05-27-2009, 03:18 PM
Good thread Bigguy! And thanks Drew, for taking the time to get on here and talk to us about all these things. I think that Powell is a HUGE success story of fishing in the west. If they can maintain a striper population and still have predators there, they must be doing something very right.
I wonder if the presence of rip rap (medium sized boulders) would do the trick. I bet that makes up 75 percent of the structure in powell and there is no way a 500 pound boulder placed on the south end of the lake is going to roll down to the dam. That along with planting vegetation would be a very good thing. I know powell and Yuba are two VERY different places but HUGE schools of Stripers seem pretty daunting to manage as well.
I know how you feel Drew, about putting another forage fish in there but what is stopping the DWR from putting emerald shiners in there like in Yuba? I cant see that doing any harm and it seems like its working at willard with the minimum cover they have?
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I wonder if the presence of rip rap (medium sized boulders) would do the trick. I bet that makes up 75 percent of the structure in powell and there is no way a 500 pound boulder placed on the south end of the lake is going to roll down to the dam. That along with planting vegetation would be a very good thing. I know powell and Yuba are two VERY different places but HUGE schools of Stripers seem pretty daunting to manage as well.
I know how you feel Drew, about putting another forage fish in there but what is stopping the DWR from putting emerald shiners in there like in Yuba? I cant see that doing any harm and it seems like its working at willard with the minimum cover they have?
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