04-26-2005, 08:54 PM
PBH,
I dont think it will be the end of a great smallie fishery if the EYEs take a strong hold. There is enough bait fish and crawdads in that lake to feed both. The only reason why deer creek smallies are small is there isnt enough natural bait fish and cover.The DWR messed D.C. up whne they didnt watch the perch population decline.What i dont understand is why they dont plant shiner minnows or shad or some othe kind of bait fish to feed the preditors in D.C. or even yuba instead of having perch be the main prey.the shinners have helped the berry out and look at the fish up there.EYES and smallies can coexisit with each other.Look at the canadian lakes and MN lakes and even great lakes that have both fish and they are plentifuk and have trophys in each.Thats my 2 cents worth
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I dont think it will be the end of a great smallie fishery if the EYEs take a strong hold. There is enough bait fish and crawdads in that lake to feed both. The only reason why deer creek smallies are small is there isnt enough natural bait fish and cover.The DWR messed D.C. up whne they didnt watch the perch population decline.What i dont understand is why they dont plant shiner minnows or shad or some othe kind of bait fish to feed the preditors in D.C. or even yuba instead of having perch be the main prey.the shinners have helped the berry out and look at the fish up there.EYES and smallies can coexisit with each other.Look at the canadian lakes and MN lakes and even great lakes that have both fish and they are plentifuk and have trophys in each.Thats my 2 cents worth![
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