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08-14-2018, 02:47 PM #3
The problem I have with 'Goldies' being used in Lake Erie is: are you 100% sure that every bait fish you put on a hook dies or is consumed by a fish?
Unless you are absolutely killing the minnow before it hits the water on your perch spreader or hair jig, you stand a chance of that species populating the waterway.
If an Asian carp slides into the bucket of Goldies you are fishing with -- whether you dump your left over shiners into the water, or one comes off the hook during your spring hair jigging cast -- you could potentially be introducing an invasive species into the fishery.
I am not saying it is okay to dump your live (imported) bait into a foreign waterway. I am questioning if that bait should be used at all if it is not indigenous to the body of water. If there is a potential of mixed species when using goldies...should they be used at all?
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