09-02-2009, 11:38 AM
[cool][#0000ff]Did you get them on a "chub-ronomid"?[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Poor old ugly chubs get even less respect than carp. Both can bend your stick and stretch your string to provide enjoys. Hey, they are fish and they fight good...usually. Some of those big dinosaurs at Starvation fight better than walleyes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Although Strawberry has a bad history with chubs, and they have been known to take over the lake, things are different now. The cutts have done their job in bringing the chub population WAY DOWN. According to DWR netting reports, it is rare to find small chubs in their nets anymore. The big ones are still spawning like crazy but the predators slurp them up before they can grow past a few inches. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That is good for the present, but it is possible that Strawberry might go in the same direction as Starvation and Jordanelle. The old chubs get bigger and older, but none of their kids survive to become spawning adults for the future. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When the slot was put into place on Strawberry, there was a seemingly inexhaustible supply of redside shiners and chubs. The cutts chowed down and grew fast. Now there are few if any shiners left and the small chubs are hard to find. And...some people are saying that the cutts are not growing as large or as quickly. I'll leave that to the DWR biologists.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Anyway, cool pic of the chubbies. Always fun to double up...on any species. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Poor old ugly chubs get even less respect than carp. Both can bend your stick and stretch your string to provide enjoys. Hey, they are fish and they fight good...usually. Some of those big dinosaurs at Starvation fight better than walleyes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Although Strawberry has a bad history with chubs, and they have been known to take over the lake, things are different now. The cutts have done their job in bringing the chub population WAY DOWN. According to DWR netting reports, it is rare to find small chubs in their nets anymore. The big ones are still spawning like crazy but the predators slurp them up before they can grow past a few inches. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That is good for the present, but it is possible that Strawberry might go in the same direction as Starvation and Jordanelle. The old chubs get bigger and older, but none of their kids survive to become spawning adults for the future. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When the slot was put into place on Strawberry, there was a seemingly inexhaustible supply of redside shiners and chubs. The cutts chowed down and grew fast. Now there are few if any shiners left and the small chubs are hard to find. And...some people are saying that the cutts are not growing as large or as quickly. I'll leave that to the DWR biologists.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Anyway, cool pic of the chubbies. Always fun to double up...on any species. [/#0000ff]
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