Small Silver Carp vs Gizzard Shad

[kydonky]

Many lakes have shad restrictions now. Beaver lake in Anderson co. has a no shad rule. Fine for each shad in possesion on the lake is ^^$$$. Multiply that by a bucket full of shad and you have a second mortgage.

[JD7.62]

The big head and silver carps were first used in aquaculture ponds to control algae and plants. They first escaped from Arkansas I believe. Believe it or not, but snakheads were also a major farm fish in the state of Arkansas until the '04 federal ban.

[Shimano4Life]

Many lakes have shad restrictions now. Beaver lake in Anderson co. has a no shad rule. Fine for each shad in possesion on the lake is ^^$$$. Multiply that by a bucket full of shad and you have a second mortgage.

Cedar Creek has a no live bait in possession restriction as well. I was taught at an early age to dispose of minnows and shiners on land -- not only for the potential of being non-native, but for disease control and water quality as well.

[kygorski]

Those asian carp did wonders for the fish farmers, cleaned up the [ponds just like they were supposed to. What most of us never stop to think about, is for every problem we solve, many times the solution turns into another problem. Like importing those lady bugs, that had no predators, they just made life unbearable for many of us, no matter what you did, they found a way in. Its a smaller world today, beneficial bugs thetre are pests here, same with fauna.Did the nutrina have anything to do with the dikes in louisiana not holding?