Eradication Efforts Create Mutant Smallmouth Bass

By Brent Frazee – Wired2Fish

Sometimes, Mother Nature can be downright stubborn.

Consider a lake in upstate New York, which was the subject of a study by fisheries scientists at Cornell University. An invasive species, smallmouth bass, had been introduced into the private lake and had taken over.

Normally, that would be a good thing. But not in this case. Members of the club were more focused on catching the native species in the deep, cool-water lake — namely big lake trout.

But the lakers were losing the battle to the more aggressive smallmouth bass. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL STORY