10-23-2005, 04:57 AM
[cool]Fish4fish, I'm not a biologist, but I don't think that they are sterile like the ones in the 'berry. The main reason the 'bows in Strawberry are sterile is so that they won't interbreed with the 'cuts. The secondary reason is so that they will focus most of their efforts into eating and getting big, since they don't have to focus any effort on the spawn. And, they ARE getting huge in the berry. In that article the other day in the Trib, it said that there have been bows caught the last year or two in the 'berry that have been close to or around 20 lbs.
As for Yuba, I do recall reports last Spring (when 'bows spawn) of lots of bows gathering in the gravel areas of the river above Yuba.
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As for Yuba, I do recall reports last Spring (when 'bows spawn) of lots of bows gathering in the gravel areas of the river above Yuba.
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