saw a goby nowI hope I never do .

 

[Bucho]

in the kiel canal, the gobies have eliminatad practically every other fish that breeds there but the nest-protecting zander(walleye) that feeds on them. There is no other fish but goby, zander, trout and eel which breed elsewhere. Not cool.

Same goes for the country´s biggest river, the rhine. With practically every river system connected by canals and ship traffic, its just a matter of time before they spread the continent.

 

[Bucko]

we have them in the great lakes. when I go fish smallies on lake superior I.use a goby pattern. smallies.eat the bejeezes out of those things.

 

[AtticaFish]

Catch many of them in Erie while yellow perch fishing. They seem to roam around in large swarms too. Hard to keep them off your line if you use traditional 2-hook wire spreaders since the bait will lay down on the bottom.... they do not come up far from bottom for anything, or else THEY get eaten. Have read in a couple places now that they supposedly have become the #1 forage for smallmouth in Erie.

....smallies.eat the bejeezes out of those things.....

Next threat coming up the Mississippi towards the Great Lakes is the Asian/Silver Carp.