Wednesday, April 23, 2014

The run is on!

The spring must be upon us because the lamprey are starting to run! Today I made my way to Cayuga Lake to receive a bag of sea lamprey from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) who trap them as they try to spawn. These animals are controlled to help increase sports fish numbers and to limit the amounts of scars on angled fish. Enough chat here are the pictures: