zebra mussles

Captain Hank · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2004 5:34 pm

A few months ago, an interesting conversation began regarding Gobies eating zebra mussles, and how that ultimately lead to high levels of toxins in Lake Erie smallmouth bass. A friend of mine recently kept some Lake Simcoe perch while ice fishing and found their bellies to be "full" of zebra mussles. Ha s anyone experienced this with BOQ perch (or other species)?

Captain Hank

Darby · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2004 6:20 pm

Havn't kept any perch for quite some time, but I can say that I heard that contrary to popular belief, gobies don't eat zebra mussles. Now, I'm kicking myself because I can't remember the source, but I do remember it being a very viable one.

Wall-I-Guy · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2004 8:45 pm

We must've read the same article Darby! I remember that too!

Wild, now there in Perch :!:

speckhunter · **Posted:** Mon Mar 22, 2004 1:11 pm

Here is a link to a page concerning gobies in the St.Clair

/www.seagrant.umn.edu/exotics/goby.html

In fact gobies DO eat zebras & in Quite large numbers.

skeet544 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 20, 2003 6:28 pm **Posts:** 115

There is a study on the MNR site titled "diet of the round goby in the Bay of Quinte". It might answer your question.
Skeet 544

Pauky · **Posted:** Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:26 pm

Guys,

Might this be the articleyou had read?

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