01-18-2019, 09:20 PM
Just for a little first hand experience with Carp Herpes.
Carp herpes has been present in most of the water ways in the San Joaquin valley in California for many years.
I have a home there that sets right on a 300 acre ground water recharge basin in the San Joaquin. A recharge basins is basically a volume controlled lake.
I am the president of the board for a water company that delivers water put into the ground though this basin.
As a avid fisherman, living right on,,and having day to day knowledge of the operation of a water system that has a Carp population that carries the Carp Herpes virus,,these are my observations.
The virus does not kill the Carp in cold or cool water.
It starts to effect the Carp in early summer. The infection will first show as lethargic fish close to shore with reddish white rashes covered by a muckus like substance. Once they reach this condition they die within a couple of days. Once they die they are floaters.
Infections in a population usually start off slow building to a peak and then tapering off slowly towards early fall. I have never see a catastrophic die off like poison or oxygen Depredation might cause. Although treating the water with Bluestone (copper sulfate) will greatly inhance a die off for what ever reason.
The waters I am talking about have largemouth bass, spotted bass and small mouth bass, 3 types of catfish, strippers, several types of sun fish, crappie, squaw fish, thred fin shad musquito minows, common carp, and buffalo carp.
I have never seen the virus, or the bluestone effect any fish other than the common carp and the buffalo carp. It does not seem to effect the first year young or the very big fish.
Every year you will see a die off. Some years will be worse for the carp than others.
It really does slow or at least help to control a carp population.
I can not find anything about it being tested on suckers which would be the first step before an infestation in Utah Lake.
Also I do know of some biologist saining infected carp minnows from this area to be shipped to Australia to be used for treatment of thier carp problems.
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Carp herpes has been present in most of the water ways in the San Joaquin valley in California for many years.
I have a home there that sets right on a 300 acre ground water recharge basin in the San Joaquin. A recharge basins is basically a volume controlled lake.
I am the president of the board for a water company that delivers water put into the ground though this basin.
As a avid fisherman, living right on,,and having day to day knowledge of the operation of a water system that has a Carp population that carries the Carp Herpes virus,,these are my observations.
The virus does not kill the Carp in cold or cool water.
It starts to effect the Carp in early summer. The infection will first show as lethargic fish close to shore with reddish white rashes covered by a muckus like substance. Once they reach this condition they die within a couple of days. Once they die they are floaters.
Infections in a population usually start off slow building to a peak and then tapering off slowly towards early fall. I have never see a catastrophic die off like poison or oxygen Depredation might cause. Although treating the water with Bluestone (copper sulfate) will greatly inhance a die off for what ever reason.
The waters I am talking about have largemouth bass, spotted bass and small mouth bass, 3 types of catfish, strippers, several types of sun fish, crappie, squaw fish, thred fin shad musquito minows, common carp, and buffalo carp.
I have never seen the virus, or the bluestone effect any fish other than the common carp and the buffalo carp. It does not seem to effect the first year young or the very big fish.
Every year you will see a die off. Some years will be worse for the carp than others.
It really does slow or at least help to control a carp population.
I can not find anything about it being tested on suckers which would be the first step before an infestation in Utah Lake.
Also I do know of some biologist saining infected carp minnows from this area to be shipped to Australia to be used for treatment of thier carp problems.
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