State to Restock Lake After Poisoning Bass
State Fish and Game officials said Monday they plan to begin restocking Lake Kaweah later this week with the first of 120,000 trout and other sports fish.
Officials have determined that the lake is clear of the chemical rotenone and is safe for fish.
The state Department of Fish and Game injected rotenone into the lake Oct. 9 to launch the largest fish kill in state history in an attempt to rid Tulare Lake Basin waterways of the predatory white bass.
Meanwhile, Fish and Game crews are continuing to spray and inject lakes, ponds, streams and canals below Lake Kaweah with rotenone to complete eradication of white bass in the area.
The fish kill was authorized because officals feared that if the white bass escaped from the basin into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta they would threaten the salmon and striped bass fisheries in that area.
White bass eat the eggs and young of other fish.
Nokes said he hopes the fish kill can be completed in the entire basin by Thanksgiving.
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