HAS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA LOST IT'S MIND

[gigas12]

Hi,yes thats really crazy,instead of resolving a problem in the best way posssible, the state of Calif. is creating a even bigger one.

 

[MultispeciesTamer]

Tell the native fish that. There is evidence that the Round Goby has already drove some local populations of Mottled Sculpin to exiction in Lake Michigan. The Round goby was first discovered in 1990 and after 16 years this was there distribution.
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/taxgroup/fish/maps/round goby points.jpg and its only getting worse. The population is out of control. I grew up on Green Bay now they are all over the place.

And this doesn't even take into account the problem with bioaccumulation that they might cause.

kk that sucks there are fine here tho, the ones we do catch are killed

 

[BIG_ONE]

Gobys are now used as a main food source by smallies, gobys still eat eggs but at least the population isnt out of control. See nature righted itself

true, main food sources...but its not what I see why I've been reading that some smaller species are close or probably extinct now... act fast.

 

[BIG_ONE]

Hi,yes thats really crazy,instead of resolving a problem in the best way posssible, the state of Calif. is creating a even bigger one.

you got any idea how to reduce the number of the pikes situation here???...fishing them out doesn't work, netting them out doesn't work...what's next???

 

[wonderboy1377s]

you got any idea how to reduce the number of the pikes situation here???...fishing them out doesn't work, netting them out doesn't work...what's next???

Do you know by chance if there was any attempt to look in to using male sterility?

 

[BIG_ONE]

Do you know by chance if there was any attempt to look in to using male sterility?

what does that suppose to mean?

 

[wonderboy1377s]

what does that suppose to mean?

Basically what happens is sterile males are put into a body water and they then compete with the fertile males when spawning , It might not work the best with northern because most times more then one male spawns with a female, but it could help to reduce the population a little bit, so if used in combination with other techniques it might lower the populations.

It is being used with large success in the Great Lakes with lampreys, but lampreys are nest spawners.

 

[I<3fish]

To tell you the truth, this should go into the lounge as it doesn't really have anything to do with fishing.

 

[BIG_ONE]

Basically what happens is sterile males are put into a body water and they then compete with the fertile males when spawning , It might not work the best with northern because most times more then one male spawns with a female, but it could help to reduce the population a little bit, so if used in combination with other techniques it might lower the populations.

It is being used with large success in the Great Lakes with lampreys, but lampreys are nest spawners.

sounds good, but i doubt it would work either...if fishing them out like crazy and catching them off nets doesn't work, i still doubt that would work. It would just increase more pikes to eat more stock trout.

but talk about lamprey, they make very good sturgeon baits over here

 

[MN_Rebel]

Or stock the sterile tiger muskie, they will take care of these northern pikes..