Ugh!!

[Gill-T]

Ugh!!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/grass-carp-great-lakes-1.3954946

 

Going to need a "smart" fish finder that can select for species.

[rolmops]

There is a fair chance that they will not survive the big meat grinder of the Niagara falls.  Ground up and killed they will probably increase the nutrient flow into Lake Ontario.

 

[Lucky13]

6 minutes ago, rolmops said:

There is a fair chance that they will not survive the big meat grinder of the Niagara falls.  Ground up and killed they will probably increase the nutrient flow into Lake Ontario.

 

It is not the ones that take the ride over the falls you worry about, it is the ones that slide down the Weilland Canal, no meat grinder there.

[skunked again!]

Could they make it through via Welland canal?

[Gill-T]

They are in Ontario.  They have been found in Toronto harbor.  The new news is the fertility issue.

[Capt Vince Pierleoni]

The biggest concern is what they will consume nutrient-wise in Lake Erie. Not only would that affect the carrying capacity of gamefish in Lake Erie, but also Lake Ontario. 80% of Ontarios water comes from Lake Erie via the Niagara. IMO, the "clean water act" does more damage than good and should be immediately revisited. Sterile, crystal clear lakes are comforting to some, but hold low densities of gamefish. 

[lost a lure]

At least they aren't the flying carp

[TileMan Dan]

Capt Vince, you are correct about the crystal clear waters but one cant blame the clean water act. Those mussels are doing a better job than any implemented law.


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[skipper19]

Stock more northern pike. Meat gringers.Warm shallow water dwellers like the carp and will feast on their offspring.

cent frum my notso smartphone

[Capt Vince Pierleoni]

Dan, yes mussels are a factor but they only retain about about 10% of what they filter and there's nothing we can do about them now. The phosphorus reductions can be adjusted, and with the deforestation of the Great Lakes shorelines these reductions could very easily go too far.

[Storm Warning II]

Wait a minute guys...grass carp aren't the terroristic ones that are so bad. It's the Silver and Bigheads we are worried about

[Gill-T]

5 hours ago, Storm Warning II said:

Wait a minute guys...grass carp aren't the terroristic ones that are so bad. It's the Silver and Bigheads we are worried about

 

Right, but if these fish were deemed to come from American waters via Chicago waterway then it is only reasonable to think those leapers are going to get in too.