07-17-2018, 08:18 PM
Here is my take on this subject. As a carbon county resident in my younger years , I have seen this lake treated 3 times in the last 50 years, each time produced 5-8 years of great fishing followed by it being over taken again by chubs (and carp in the earlier years)
Now I would compare it to starvation, which was over run with chubs 30 years ago. Ruining a great trout fishery.
When predatory fish (walleye) were introduced (illigally or otherwise ) The walleye grew to some trophy size. But what I remember is an article from a dwr biologist saying it would take 8-10 years for the chubs to disappear. The predatory fish would eat the young , and the older class fish will eventually die out after they get beyond spawning years.
That is exactly how it happened When the dwr went to this management plan at scofeild a couple years back , they said the same thing would happen . It has only been 2-3 years of the 8-10 predicted. Be patient... Look what is happening at joes valley 6-7 years in. Look for scofeild to be a real trophy water in 3-5 years. I am willing to wait...
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Now I would compare it to starvation, which was over run with chubs 30 years ago. Ruining a great trout fishery.
When predatory fish (walleye) were introduced (illigally or otherwise ) The walleye grew to some trophy size. But what I remember is an article from a dwr biologist saying it would take 8-10 years for the chubs to disappear. The predatory fish would eat the young , and the older class fish will eventually die out after they get beyond spawning years.
That is exactly how it happened When the dwr went to this management plan at scofeild a couple years back , they said the same thing would happen . It has only been 2-3 years of the 8-10 predicted. Be patient... Look what is happening at joes valley 6-7 years in. Look for scofeild to be a real trophy water in 3-5 years. I am willing to wait...
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