07-02-2021, 05:32 PM
Actually what they are doing is trying to save a base population of trout by thinning them out.
There are currently way too many trout in the lake for the conditions.
At the water levels and temps that we have right now the over population
will likely cause a complete die off from starvation induced stress that makes the algie blooms, and low oxygen levels that are yet to come unsurvivable for all the trout.
If it works there should be some jumbos survive, it will take a couple of years of at least close to average annual moisture to bring it back to what could be considered a trophy trout fishery.
I for one am not going to second guess this move. You really have to hand it to the biologists
that have managed Minersville for the last several years.
They have done an absolutely fabulous job.
There are currently way too many trout in the lake for the conditions.
At the water levels and temps that we have right now the over population
will likely cause a complete die off from starvation induced stress that makes the algie blooms, and low oxygen levels that are yet to come unsurvivable for all the trout.
If it works there should be some jumbos survive, it will take a couple of years of at least close to average annual moisture to bring it back to what could be considered a trophy trout fishery.
I for one am not going to second guess this move. You really have to hand it to the biologists
that have managed Minersville for the last several years.
They have done an absolutely fabulous job.