Sad. I hadn't heard of this. Seems to be a recurring theme. It looks like they allow ice fishing and live bait there, so I wonder if the bass came from a bucket by accident rather than by intent. I also am starting to believe that invasives are gaining footholds because of changing conditions (water quality, non-winters, etc.) that historically were quite different.
It would be nice if they could catch someone red-handed so a solid punishment (involving nads or not) could be delivered as an example and good deterrent.
I fished Nahmakanta at least 20 years ago and the camp owner said there were already smallmouth bass in the lake then. Perhaps it wasn't confirmed back then? Definitely a gorgeous lake but was disappointed the landlocked salmon were on the small side.
I have trolled it probably 100 days from the 80's until late 2000teens, never saw or heard of bass present until Tim Obrey, region biologist, posted it the other day.