Didymo

Long time lurker surfaces to ask a question.

Any one familiar with Didymo?

There are several tailwaters in the Southeast where I fish that have been
invaded and there does not seem to be much concern about it.

I've googled it and gotten the basic info which is this is an invasive algae
that threatens a lot of insect life in trout water.

Has there been discussion in this group that I have missed?

Thanks,

Patrick

"PRM" wrote in message
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Long time lurker surfaces to ask a question.

Any one familiar with Didymo?

There are several tailwaters in the Southeast where I fish that have been
invaded and there does not seem to be much concern about it.

I've googled it and gotten the basic info which is this is an invasive
algae that threatens a lot of insect life in trout water.

Has there been discussion in this group that I have missed?

Never heard of it. To the best of my recollection there's been no previous
mention of it here. How's about you give us a summary?

Wolfgang

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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"PRM" wrote in message
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Long time lurker surfaces to ask a question.

Any one familiar with Didymo?

There are several tailwaters in the Southeast where I fish that have been
invaded and there does not seem to be much concern about it.

I've googled it and gotten the basic info which is this is an invasive
algae that threatens a lot of insect life in trout water.

Has there been discussion in this group that I have missed?

Never heard of it. To the best of my recollection there's been no
previous mention of it here. How's about you give us a summary?

Wolfgang

It's an invasive algae that has done a lot of damage to trout water in New
Zealand. It is spreadly rapidly in the US, although so far it seems
confined to tailwater types of streams.

Fisherman are spreading this algae. The suspected tranmsission is in the
felt of our wading boots.

Here are a couple of web sites you can look at for info.

http://www.epa.gov/Region8/water/events.html

http://www.fly-fishing-guides-new-ze....nz/didymo.htm

The folks in New Zealand seem to be taking this the most seriously. As a
fisherman in the south who depends on tailwaters for a lot of trout fishing
this is a serious wake up call.

There has been one river already very badly infected, but I can't find the
article on it. I THINK it was the Rapid River, in SD. A self sustaining
brown trout population was wiped out.

Something to keep you eye on at least. At the very least find out to
recognize this threat and how to clean your equipment if you come into
contact with it. I am surprised that there is not more info available.

"PRM" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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"PRM" wrote in message
. ..
Long time lurker surfaces to ask a question.

Any one familiar with Didymo?

There are several tailwaters in the Southeast where I fish that have
been invaded and there does not seem to be much concern about it.

I've googled it and gotten the basic info which is this is an invasive
algae that threatens a lot of insect life in trout water.

Has there been discussion in this group that I have missed?

Never heard of it. To the best of my recollection there's been no
previous mention of it here. How's about you give us a summary?

Wolfgang

It's an invasive algae that has done a lot of damage to trout water in New
Zealand. It is spreadly rapidly in the US, although so far it seems
confined to tailwater types of streams.

Fisherman are spreading this algae. The suspected tranmsission is in the
felt of our wading boots.

Here are a couple of web sites you can look at for info.

http://www.epa.gov/Region8/water/events.html

http://www.fly-fishing-guides-new-ze....nz/didymo.htm

The folks in New Zealand seem to be taking this the most seriously. As a
fisherman in the south who depends on tailwaters for a lot of trout
fishing this is a serious wake up call.

There has been one river already very badly infected, but I can't find the
article on it. I THINK it was the Rapid River, in SD. A self sustaining
brown trout population was wiped out.

Something to keep you eye on at least. At the very least find out to
recognize this threat and how to clean your equipment if you come into
contact with it. I am surprised that there is not more info available.

Thanks. I did a brief Google check and haven't found any evidence of its
spread into the upper Great Lakes region yet.

Wolfgang

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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"PRM" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote in message
...

"PRM" wrote in message
. ..
Long time lurker surfaces to ask a question.

Any one familiar with Didymo?

There are several tailwaters in the Southeast where I fish that have
been invaded and there does not seem to be much concern about it.

I've googled it and gotten the basic info which is this is an invasive
algae that threatens a lot of insect life in trout water.

Has there been discussion in this group that I have missed?

Never heard of it. To the best of my recollection there's been no
previous mention of it here. How's about you give us a summary?

Wolfgang

It's an invasive algae that has done a lot of damage to trout water in
New Zealand. It is spreadly rapidly in the US, although so far it seems
confined to tailwater types of streams.

Fisherman are spreading this algae. The suspected tranmsission is in the
felt of our wading boots.

Here are a couple of web sites you can look at for info.

http://www.epa.gov/Region8/water/events.html

http://www.fly-fishing-guides-new-ze....nz/didymo.htm

The folks in New Zealand seem to be taking this the most seriously. As a
fisherman in the south who depends on tailwaters for a lot of trout
fishing this is a serious wake up call.

There has been one river already very badly infected, but I can't find
the article on it. I THINK it was the Rapid River, in SD. A self
sustaining brown trout population was wiped out.

Something to keep you eye on at least. At the very least find out to
recognize this threat and how to clean your equipment if you come into
contact with it. I am surprised that there is not more info available.

Thanks. I did a brief Google check and haven't found any evidence of its
spread into the upper Great Lakes region yet.

Wolfgang

I have to say that it is somewhat amazing to me that you can say "George
Bush" or "Global Warming" around here and start a conversation that goes on
for a while. The discussion may lack rationality and even basic
intelligence, but at least people care.

Start a thread on an emerging threat to our sport and only one person cares
enough to even look it up and their respnse is NIMBY. (No offense Wolfgang,
it's the same response I get whenever I tell anyone about it, even at rivers
that are affected)

Why do we get wound up about yo yo politicos and not the sport this group
supposedly cares about? BTW, not really expecting an answer.

Patrick

PRM wrote:

Why do we get wound up about yo yo politicos and not the sport this group
supposedly cares about? BTW, not really expecting an answer.

I suspect it's because we can't vote on Didymo. :-)

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

I have to say that it is somewhat amazing to me that you can say "George
Bush" or "Global Warming" around here and start a conversation that goes on
for a while. The discussion may lack rationality and even basic
intelligence, but at least people care.

Start a thread on an emerging threat to our sport and only one person
cares enough to even look it up and their respnse is NIMBY. (No offense
Wolfgang, it's the same response I get whenever I tell anyone about it,
even at rivers that are affected)

Why do we get wound up about yo yo politicos and not the sport this group
supposedly cares about? BTW, not really expecting an answer.

Patrick

For one thing I have never heard about it. Second, I haven't a clue as to
who you are, but I can almost guarantee that you will get some action, since
you have approached the issue in the usual ROFF manner--Aggravation!

Others who may know or want to know more are likely to respond to you query.

I'll contact the NC Wildlife Commission about it. Now what exactly does the
acronym DIDYMO stand for, or is that the name of the algae?

Op

PRM wrote:


I have to say that it is somewhat amazing to me that you can say "George
Bush" or "Global Warming" around here and start a conversation that goes on
for a while. The discussion may lack rationality and even basic
intelligence, but at least people care.

Start a thread on an emerging threat to our sport and only one person cares
enough to even look it up and their respnse is NIMBY. (No offense Wolfgang,
it's the same response I get whenever I tell anyone about it, even at rivers
that are affected)

Why do we get wound up about yo yo politicos and not the sport this group
supposedly cares about?

NIMBY?

Hm.......

I've spent most of the past half century living in close proximity to
Lake Michigan, which has been subjected to a steady succession of
invasive exotic species that have caused incalculable damage. The
first thing I do on hearing of a new one is check to see whether or not
I will have to deal with it personally. That was all I had time for
earlier today. In fact, I haven't finished checking that out. Other
aspects of the issue will have to wait their turn

Aside from that, I will, for now, confine myself to pointing out that a
civil response to a question or observation is about as good as one has
any reason to expect in this place. Unless you've got an agenda that
didn't come through in your first or second messages, you'd do well to
keep that in mind.

BTW, not really expecting an answer.

I suspect that your expectations, or lack thereof, are fated to be a
matter of rapidly diminishing interest around here as, by your own
admission, they are elsewhere.

Wolfgang

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:44:50 -0400, "PRM"
wrote:

Long time lurker surfaces to ask a question.

Any one familiar with Didymo?

There are several tailwaters in the Southeast where I fish that have been
invaded and there does not seem to be much concern about it.

I've googled it and gotten the basic info which is this is an invasive algae
that threatens a lot of insect life in trout water.

Has there been discussion in this group that I have missed?

Thanks,

Patrick



Patrick,

Got an email back from Paul Bugas, one of the fisheries biologists at
VADGIF in response to your info and they are aware of the issue.
They've put up posters at the Jackson, worked with TU and placed
articles in newspapers to get the word out so didymo can be contained.
He says there is no treatment for didymo to date and prevention is the
most important action that can be taken, which is exactly as you have
been doing. He referred me a little deeper into the EPA site:
http://www.epa.gov/Region8/water/mon...mosphenia.html
which doesn't contain a lot of extra info except the map which shows
the major outbreaks, most of them in the west.
It is alarming...and the stuff is spreading in the east.

Kiyu