Lamprey Update

Hello Friends, custmers and new guests,
Durung the winter months, I will from time to time add information to the Fishing Report page that I hope you will find interesting. The winter months are difficult for me. I enjoy sunlight, water, and warm temperatures. If I spend some time here at the computer writing about fishing related topics, I can feel a little bit closer in time to the warmer seasons that I like the best.
I do a lot of reading about fishing and boating. The Great Lakes Angler magazine is one of my favorites. A recent article concerned the continued problems associated with eliminating the Sea Lamprey from the Great Lakes. It was reported that scientists from the U. of Minn. have found a way to duplicate compounds in a pheromone that has been found to attract large numbers of Lamprey. The hope is to be able to economically produce this pheromone in large enough quantities that Lamprey can be attracted to specifica areas where they can either be poisoned or captured. This would be great news if it can be implemented. Although lamprey numbers are somewhat stable, we still catch several fish a year either with scars or the actual lamprey still attached. Good work to those brainy people in Minnesota.