NATIVE FISH COALITION • May 14, 2020
The Rapid River in Maine is the premier wild native brook trout river in the United States. Unfortunately, nonnative and highly invasive smallmouth bass have been illegally introduced to the Rapid River, putting the rivers wild native brook trout at risk. While bass can never be eradicated from a river the size of the Rapid, their populations can be controlled to various degrees. One thing we can do, and the law allows it, is to remove any bass we encounter while angling.