04-06-2010, 11:54 AM
I disagree that Scofield is in the same situation as Starvation and Strawberry as the chubs seem to be running rampant and several age classes are showing up healthy
[cool][#0000ff]Didn't say it was there yet. Give the slot a couple of years. Give the current crop of dink trout a couple of years to grow. Then start looking for the small chubs. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The trout ARE eating the chubs but the chubs are still abundant. But once the population is thinned down to the "tipping point" there will be a noticeable change. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That is what happened at Strawberry. The redsides got eaten up first. Then all of the baby chubs get munched each year. Still a few in evidence but not like it was before the slot. Used to be able to fill a cast net with both redsides and chubs casting around the docks. Now you can't find enough to catch for bait.[/#0000ff]
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[cool][#0000ff]Didn't say it was there yet. Give the slot a couple of years. Give the current crop of dink trout a couple of years to grow. Then start looking for the small chubs. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The trout ARE eating the chubs but the chubs are still abundant. But once the population is thinned down to the "tipping point" there will be a noticeable change. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That is what happened at Strawberry. The redsides got eaten up first. Then all of the baby chubs get munched each year. Still a few in evidence but not like it was before the slot. Used to be able to fill a cast net with both redsides and chubs casting around the docks. Now you can't find enough to catch for bait.[/#0000ff]
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