Trout Reproduction in Lake Erie

[greenghost]

Confirmed. Cool.

 

[dudemanspecial]

Thanks for the article. I think it would be nice to edit the title so that people know it is about lake trout.

 

[Dave_W]

This is great news. Thanks!

 

[RLeep2]

That's pretty cool... I think (but am unsure) that Erie is the last of the lakes to demonstrate renewed Lake Trout reproduction after the major crashes 60-plus years ago due to overharvest, lampreys, etc.
Although Superior and portions of Huron never lost all their Lakers, IIRC.

What I would be curious to know is if the wild fish they found in Erie's eastern basin are the product of the long term recovery program using hatchery stock or a result of migration from wild pops in some of the upper lakes. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the latter is the case...

 

[allthingsfishing]

Is there any concern about a collapse of the bait fish population over time? Lake trout are big eaters, as are walleye and steelhead. Look what happened to Yellowstone Lake when the lakers were illegally introduced.

 

[moon1284]

0 concern at all about a collapse of bait fish population in erie.

 

[tomgamber]

unlike the ones planted in Yellowstone, lake trout are native to all the great lakes. should be an improvement and not a detriment.

https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/lake-trout.htm

 

[Sylvaneous]

tomgamber wrote:
unlike the ones planted in Yellowstone, lake trout are native to all the great lakes. should be an improvement and not a detriment.

https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/lake-trout.htm

And they're a predator in the deepest, coldest waters of the lake. Steelheads and Browns overlap but Lakers are hunting in their own region. I don't know how much bait fish is down there at 70 feet.