LO veggie growth outta control

[planettrout]

There were once some very BIG Trout in the entire Owens ecosystem...a long time ago...



PT/TB

[Trootfisher]

On the flip side, there was no fishery until we created it with planting. The Owens had no fish to speak of until we brought over the west side rainbows (and goldens), and brought the brookies from the northeast, and the browns from Europe(?).

John

there were quite a few native fish in the owens river before it was dammed, diverted, and filled with non-native browns and rainbows. They include:

owens tui chub
owens pupfish
toikona tui chub
owens speckled dace
owens sucker

No, Troot... John was talking about "fish" i.e trout, trout, trout, and trout.

Lol, my bad . . . I always have to remember this when people scream at me for stepping a boot into Hot Creek- they get all huffy about conserving the ecosystem (of the non-native fishes).