So this spot i have been hitting during the summer has 2 Nutria swimming around. For some reason I thought they were swamp creatures in the Louisiana area, didnt think they got over here. I thought it was a beaver at first until it swam basically right up to my feet and backstroked away like it wasnt even scared of me. My question is, are Nutria problematic to the fishery? Im assuming they eat fish?.......

A quick google search said they were Herbivorous, so I don't think it will affect much of anything.

So this spot i have been hitting during the summer has 2 Nutria swimming around. For some reason I thought they were swamp creatures in the Louisiana area, didnt think they got over here. I thought it was a beaver at first until it swam basically right up to my feet and backstroked away like it wasnt even scared of me. My question is, are Nutria problematic to the fishery? Im assuming they eat fish?.......

I have seen them at Lake Fork several times. Also on the North Carolina coast.

Its a big muskrat...On a small pond, muskrats dig holes in dams and have ruined a few ponds I know of. I can only imagine what a 40lb+ muskrat would do.

You are in Texas.

Nutria are being recruited for Texas A&M cheerleaders.

(The smack talk starts now!!!)

And yes, they should not damage the fishery other than eating the grasses.

Here in MD, the DNR gives a bounty for dead Nutrias. They eat the grasses in the bay...they are invasive and bad bad news.

We here in South Louisiana would like for you to really try and EAT a few Nutria!! We've been trying to market them as table fare for years: fried nutria, nutria gumbo, stewed nutria!! YUM!!

Not popular here.....eating all the grasses in the bays and promoting quicker erosion.

Talking about invasive!! They populate rapidly!!

EAT MORE NUTRIA!!! (tastes like chicken!!) No......they don't, sadly!

They also provide a TON of fun when pursued with a .17 HMR or .22lr. Southern woodchuck hunting!

They also provide a TON of fun when pursued with a .17 HMR or .22lr. Southern woodchuck hunting!

Even more fun when ur running them with a bulldog or a hard patterdale just get rid them f&$@ers

Even more fun when ur running them with a bulldog or a hard patterdale just get rid them f&$@ers

I know those patterdale's are tough little guys, but I just cant help but see em as fufu dogs. I need to get around a few.

NGaHB

I know those patterdale's are tough little guys, but I just cant help but see em as fufu dogs. I need to get around a few.

NGaHB

Lol I kinda think the same thing but from the hunting photos and stories I have seen, plus some of the more seasoned doggers that have them, they must be something there.

Try baiting a few and proning about 150 yards away with said .17HMR. I have never run dogs, but that HAS to be close!

we gottem in Florida....