Sterile grass carp were released into Candlewood Lake to combat the growth of an invasive plant. Now, it seems they did a very good job of that… but unfortunately, they eliminated more vegetation than expected, and now the Candlewood Lake Authority suspects that the carp are to blame for the almost total lack of vegetation in Candlewood Lake. Thousands of sterile grass carp were stocked in the lake in 2015 and 2017 to combat Eurasian watermilfoil. Now the milfoil infestation is gone… along with all the other plants and that is a whole new problem. It means now, plans are afoot to remove some of the grass carp!