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This is how Canada dealt with smallmouth bass invasion 
By V. Paul Reynolds CA Source: Piscataquis Observer 11/5/2024
V. Paul Reynolds
This is how Canada dealt with smallmouth bass invasion

Moosehead Lake, Maine’s largest lake, is still a fabled cold water sport fishery. Landlocked salmon, lake trout and record-book Eastern brook trout attract recreational anglers from around the globe. For those of us who value the legacy and look to the future, the presence of an invasive species, smallmouth bass, in the lake is a disappointment and a source of concern.
 

The theory is that the lake’s smallmouth population came to be in Moosehead Lake through the irresponsible act of some reckless bucket stockers. Suzanne AuClair, a seasoned outdoorswoman who writes a monthly outdoor column about the Moosehead area in the Northwoods Sporting Journal, recently wrote this: “The smallmouth bass were illegally introduced here at Moosehead Lake in the mid-1970s. Most locals consider them a scourge. They are now thriving throughout the Moose River/Moosehead Lake waterway. It is unknown when and how they will affect the native wild brook trout fisheries.”

 
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