04-28-2005, 01:52 PM
The biggest reason gizzard shad cannot be used in Yuba is because of their threat to a "threatened" species....the Sevier River holds probably the biggest and strongest population of leatherside chubs this state has...if we start stocking gizzard shad into Yuba, they could very easily outcompete the leathersides and put them on the endangered list...bad news.
Also, the smallmouth fishing at Newcastle is excellent...the fish are numerous and big. They have not been hurt drastically by the golden shiners, but they do not occupy a majority of the lake. The reason the DWR doesn't want to poison Newcastle is to save these smallmouth; hence, the attempt at finding something that will control the shiner numbers and utilize them as a forage. The great thing about wipers is that they probably won't impact the smallmouth one bit.
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Also, the smallmouth fishing at Newcastle is excellent...the fish are numerous and big. They have not been hurt drastically by the golden shiners, but they do not occupy a majority of the lake. The reason the DWR doesn't want to poison Newcastle is to save these smallmouth; hence, the attempt at finding something that will control the shiner numbers and utilize them as a forage. The great thing about wipers is that they probably won't impact the smallmouth one bit.
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