Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Is there any point to killing snakehead caught rod-n-reel anymore?

As per John Odenkirk, last year Little Hunting Creek, the river where they do most of their electroshock studies and data collection, had an estimated 1200 fish.  This year it’s looking like there are about 600 in the creek.  They’re thinking the harvesting regulations and tournaments has been making an impact.

They cannot make informed decisions until they have at least 10-12 years of data to analyze.  I think next year is the last year before they can make suggestions to the state.

Right now NSH are labeled as invasive because most everything isn’t known about them, like where they winter, how many times a year they spawn, whether or not they’re having a positive, neutral, or negative impact on the watersheds they now inhabit.

It’s looking like they might be labeled as an exotic or non-indigenous species at some point based on what people have been saying and what we’re hearing.

R

Richard Farino

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From: Bob R <ridgewayhvac@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com>
Date: Monday, July 28, 2014 at 3:33 PM
To: <tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com>
Subject: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Is there any point to killing snakehead caught rod-n-reel anymore?

I don't think the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries have any hope of eradicating NSH, their goal now is just population control.  I read somewhere in the past couple of weeks that they were encouraged by recent electro shock surveys that the population have leveled out.  If that is a natural leveling on what the waterways will support or from the heavy pressure of culling due to catch and kill requirement, it's hard to tell.  I know the bow fishermen are putting a hurting on them.  Personally I would rather just release them, but will continue with removal as long as the state asks me to.

Bob

On Monday, July 28, 2014 1:33:06 PM UTC-4, TurbineBlade wrote:

Hi -- I managed to catch another (small) NSH yesterday which I dispatched immediately upon landing.  After doing so, I couldn't help but think that this is really just a knee-jerk reaction vs. an actual management tool.  I've seen more NSH this year than I ever have before and I doubt they're going anywhere.  

So, is everyone just doing this because it seemed like a good idea when the problem was first recognized, or is there any good reason to continue going out of our way to kill these things vs. just turning them loose?  

Gene

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