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In June I video taped 6 of these building a nest in a small creek. Western brook lamprey dont migrate to the ocean and are not parasitic to fish. They feed on organic goo in the muck.The adults I have seen are about 8 inches The larvae can be found at the mouths of small streams that run into lakes.The adults spawn in gravel and sand at the top of riffles in june.
Its a good thing to know if you fish for bass as bass feed on them. Maybe one of the reasons senkos work so well,especially the darker colors.
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Didn't know these things existed - thanks for the info..
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Very interesting. In Lake Sammamish, one of the popular baits is a type of mud eel that folks dig up along the lakeshore mud. I am not sure if these eels are the same as these lampreys.
One thing for sure, the live mud eels are absolutely deadly on the bass. However, I do not know if it is actually legal to use them as live bait, as it is illegal to use "live fish" for bait. I guess the gamies can validly argue that eels and lampreys are "fish" and thus illegal to use as live bait.
I don't take any chances with the law, and so I use plastics for all my bassing.
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I have never fished for bass but will keep that in mind when I do.
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baitsoaker, on the issue of legallity of use of live lampreys, I'm not sure whether or not they're technically classified as fish or not: however, on another technical note, it says in the regs that live fish may not be used as bait for GAME FISH! Game fish are as follows: Bass, burbot, catfish, crappie, grayling, northern pikeminnow, peamouth chub, yellow perch, northern pike, tiger musky, suckers, sunfish, grass carp, trout (other than steelhead and kokanee) landlocked 'nooks, cohos and atlantics, walley, and whitefish. but do you know what that means? You CAN use live fish as bait for FOOD FISH! that means that you can use live bait for forage fish, halibut, bottomfish, common carp, shad, tuna, mackerel, salmon (unless landlocked) and sturgeon! go have fun! woohoo!
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Very interesting. In Lake Sammamish, one of the popular baits is a type of mud eel that folks dig up along the lakeshore mud. I am not sure if these eels are the same as these lampreys.
One thing for sure, the live mud eels are absolutely deadly on the bass. However, I do not know if it is actually legal to use them as live bait, as it is illegal to use "live fish" for bait. I guess the gamies can validly argue that eels and lampreys are "fish" and thus illegal to use as live bait.
I don't take any chances with the law, and so I use plastics for all my bassing.
Yep those eels at sammamish are more then likely western brook lamprey as thats exactly how you find them. They are clasified as fish and are illegal to use as bait for bass.
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Hi MOS.
Thanks for the clarification. I WAS aware of the distinction between Foodfish and Gamefish in the rules, and did intend my post to refer to the illegality of using live fish for bait for Gamefish.
I have never tried using live fish for bait for Foodfish, but would like to try it for lingcod or perhaps salmon (e.g., a live herring under a float). It should be absolutely deadly for them.
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looks like
a big silver and black Sluggo would work real well
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Senkos are fantastic. Yamamoto's are my #1 plastic of all time.
I'm wondering about it being illegal to fish live bait for Trout and I'm thinking of all those worms sold on opening day. 
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Only live fish is illegal for game fish (but legal for food fish). Any other type of live anything is legal for game fish. So, hook up those salamanders, worms, mice, snakes, frogs, leeches, baby ducks, grasshoppers, etc.
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