These fish are highly aggressive, invasive and eat other native fish eggs. Encouraged to kill after catching. I dropped my line in a spot and got a bite within 10 seconds. Simple drop shot right, size 8 hook. Chunk of Bar-S Classic Franks as bait, carefully covered hook tip to ensure it didn’t get caught on reeds. Happy to answer any questions.

  • jaykrown@lemmy.worldOP
    17·
    2 days ago

    I’ve read that they can accumulate certain toxins like PCB, particularly in Lake Michigan, so I’m not going to be eating any. I think my plan is to catch, kill, and toss them out.

    • GardenGeek@europe.pub
      3·
      7 hours ago

      I didn’t know about the PCB pollution of Lake Michigan… that was an interesting read, thanks!

      Fortunately I am not, at least to my knowledge, fishing a water body with a similar big pollution problem.

      Good luck with your project, and good fishing!