11-19-2005, 03:11 PM
[cool][#0000ff]All too true. Life goes on...or sometimes does not. We don't always have to like it, but we have to deal with it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It would be of greater concern if this was an endangered species or a native strain facing elimination from a home range. The truth is that these bows were planted for only one reason; to provide fishing for Yuba anglers until the perch, walleye, etc. could reestablish viable populations. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]No great loss in the overall scheme of things, even if there was a massive dieoff. However, you hate to see any fish wasted. It would obviously benefit a lot more of us if the fish stayed healthy and continued to provide such great fishing.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]My personal belief is that the "stick munchers" are in the minority and that the vast majority of the rainbows have followed the food chain and are continuing to dine on useable protein. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There are a lot of rainbows in Yuba, and apparently a lot of minnows. That has helped the trout grow big and fast. I can't believe they would all be so unadaptable as to fail to find the minnows and stay healthy.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As in most aspects of nature, it is survival of the fittest. If some members of the species cannot adapt to changing conditions, they die out and leave the ones that can. The smart ones will be back...and bigger.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I just thought it would be an interesting topic of discussion, and would still like to get some input from others on this phenomenon.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]By the way, that lovely mama troutski was still delicious...filleted, skinned and oven broiled with lemon, butter and seasonings. No "wood" taste at all.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It would be of greater concern if this was an endangered species or a native strain facing elimination from a home range. The truth is that these bows were planted for only one reason; to provide fishing for Yuba anglers until the perch, walleye, etc. could reestablish viable populations. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]No great loss in the overall scheme of things, even if there was a massive dieoff. However, you hate to see any fish wasted. It would obviously benefit a lot more of us if the fish stayed healthy and continued to provide such great fishing.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]My personal belief is that the "stick munchers" are in the minority and that the vast majority of the rainbows have followed the food chain and are continuing to dine on useable protein. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There are a lot of rainbows in Yuba, and apparently a lot of minnows. That has helped the trout grow big and fast. I can't believe they would all be so unadaptable as to fail to find the minnows and stay healthy.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As in most aspects of nature, it is survival of the fittest. If some members of the species cannot adapt to changing conditions, they die out and leave the ones that can. The smart ones will be back...and bigger.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I just thought it would be an interesting topic of discussion, and would still like to get some input from others on this phenomenon.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]By the way, that lovely mama troutski was still delicious...filleted, skinned and oven broiled with lemon, butter and seasonings. No "wood" taste at all.[/#0000ff]
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