Ball Pond is the closest thing we have to a success story with Grass Carp in the NE, and that's primarily because of George Buck, who has been there every step of the way, making sure that everything is done on the up-and-up, and the fishery is protected.

The opposite side of the coin is a few miles to the west, and Lake Mahopac in NY. They very quickly eliminated virtually all the milfoil in the lake there. Observers with a vested interest in the fishery find it difficult to believe that they could possibly have put in enough grass carp to destroy the vegetation (and one of the best LMB fisheries in the Northeast) that quickly. Luckily, the smallies have thrived as the largemouth there have diminished. But C'wood is already smallmouth dominated. It will be interesting to see how that shakes out.