04-27-2005, 04:28 PM
I have a little somthing to add to this. instead of having perch as the forage base it should be bluegill. for a couple of reasons. a 12in.
bluegill is a pretty big around slab and it will take a pretty big walleye to eat him, on the other hand a 12in. perch is a pretty small around fish and a pretty small walleye could eat him with no problem. I caught a 22in. walleye a long time ago in D.C. and that fish had 2 fresh 6in. perch in the stomach and I caught him on a 7in. rapala. what I'm trying to say is I don't think a 22in. walleye would get a 6in. bluegill down his throut very easy, so once a bluegill reaches about 6 to 8 in. you have a prim spawning bluegill that dosen't have to worry (too) much about getting eaten up by small walleye. just my dime, (inflation ya know) later chuck
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bluegill is a pretty big around slab and it will take a pretty big walleye to eat him, on the other hand a 12in. perch is a pretty small around fish and a pretty small walleye could eat him with no problem. I caught a 22in. walleye a long time ago in D.C. and that fish had 2 fresh 6in. perch in the stomach and I caught him on a 7in. rapala. what I'm trying to say is I don't think a 22in. walleye would get a 6in. bluegill down his throut very easy, so once a bluegill reaches about 6 to 8 in. you have a prim spawning bluegill that dosen't have to worry (too) much about getting eaten up by small walleye. just my dime, (inflation ya know) later chuck
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