Lake Erie Aquarium Fish

[instantthc]

i think in some canals and waterways from erie you can use a cast net with a permit. idk what these people have in there asses but i've kept fish for many years that aren't technically legal. but then i cast out of my uncles pond. " watch the dousches bash my post. can't tell me most of them took something home that wasn't legal. the interesting thing is bait fish are usually very active and interesting in fish tanks. u can always get bluegill sunnies pumkinseed and catfish. there pretty active and entertaining. GL

 

[MultispeciesTamer]

Ya they are good bait, but do they live in a lake in Michigan

Yeah they live in lake MI

 

[WattaMelon]

Do you think it would be okay to keep them if you had no intension of releasing them because they are a trash fish and I believe you are supposed to kill them if you catch them in Lake Erie(correct me if I am wrong). So why would it matter if you kept some in a tank?

It's the law for a reason. They can't pardon those that say that they'll keep them for life, because all it takes is one person to release his fish because he's tired of them in his local pond, only to have them multiply in a new watershed.

Just follow the damn rules. People who don't give native fishkeeping a bad rap. If you have a problem, bring it up with your local authorities. Simple.

 

[ewurm]

I agree. Leave the Round Goby in the lake. Don't give the authorities more reson to place additional restrictions on fishkeeping. Plus, the fines are usually steep.

 

[JTRG05]

The goby's are thicker than the water in Erie last time I looked at some of the figures put up by my prof, I go to college here and a few of my profs are marine biologists studying the lake, I know very well the problem the goby presents as well as the mussels introduced. The law was just to slow lol, they are way overpopulated unless something has drastically changed in the last year.

I checked out the posted site and it had some very good info on it, and while although I am interested in native/local fish, I don't know if I want to make the leap. I may stick with trying to find a catfish around here, but god knows how big a random catfish taken out of the water will get.

Any species around OH you guys know of that is good in aquaria? Nothing TO big please

 

[MultispeciesTamer]

The goby's are thicker than the water in Erie last time I looked at some of the figures put up by my prof, I go to college here and a few of my profs are marine biologists studying the lake, I know very well the problem the goby presents as well as the mussels introduced. The law was just to slow lol, they are way overpopulated unless something has drastically changed in the last year.

I checked out the posted site and it had some very good info on it, and while although I am interested in native/local fish, I don't know if I want to make the leap. I may stick with trying to find a catfish around here, but god knows how big a random catfish taken out of the water will get.

Any species around OH you guys know of that is good in aquaria? Nothing TO big please

you should see if you can find some bullheads or even smaller madtoms and stonecats. Iam not sure of the range of these species but you are hooked to the great lakes so there should be some around.

 

[Catfish Keeper]

Bullheads are good I think they are legal but I'm not sure, you will want to check. You said you were willing to get a 100g which should be good for a bullhead. You probably can turn over rocks and scoop with a net in a local river(if you have a local river) and catch one.