the decline of DVL ....... BLAME IT OF THE STRIPERS..please no catch and release guys

[LORDOFTHEDEEP]

the decline of diamond valley lake is due to the invasive striper and the econimic effects on the metropolital water authority ......period
When a three-pound striped bass was caught in Diamond Valley Lake in 2001, two years before the massive reservoir by Hemet opened to the public, the uninvited saltwater fish that thrives in fresh water foreshadowed big things to come -- BIG MISTAKE
The reservoir's fishery was carefully developed as a habitat for largemouth bass, trout, bluegill and catfish. The invasive and voracious striped bass that dines on all of them somehow found its way into the lake. Unlike carp, a boney junk fish, stripers are liked. They draw anglers to the lake today because they are big, fight hard and are considered tasty.SO WHAT HAPPENED
Mike Giusti, a senior environment scientist with the state Department of Fish and Game, said small stripers likely arrived in water pumped into the lake and then grew and multiplied. They are such aggressive feeders that they gobble trout as they are planted in the reservoir, prompting Fish and Game to make plants in several spots around the lake so the fish aren't devoured.WHICH IS REDICULES
The lake's striper record is 33 pounds, the size of a hefty tuna caught in the ocean. It is common for anglers to land limits of 10 fish. Stripers often weigh 15 pounds or more.
Largemouth bass anglers routinely release their catch to grow larger. The sportsmanlike practice is not encouraged with stripers.DONT RELEASE STRIPERS YOU STUPID FISHERMAN!!!
Giusti, who developed the Diamond Valley Lake fishery starting with breeding ponds on the reservoir's floor before water was pumped in, wants anglers to keep stripers so their ever-growing population and predatory feeding of other fish is held in check. So far, he said, they haven't reached proportions requiring action to reduce their numbers, like introducing sterile fish to thwart their breeding.WELL.............THIS ARTICULE IS 5 YEARS OLD....NOW ITS TOO LATE
Stripers are a boon to guides who entertains customers with tales about the thrill of catching big, rod-bending stripers with and happily shows them pictures of big fish they caught.
Stripers have been good to guides.
STRIPERS HAVE BEEN BAD TO THIS LAKE