05-09-2009, 07:21 AM
If anything Eurasian water milfoil is harming the bass fishery as is. The DWR is likely not attempting to eradicate it completely but instead create edges for predatory species like the largemouth bass to use.
Eurasian water milfoil is an opportunistic plant that grows rapidly and often forms very dense stands in the waters it inhabits. The dense stands cause many problems for both fish and people. Predator-prey relationships can be adversely affected by providing dense cover for prey fish, while blocking predator fish from entering the dense stands to pursue prey. In addition to changing the predator prey relationships, recreation for tourists can also be severely impacted when Eurasian water milfoil takes hold.
Besides, there's no way to treat an entire an body of water like this unless it is completely drained, frozen, dug up, have all the dirt removed, install a liner and treat with every herbicide you could ever imagine. This won't hurt the bass population one bit.
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Eurasian water milfoil is an opportunistic plant that grows rapidly and often forms very dense stands in the waters it inhabits. The dense stands cause many problems for both fish and people. Predator-prey relationships can be adversely affected by providing dense cover for prey fish, while blocking predator fish from entering the dense stands to pursue prey. In addition to changing the predator prey relationships, recreation for tourists can also be severely impacted when Eurasian water milfoil takes hold.
Besides, there's no way to treat an entire an body of water like this unless it is completely drained, frozen, dug up, have all the dirt removed, install a liner and treat with every herbicide you could ever imagine. This won't hurt the bass population one bit.
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