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After the huge exponential growth of Shiners in Newcastle. I wonder how many years before Kolob does the same. Last year I found a couple small schools of shiners but only in a small area. This trip every bay had shiners and some large boils. The shore was covered with hundreds of the stupid things and after seeing how large the population is getting from one year the to next the DWR better start saving it's money for some rotenone. I give it three years before the trout fishing is just like Newcastle but with a chance at a 10+lb trout.
The CO was up there giving tickets to bait fisherman.
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Thats to bad about kolob, the fish will get fat on the shiners, but they will become harder to come by as they will have all sorts of food sources. who knows maybe that will turn into another wiper water
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How deep does Kolob get?
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Not for sure but 40ft by the dam.
Some of the larger fish will start eating shiners but thats not the problem. The smaller fish will be out competed and starve or barely survive. Nobody wants to fish a trophy lake and catch skinny 12" fish.
Fish4fish actually the food resources will be reduced because of large schools of shiners.
I don't see why every report about Golden Shiners say they are open water fish. Every lake I see them them in they are close to the shore in large schools.
I hope I'm wrong but if not the DWR better start saving for some rotenone.
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