07-16-2010, 09:30 PM
This is from 2003 and Roger Wilson- if it was a great place to spawn don't you think in 7 years there would be a sizeable population ?
[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Here's a response from Roger Wilson, DWR's Strawberry project leader:[/size][/font]
[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]For your information, we attempted to locate smallmouth bass with electrofishing equipment last Thursday on Soldier Creek. We were unable to sample any bass, and it is evident that they are present in sufficiently low numbers to escape detection at this time. [/size][/font]
[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]This is the 4th reported catch of bass in the last 2 years, all on the Soldier Creek side. [/size][/font]
[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]We have been engaged in a smallmouth bass evaluation over the last several years. It is my opinion that smallmouth will not successfully reproduce in Strawberry because of the extensive starvation period (the cold water period during which bass will not feed <10*C), and the slow growth rate of young-of-the-year fish produced by natural reproduction. [/size][/font]
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[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Here's a response from Roger Wilson, DWR's Strawberry project leader:[/size][/font]
[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]For your information, we attempted to locate smallmouth bass with electrofishing equipment last Thursday on Soldier Creek. We were unable to sample any bass, and it is evident that they are present in sufficiently low numbers to escape detection at this time. [/size][/font]
[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]This is the 4th reported catch of bass in the last 2 years, all on the Soldier Creek side. [/size][/font]
[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]We have been engaged in a smallmouth bass evaluation over the last several years. It is my opinion that smallmouth will not successfully reproduce in Strawberry because of the extensive starvation period (the cold water period during which bass will not feed <10*C), and the slow growth rate of young-of-the-year fish produced by natural reproduction. [/size][/font]
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