The State : White Bass Kill Continues

Department of Fish and Game crews applied the chemical rotenone to lakes, ponds, canals and streams in Tulare and Kings counties below Lake Kaweah to continue their efforts to eradicate white bass in the Tulare Lake Basin. The chemical was injected into Lake Kaweah on Oct. 9 to begin the project to eliminate the predatory white bass from the basin so they would not escape into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, where officials fear they would threaten commercial salmon and striped bass fisheries. Officials said they will use helicopters, boats and, in some cases, hand sprayers to treat the rest of the basin’s 150 miles of waterways over the next two to three weeks. The department plans to plant 40,000 trout in Lake Kaweah within the next two weeks and 80,000 other sport fish, including large-mouth bass, bluegill and crappie during the winter.