Invasive Fish known in the US
California Fishing
Feb 15, 2024 22:25:44 #
Feb 16, 2024 10:51:17 #
Feb 16, 2024 11:05:38 #
charlykilo wrote:
https://www.invasive.org/species/fish.cfm br br T... (show quote)
Never heard of most names. 
I found it amazing that Maryland lists every type of fish most of us fresh water fisherpeople fish for as invasive. Bluegill,crappie,smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, northern pike, Muskie, all three major types of catfish and redear sunfish (shellcracker)
Feb 16, 2024 11:12:52 #
Feb 16, 2024 11:34:52 #
charlykilo wrote:
Remember. Invasive = non native.
Yeah, California and Nevada were tryin to eradicate the Mackinaw out of Fallen Leaf Lake because they aren't native. They want to return the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout in the lake.
It's a shame really. They will never be able to eradicate the Macks and they are spendin tens of THOUSANDS on the program. In the end, they are just putting in another food source for the Macks.
Who knows, maybe we'll see some record size Macks come out of that lake in the future.
Feb 16, 2024 22:07:29 #
Here's a theory and maybe I'm wrong. You are welcome to disagree and I am open to other ideas. According to my wife I usually am wrong.
Nature is always evolving and species look for ways to survive. Some don't. Those that do evolve with changing conditions. Some of those conditions are natural evolving conditions and some are created such as hitch hikers on a boat or on a cargo ship from a different part of the world. Sometimes humans have introduced a species to control another and then that got out of control.
Nature evolves and survives. Our fishing hole today may be very different in 200 years yet people will fish it and enjoy their catch.
Nature is always evolving and species look for ways to survive. Some don't. Those that do evolve with changing conditions. Some of those conditions are natural evolving conditions and some are created such as hitch hikers on a boat or on a cargo ship from a different part of the world. Sometimes humans have introduced a species to control another and then that got out of control.
Nature evolves and survives. Our fishing hole today may be very different in 200 years yet people will fish it and enjoy their catch.
Feb 17, 2024 08:41:45 #
ShortorderCook62
Loc: Grand Junction, Colorado
charlykilo wrote:
https://www.invasive.org/species/fish.cfm br br T... (show quote)
Some weird names to be sure. In Texas it is illegal to release Talapia. If caught they must be retained or gutted if thrown away. Even if thrown on shore they must be killed and gutted. Here in Western Colorado at Ridgeway Reservoir smallmouth bass are invasive as this is a cold water trout lake. They strongly recommend you keep them, no limit on size or number. They even have a multi week tournament and anglers submit their catch daily for tally by CPW. Invasive is dependent on where you are for sure.
Feb 17, 2024 11:28:32 #
bapabear
Loc: Blaine, Washington
Grizzly 17 wrote:
Humans sure have a way of screwing up the ecosystems brother.
Some are messing up all of humanity 👍
Some are messing up all of humanity 👍
Don't worry to much about it. Nature has a way. Man is just a spot on the timeline. We will be gone or reduced to a sustainable population soon enough. We will take ourselves out or we will disappear by natural causes. Lets just be thankful we got to and still get to enjoy some of the best of times in the best of locations. Much of the rest of the planet is not enjoying life so much. We may be shortly in the same condition. History has shown that disrespectful, selfish, and hedonistic societies, like ours has become, do not last long even in the short time man has been around.
Feb 17, 2024 11:28:32 #
ShortorderCook62 wrote:
Some weird names to be sure. In Texas it is illega... (show quote)
In NJ I catch lots of green sunfish and warmouth but they are considered a dangerous invasive species and it is illegal to release them. In other states they are a common native species.
Feb 17, 2024 11:41:32 #
charlykilo
Loc: Garden Valley Ca
mistred64 & bapabear Are both so right on.
I was taught that "nature arbores a vacuum and will fill it".
I was taught that "nature arbores a vacuum and will fill it".
Mar 5, 2024 18:18:59 #
No Jefe
Loc: California
I actually found this very interesting. I might have to go to Minnesota and Maryland and help them get rid of some of those nasty brown trout.
Mar 5, 2024 18:30:55 #
charlykilo
Loc: Garden Valley Ca
No Jefe wrote:
I actually found this very interesting. I might have to go to Minnesota and Maryland and help them get rid of some of those nasty brown trout.
Why not get a US map like the RVers have and try to catch in every state. The all have them like carp.
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