These eel-like fish look like horror movie monsters; they’re back in SLO Creek

January 30, 2019

https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/environment/article225234550.html?fbclid=IwAR0WiD_HXYXk9JhJCQk45BZYC-fEiF0SJXclcokxF6fjgKKxVVqoIsovxS0

Lamprey once provided more nutrition to native populations and more marine-derived nutrients to the forested watersheds than salmon.

How do they taste?

From the article:

But when lampreys are young, they are filter feeders that clean stream water and look like garden-variety worms.

How do they taste?

They're so slimy on the outside that they're very hard to hold onto while cleaning.

I smoked them.  If I were out on the trail all day I think I'd appreciate the sustenance...  You could probably light a piece on fire because it's so oily.

Very cool story - thanks for sharing. I remember seeing shoals of lamprey in the Napa River above Yountville as a kid. Fish surveys still find good numbers of them here but I haven't seen one in years.

How do they taste?

They're so slimy on the outside that they're very hard to hold onto while cleaning.

I smoked them.  If I were out on the trail all day I think I'd appreciate the sustenance...  You could probably light a piece on fire because it's so oily.

"Out on the trail" - I wonder if they'd make good jerky, if that is how they were done.

new AOTY species?? jk, but they are such cool fish