UPDATE:
Dr. Richard Ott: TP&W Fisheries Biologist, and District Supervisor for District 3C,

Kevin Storey: TP&W Fisheries Biologist, and District Supervisor for District 3B, &

Dr. Tim Brister: TP&W Fisheries Biologist, and District Supervisor for District 3A;

will be at Mack's Discount Tackle, 300 South Main Lindale Texas on Saturday February 23, 2008, from 9:00 AM to Noon.

They will be presenting information on Giant Salvinia, as well as other invasive species.

This will also be a 'Meet The Biologist' opportunity as well where you can ask these men whatever question that you’d like pertaining to the fisheries of East Texas.

Flyers will be offered to help with the identification of Giant Salvinia.

Also, an actual sample will be on display so that you may learn what Giant Salvinia looks like.

All are welcome!
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I spoke with Kevin Storey ( TP&W Dept., District Supervisor Inland Fisheries Management Region 3B) face-to-face this morning. He and and other TP&W fisheries biologist are distributing flyer, etc. on Giant Salvinia for Lake Fork and other East Texas lakes.

Mr. Storey stated that Dr. Richard Ott's District 3C group had found Giant Salvinia in the North end of Lake Palestine yesterday.

There is a hotline that you can call if you think that you've spotted an occurence of Giant Salvinia.
1-877-STOP-ANS

TFP

The stuff will spell the doom of even the best lakes. Hasn't there been some sort of parasite that was successfully introduced to help control it?

Isn't Carp a parasite?

No what he is refering to is some type of beetle.

I read an article that talked about the beetle but I am not sure if they introduced it, or if it was successful.

heres some google stuff I found on it.

http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/S/Salvinia_molesta.asp

Next year y'all are going to get a spray bottle of Round-up with your fishing license renewal. Seriously, that is bad stuff and I doubt that you'll be able to slow the spread of it down much.

If you google "giant salvinia" there are some interesting reads. Most promising appears to be the salvinia weevil. Not for total eradication, but for control.

SE Kansas grass grower

eagles band member don henly has property on caddo and is also trying to do something about it as well.on caddo they have built pvc type cages? to monitor what that bug will do to the nasty stuf,and have used other types of spray not sure what kind.the bug should die when the food supply runs out so they say.don't know don's web site but google it,should come up.WASH THAT BOAT

This needs to stay on top because it is a scary problem. As I understand it, the plant can double every few days and totally engulf a lake. Wash your trailers after every trip regardless of where you fish.

Maybe they can make this a sticky, everyone needs to be aware of such a damaging species so it can be reported immediately.

Even if this stuff freezes it does not die, so do not think that it would die being out of the water on your trailer a few days or weeks. That is why it is so important to wash your trailer everytime.

caddo has big signs at every boat dock that i have been to on that lake that has a picture of it and a bucket to place it in.and advise people to wash equipment and report where found if you see it so call them when you see that stuff

The BASS Website has a good article on the nasty stuff here.

This is the scary part:

Wow thats crazy!!! Con you flip the stuff??

"reduces" the oxygen in the water.

"These mats reduce oxygen in the water by preventing oxygen movement from air to water while decomposing vegetation removes oxygen already in the water. As a result, dissolved oxygen in the water drops well below levels needed to support fish. In addition, shading from the mats prevents growth of submersed aquatic vegetation causing further environmental damage"

MUST DIE. KILL IT ALL!!!

kill it, before it kills the lakes!

I'll do my part! Thanks for the heads up.

Bump

I have been at Toledo Bend many years and this is the worst I have seen it. The back of the creeks in Lanana bay are full of it.

Bad Stuff.

Tnat scares the sheet out of me.Will be on the lookout.

Should make this a sticky. Ahhhhhhh!

Are they saying it is in Fork?