04-29-2010, 03:10 PM
Hey geezer,
Don't want to play the "moderator" card, but try to do what wizzle and others have done and edit your bad language. Just put some stars or symbols ($%^#&, etc.) after the first letter, instead of the actual word. Not that I'm a prude, but since it's a public forum, we gotta be a little careful, especially with those certain 4-letter words. I appreciate your understanding...
As far as the pike discussion, I grew up in the midwest and have seen my fair share of awesome pike waters. In fact I have a replica (I caught and released because it was over the slot limit) of a 13lb pike I caught on 6lb test when on a trip to Canada. Pike are mean, nasty, slimy fish and a complete blast to catch. I think the only thing stopping bass, trout, pike, carp, catfish, etc. having healthy populations in the same body of water is the management, and the angling. In those Canadian and upper midwest waters, people actually fish for pike a decent amount of time, and most times they keep and eat their limits, thus taking pike out of the lake. Also, the local DOW's have instituted slot limits. Because of this, there are plenty of other species of fish to catch as well. If more people here actually fished for pike, and kept a few smaller sized ones (they actually are pretty good eating), I think that would help control the population a little. Along with that is catching and releasing good sized trout (including females of any size full of eggs) and bass so they can reproduce to boost their population. I think there is an inherent problem in Nevada, at least down here, where some people think their limit of trout is a bucket full, no matter the size or condition...but I digress...There are thousands of lakes of all sizes in this country where pike, trout, walleye, smallmouth, bluegill, etc. all inhabit the same lake, and all at healthy population levels, with plenty of trophy fish to go around.
That being said, I DO NOT advocate any "bucket biologist" planting fish or otherwise altering the natural ecosystem of any body of water. They are not educated enough to understand what they're doing, and as you have mentioned above, the introduced species, with no natural enemy, no fishing pressure, and a lake full of smaller fish because everyone keeps the big ones they catch, tends to take over, especially if no one knows they're in there until its too late. Then they have to take drastic measures to control the population. Leave the wildlife management to NDOW (as hard as that may be), and write or call NDOW and voice your concerns. Tell them to institute slot limits, promote pike fishing, and actually enforce the limits...anything to avoid poisoning a whole lake.
My 2 cents...
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Don't want to play the "moderator" card, but try to do what wizzle and others have done and edit your bad language. Just put some stars or symbols ($%^#&, etc.) after the first letter, instead of the actual word. Not that I'm a prude, but since it's a public forum, we gotta be a little careful, especially with those certain 4-letter words. I appreciate your understanding...
As far as the pike discussion, I grew up in the midwest and have seen my fair share of awesome pike waters. In fact I have a replica (I caught and released because it was over the slot limit) of a 13lb pike I caught on 6lb test when on a trip to Canada. Pike are mean, nasty, slimy fish and a complete blast to catch. I think the only thing stopping bass, trout, pike, carp, catfish, etc. having healthy populations in the same body of water is the management, and the angling. In those Canadian and upper midwest waters, people actually fish for pike a decent amount of time, and most times they keep and eat their limits, thus taking pike out of the lake. Also, the local DOW's have instituted slot limits. Because of this, there are plenty of other species of fish to catch as well. If more people here actually fished for pike, and kept a few smaller sized ones (they actually are pretty good eating), I think that would help control the population a little. Along with that is catching and releasing good sized trout (including females of any size full of eggs) and bass so they can reproduce to boost their population. I think there is an inherent problem in Nevada, at least down here, where some people think their limit of trout is a bucket full, no matter the size or condition...but I digress...There are thousands of lakes of all sizes in this country where pike, trout, walleye, smallmouth, bluegill, etc. all inhabit the same lake, and all at healthy population levels, with plenty of trophy fish to go around.
That being said, I DO NOT advocate any "bucket biologist" planting fish or otherwise altering the natural ecosystem of any body of water. They are not educated enough to understand what they're doing, and as you have mentioned above, the introduced species, with no natural enemy, no fishing pressure, and a lake full of smaller fish because everyone keeps the big ones they catch, tends to take over, especially if no one knows they're in there until its too late. Then they have to take drastic measures to control the population. Leave the wildlife management to NDOW (as hard as that may be), and write or call NDOW and voice your concerns. Tell them to institute slot limits, promote pike fishing, and actually enforce the limits...anything to avoid poisoning a whole lake.
My 2 cents...
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