I've always thought kings would only eat alewives. Then I stumbled across this article from 2010 where a "northwest Michigan fisheries supervisor" said they eat gobies as well:
Any truth to this? Has anyone ever checked the stomach contents of a Chinook and found anything other than an alewife?
We check every fish we catch for stomach contents. Yes we have found a gobie or 2 in some. Have also found other prey species in stomachs including whitefish. Some interesting things... cigarette butt, plastic handle from a crank.
Kings eating gobies?
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We check every fish we catch for stomach contents. Yes we have found a gobie or 2 in some. Have also found other prey species in stomachs including whitefish. Some interesting things... cigarette butt, plastic handle from a crank.
Mostly alewives though.