[QUOTE=tcounty;3938975]All it takes is a couple females and a male to make it through. Ten years after that you’re screwed. No need and sugar coating it.

First one I heard of was in circa 2000 on a Mississippi River oxbow, Clear creek aka the chute. Caught good fish for about 5 years after then noticed it was dwindling.

It’s ruined so many places I’ve fished all my life. I despise the people that brought them here. I’m almost willing for TWRA to just poison the river to kill everything and start over. Only problem is you’d have to poison the Mississippi and all tributaries.

There really is no answer. A lot of people blame TWRA for not doing enough, but it’s an impossible situation.

When you’re jig fishing a couple years from now, and you see a cloud of fingerlings come by your boat that’s 50’ wide and a 100’ long, you’ll understand it’s an impossible situation.


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No natural predators is the biggest problems.