08-07-2019, 11:01 PM
[#0000FF]I have sent an inquiry to DWR and will post the reply.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]There have been large numbers of crappies dying at Willard in the past...especially after shad were introduced. The young of the year grow to a certain stage and if there is not enough food for them they starve. Huge numbers of small crappettes on the surface at daybreak...cleaned up by the terns and gulls before the sun got over the mountain.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]In Pineview the dead fish seem to be of various sizes. It could be a combination of factors...food availability, water quality, etc. Hopefully we can find the true cause and that it will not completely decimate the crappie population.
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[#0000FF]There have been large numbers of crappies dying at Willard in the past...especially after shad were introduced. The young of the year grow to a certain stage and if there is not enough food for them they starve. Huge numbers of small crappettes on the surface at daybreak...cleaned up by the terns and gulls before the sun got over the mountain.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]In Pineview the dead fish seem to be of various sizes. It could be a combination of factors...food availability, water quality, etc. Hopefully we can find the true cause and that it will not completely decimate the crappie population.
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