Killing gobies?

salmonkid · Sep 25, 2012

One day when I was perch fishing down at port Glasgow I caught a little goby and the lady next to me said I should kill it because it is an invasive species. Should I have killed it?
It was so small i can't see what kind of damage it would do. What should I do if i catch them? Just post your feedback.

FishingNoob · Sep 25, 2012

salmonkid said:
One day when I was perch fishing down at port Glasgow I caught a little goby and the lady next to me said I should kill it because it is an invasive species. Should I have killed it?
It was so small i can't see what kind of damage it would do. What should I do if i catch them? Just post your feedback.

Kill em.

See here: http://www.ontariofishingforums.com/forum/topic/16922-round-goby-galore/

rocheleauc · Sep 25, 2012

throw it in the bushes. END IT. lol

punkrockerpj · Sep 25, 2012

Yeah, you'll feel better about yourself, but the truth is, Dang gobies are here to stay. Kill em, just to show the world how mad you are, but know that it's a lost cause...

However, studies are showing that sport fish are feeding of them (winning!)
I used one as bait once--bad pj.... I caught a pike. I ate the pike. Circle of life I guess... But don't say I told you to use it...

hamiltonangler94 · Sep 25, 2012

ya definanently kill them!!

Dugger · Sep 25, 2012

do not fall for their big doe eyes!!!! Eyes that say "please put me back, I didn't do anything wrong"

From Russia With Hate!!!

.... ok, see the goby is from Russia and the James Bond movie was called.... zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

dockmuskie · Sep 25, 2012

Dugger said:
do not fall for their big doe eyes!!!! Eyes that say "please put me back, I didn't do anything wrong"

From Russia With Hate!!!

.... ok, see the goby is from Russia and the James Bond movie was called.... zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

darn commies!

Rain-Bow · Sep 25, 2012

They hurt fish populations and it's illegal to release them so I guess you can feed them to the seagulls or something

I just throw them on the ground

basshat22 · Sep 26, 2012

Kill it with fire!!!! Put its charred head on a pike as a warning to the others!!

threeparrots · Sep 26, 2012

This is a funny thread.

Kill Kill Kill!!!!

Invasive vs. Non Invasive vs. Life

Who here is actually native?

Or has our "impact" been forgotten? We're all immigrants (invasive).

Or rather we care more about our "target" species.

So, let's think about the grand scheme of things before we go insane over various species of "invasive" fish. Do your homework.

[EDIT]

Forgot to mention that I am not native... just realistic.

JJTrue · Sep 26, 2012

Dugger said:
do not fall for their big doe eyes!!!! Eyes that say "please put me back, I didn't do anything wrong"

From Russia With Hate!!!

.... ok, see the goby is from Russia and the James Bond movie was called.... zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

lol that was a good one! haha

NADO · Sep 26, 2012

lol it looks like there is hope after all. Here I was thinking that this forum was turning into a tree hugging, pro-invasive groupie hangout. Glad to see im wrong.

If you look at post #24 in the link Noob posted you will find a great outline of how to kill kill kill a Goby properly. :lol:

FishingNoob · Sep 26, 2012

NADO said:
lol it looks like there is hope after all. Here I was thinking that this forum was turning into a tree hugging, pro-invasive groupie hangout. Glad to see im wrong.

If you look at post #24 in the link Noob posted you will find a great outline of how to kill kill kill a Goby properly. :lol:

:lol:

salmotrutta · Sep 26, 2012

NADO said:
lol it looks like there is hope after all. Here I was thinking that this forum was turning into a tree hugging, pro-invasive groupie hangout. Glad to see im wrong.

If you look at post #24 in the link Noob posted you will find a great outline of how to kill kill kill a Goby properly. :lol:

I'm still a little unclear. Are you an advocate for or against the killing of invasive round gobies?

Seriously though, it's not much effort to toss them to the seagulls, and if we all do so, it will help control their population even if only slightly. Unless the seagull flies off with it, and drops it live in another body of water!

NADO · Sep 26, 2012

Seriously? You arent sure what NADO's view is on invasive species??lol

Kill Kill Kill

If you give em to seagulls just kill it first and theres nothing to worry about.

ChaseChrome · Sep 26, 2012

It's a clear example of adaptive strategies in a Darwinian sense...we are at the top of the evolutionary food chain, we are deliberative, we have "constructed" nature to be more natural than nature herself...the earth is a giant footprint of our evolutionary prowess...since the introduction of sapiens as an invasive (and virulent) species everything else has been at our behest and design...

So...out with carp, gobies, salmon, steelhead, carrier pigeons, the dodo et al...eventually................................

CC

NADO · Sep 26, 2012

Small discrepancy there Chase.

Carp and Gobies are invasive while salmon and steelhead are non-native. I could entertain an argument for Chinny's being invasive though.

ChaseChrome · Sep 26, 2012

No discrepancy...our allowance of certain species is arbitrary and deliberative...it's an Enlightenment argument I'm marshalling here bro.

schnip · Sep 26, 2012

immigrants are like the trout species that are not native to our waters--fun to hang with and just dandy in my books
goby is like the dude that removed your mailbox with his snowplow at 61 mph last winter....

NADO · Sep 26, 2012

But there is a difference between an invasive species and a non-native species. At least in the biology field there is.

Killing gobies?

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