03-02-2015, 06:36 PM
[quote PBH]
I think red-ear's should be introduced. The Park Service will fight that, but they really don't have much ground to stand on. I think we'll eventually see red-ear's.
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+1 on this. While it is true they won't eliminate them from the lake, they are demonstrated to reduce the damage the mussels cause once they are established. They are another nice sport fish in their own right as well.
I follow you on why you think the threadfins will suffer, (mussels will filter feed the zooplankton the threadfins depend on) but do you know if this dire of a prediction has been borne out in what has happened in infested lower basin lakes like Lake Mead?
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I think red-ear's should be introduced. The Park Service will fight that, but they really don't have much ground to stand on. I think we'll eventually see red-ear's.
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+1 on this. While it is true they won't eliminate them from the lake, they are demonstrated to reduce the damage the mussels cause once they are established. They are another nice sport fish in their own right as well.
I follow you on why you think the threadfins will suffer, (mussels will filter feed the zooplankton the threadfins depend on) but do you know if this dire of a prediction has been borne out in what has happened in infested lower basin lakes like Lake Mead?
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