Spiny Water Flea in the Adirondacks

[gotabig1]

I read an article today that Spiny Water Flea has been found in Piseco Lake as well as Lake Pleasant. It seems that this invasive will be throughout the park before long.

[hunts2long]

They are in the lake here also...h2l

[fontona19]

Lake George has them now too.

[ADK Fishunter]

Great Sacandaga Lake is loaded with them and some days are worse than others

[trapper2000]

what are they?

[Raquettedacker]

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bythotrephes_longimanus
 
 

[RIVERRAT2]

THEY WILL MEST UP FISH for a time BUT mother nature WILL make it right
I HOPE.
 
RAT

[FishinNY]

Not good.

[fontona19]

THEY WILL MEST UP FISH for a time BUT mother nature WILL make it right
I HOPE.
 
RAT

Yup, most likely with the next ice age. 


They have been in Ontario since '82.

[trapper2000]

i see what they are now  hey they showed up about the same  time the smelt numbers declined  hmmmmmmm

[RIVERRAT2]

i see what they are now  hey they showed up about the same  time the smelt numbers declined  hmmmmmmm

WHERE their is a nich  mother nature WILL full it.
you know 50 years ago,if you told me that some day I COULD get  6# BROOKIE
 my statement would have been,YOU ARE NUTS- NO WAY- but look we can
 
RAT

[trapper2000]

WHERE their is a nich  mother nature WILL full it.
you know 50 years ago,if you told me that some day I COULD get  6# BROOKIE
 my statement would have been,YOU ARE NUTS- NO WAY- but look we can
 
RAT

river  my uncle was  care taker of the rockfeller  estate  in the airondacks and i seen  big brookies caught  ...fran bitters had several  6 lbers on his wall  so they were there