MONETA — Fishing guides and other anglers asked the Tri-County Lakes Administrative Commission to greatly limit the number of sterile grass carp planned to be introduced into Smith Mountain Lake later this year to combat the spread of an invasive aquatic plant.Â
Dan Wilson, right, a fisheries biologist with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, speaks to local anglers during a stakeholders meeting held by the Tri-County Lakes Administrative Commission to discuss current plans to introduce sterile grass carp into the lake to combat the spread of hydrilla.
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Hydrilla, an invasive aquatic plant, is quickly making its return at Smith Mountain Lake after more than a decade. The underwater weed is seen at a cove at the lake in Penhook on Sept. 19.
Photos and video: Hydrilla surges back at Smith Mountain Lake
Hydrilla, an invasive aquatic plant, is quickly making its return at Smith Mountain Lake after more than a decade. Lake resident Don Pollock picks a clump of the underwater weed from the cove he lives on in Penhook on Sept. 19.
Hydrilla, an invasive aquatic plant, is seen underwater in large patches at a cove in Penhook on Sept. 19.
Hydrilla, an invasive aquatic plant, is quickly making its return at Smith Mountain Lake after more than a decade. The underwater weed is seen at a cove at the lake in Penhook on Sept. 19.
Hydrilla, an invasive aquatic plant, is quickly making its return at Smith Mountain Lake after more than a decade. Lake resident Don Pollock looks at the underwater weed form a dock in Penhook on Sept. 19.
Hydrilla, an invasive aquatic plant, is quickly making its return at Smith Mountain Lake after more than a decade. The underwater weed is seen at the lake on Sept. 19.
Hydrilla, an invasive aquatic plant, is quickly making its return at Smith Mountain Lake after more than a decade. Lake resident Don Pollock picks a clump of the underwater weed from the cove he lives on in Penhook on Sept. 19.
Hydrilla, an invasive aquatic plant, is quickly making its return at Smith Mountain Lake after more than a decade. The underwater weed is seen at a cove at the lake in Penhook on Sept. 19.
Hydrilla, an invasive aquatic plant, is seen in large patches at a cove in Penhook on Sept. 19.
Hydrilla, an invasive aquatic plant, is seen in large patches at a cove in Penhook on Sept. 19.
Hydrilla, an invasive aquatic plant, is quickly making its return at Smith Mountain Lake after more than a decade. The underwater weed is seen at a cove at the lake in Penhook on Sept. 19.
Hydrilla, an invasive aquatic plant, is quickly making its return at Smith Mountain Lake after more than a decade. The underwater weed is seen at the lake on Sept. 19.
