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cacheman

06/30/2024 08:37AM

My buddy caught a northern pike in Russell lake that had a seven inch lamprey attached to its side. Anyone else ever run across lampreys in Quetico?

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toothmiester

06/30/2024 10:04AM

Yes. I have too and interestingly in the same area.

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jdddl8

07/02/2024 08:40PM

See my thread on 04/01/24.

Also in the same area.

John

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sns

07/03/2024 06:25PM

Ok, let's see everyone's favorite Lamprey recipes!

"I don't care what you believe. I care what you can prove." -Philosopher & Mathematician JJJ

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carmike

07/04/2024 11:05PM

Yep, I also caught a pike with one attached. Sturgeon Lake.

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fun4dad2

07/18/2024 11:57AM

Well, that just sucks! (ooo sorry!)

Seriously, this is bad. I have yet to see one but living in North Carolina I don't get up yonder very often.

If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when are you going to have time to go back and fix it?

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jerryr

07/18/2024 12:24PM

They are native lamprey, not the invasive sea lamprey that caused the disaster in the great lakes. So it is something you see on occasion and not something to be alarmed over.

I have seen a couple on pike in Agnes on the American side of the border too.

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Pinetree

08/17/2024 09:04PM

They are silver lamprey and very common in like Cairn lake. More than once had them on northern pike. Once we had a little water in the canoe and after I released a northern pike I looked down and had a lamprey swimming in the boat.