[NormsRevenge]

Try depth charges and lots of 'em. That should diminish the population a little.. of the fish, that is.

But being as the feds and state would intervene,, they'll probably try poisoning them or sumthin'.. better to put a no catch limit and free fishing licenses for visitors..

How they got there? hmmm.. The Erie Canal angle is interesting.. and so are some invasive species..

[occamrzr06]

largemouth bass, bluegill and catfish

Them are good eating fish. Not sure of them other kind.

[Paleo Conservative]

How they got there? hmmm.. The Erie Canal angle is interesting.. and so are some invasive species..

How did they cross the continental divide?

[wolfcreek]

Don’t tell anybody but, bass will eat trout too.

[cripplecreek]

We’ve got smallmouth and trout in the same places here. Below the dam near my house I’ve caught smallmouth with one case and a brookie the next.

[Randy Larsen]

The mackinaw in Tahoe will love the food supply as much as any other predator fish.

[Gator113]

Isn’t there some way that we can send those folks a billion or two to help them out with this unexpected crisis.

Oh, hey, couldn’t we give them some of that Obama money we sent to teach those Africans how to wash their privates after doing the wild-thing?

[Steely Tom]

As suggested in another case of this type, by another FReeper: let the state offer, say $10 apiece for each smallmouth bass caught in Lake Tahoe. The problem would be taken care of in short order.

[Hot Tabasco]

The Department of Fish and Game has been working with Chandra and his team of researchers in an attempt to remove nonnative species from the lake.

At what cost to the taxpayers?????

Common sense would be to contract with the Bass Masters Pro Tour officials and let the sponsors foot the bill for the bass removal.............

[calico_thompson]

Smallies are more fun to catch than trout.

http://www.bassresource.com/fish_biology/mountain_smallmouth.html

[Hot Tabasco]

Studies of introduced smallmouth bass have already shown that they have devastated trout populations on the East Coast

Then they need to contact the Michigan DNR and ask them how Lake Charlevoix has become a fishing haven for not only bass but also lake trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, pike and now walleye..........along with all the small panfish such as perch, bluegills, etc...

A classic creating a crisis where none exists..........

[Mike Darancette]

The alien fish could hamper efforts by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to re-introduce native Lahontan trout to the Sierra lake.

It's almost impossible to reintroduce Cutthroat Trout where there is a large population of Rainbows Trout. They co-exist where there is a larger native Cutthroat population but with lots of crossbreeding.

[4buttons]

A university what?

[EN1 Sailor]

You don't want the feds messing around anyone's lake. I live smack between Sacto and Tahoe. Near Sacto was/is a small lake that was stocked with wussy little trouts (can't stand that stuff). So some kind person introduced some pike (good eatin' there), you know, for a bit of diversity?

Son-of-a-gun wouldn't you know, them pike were eating all the little trouts. So the state came in to fix the problem. Last I heard, they'd poisoned and drained the thing 3 times and still couldn't get rid of them pike. Or they kept being re-introduced. I just had to LOL at what they spent to make a few anglers happy.

[Mariner]

Even IF they could clear the lake of invasive species, they would be back in a couple of years.

Too many people will not respect the ban on introduction.

[hattend]

Okay, I’m not a fisherman so excuse my ignorance.

Isn’t a Bass a warm water fish?

Tahoe has got to be the coldest, most package shriveling lake I have ever had the misfortune to swim in on a bet). How are the bass thriving?

[txhurl]

Hm.. a thread to go with my tag :)