lamprey pattern

[coldfront]

anyone knowingly fish the lamprey pattern on the TN river impoundments?

that might want to talk about it.   

[Wizard]

Say What?   

[coldfront]

[Lipripper]

We know what a lamprey is just not sure of this pattern you speak of.

[Oldfart9999]

After all the years of working on controlling them, it's nice to catch fish without lamprey marks.
Rodney

[kadas]

 If there is a pattern for them I sure do not want it--that is kind of like asking for a mudfish pattern

[coldfront]

just thinking out loud.

a few different responses from bass:  feeding, aggression... etc.

literature suggests not a lot of 'preference' for lampreys in diet of bass... but am wondering if there's a different approach:  call it the 'kill it' response.

photo attached is of a lamprey that 'detached' from a 5 pound LMB as I swung her over the side... then the other day, I saw one swimming in the water...(lamprey, not a  5 lb bass)..

wondering about life cycles, spawning habitat, etc for lampreys... then about the 'kill it' response.

putting that together with the big 'punkin ed' jig heads and oversized green pumpkin worms...  just started wondering...

[Oldfart9999]

The lampreys came into the Great Lakes through the old Erie Canal, they spawn in the riffles of feeder streams for the lakes, stay there until they reach adult stage then go back to the lakes and attach to fish, their food is the blood of the fish they attach to. When I was knee high to a Zebco it was rare, very rare to catch a trout without lamprey marks, the scars from their mouth. If a fish had enough lamprey attached they were killed and many were killed. It took years but a poison was found the worked on the larva without harming other fish. It took years to get them under control.
Rodney