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Hello Peter and happy 50th anniversary of being on paradise. This may or may not come as a surprise but I caught a goby fish today near Twin Islands. Not sure how much you know about this invasive species or if you know of anyone else that has caught one. It was only 2 inches long but it was a goby for sure.
ReplyDeleteI have heard of at least 1 other case of someone thinking they caught 1 but it turned out to be a sculpin . I think the game warden or Mnr would be interested in having a look at it if you still got it
ReplyDeleteIt was not a sculpin that's for sure as I know the difference. My son caught one down south on the Grand River so I know what they look like. Unfortunately I have no proof as since I didn't have a camera and it shook off the hook before I got it in. There is a website to report invasive species sightings that I will report the occurrence. Thanks for the info.
ReplyDeleteThere is also a site called https://www.inaturalist.org/ were you can submit pictures /information and receive feed back from others
ReplyDelete, I caught what I thought was a Goby a few weeks ago off a shoal by twin. I took pictures and kept it in case the Mnr wanted to see it. I talked to someone from the invasive species hotline and sent him the pictures . They were satisfied from the pictures that it was a Shovelhead sculpin and not a goby The only difference between it and a goby was it didn't have a suction cup pectoral fin. I had people with me who Fish Lake Simcoe where gobys are common and they were positive it was a goby but thankfully we were wrong
ReplyDeleteThat should have read spoon head sculpin, not shovel head.
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