The state of Texas is more of an anomaly when it comes to managing the lakes because nearly all of them are man-made. Of the big Texas lakes only Caddo lake is partially natural because it existed before they built a dam to control flooding.. Nearly all the game fish in Texas reservoirs (bass & catfish primarily) were stocked initially and have established naturally reproducing populations. Much of the management effort now is in maintaining and improving the fishery by introducing different genetics into the gene pool. All the big rivers in Texas had a huge variety of species before they were dammed up to create the many lakes we enjoy today. Short-sighted programs cause great problems down the road when an introduced species takes over and crowds out natives.

You need to be very careful on what you put in a water body. Would hate to see the native fish being reduced in size or destroyed. It is good that fisheries are trying to improve the public fishing and to come up with a good all around fish. Seems to me for what I have been reading both on this forum and other sources more research is needed on the Georgia Giant. Just my opinion.





Super thread!