RALEIGH, N.C. (WGHP) — A bass species that’s invasive to North Carolina is spreading in our lakes and rivers and competing with our native fish, according to the NC Wildlife Resources Commission.
Biologists with the NCWRC are asking the public for help to prevent the spread of Alabama bass to protect the future of native largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass in NC.
As of April, they have been reported in Belews Lake, the Dan River and Salem Lake.
“They’re being stocked and moved to new locations by anglers who need to understand the impact it’s having to our native black bass family of largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass,” District Biologist Kin Hodges said. “Populations of largemouth bass are being dramatically reduced, while North Carolina could potentially lose smallmouth and spotted bass.”…