10-12-2010, 09:05 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Only two species of cats in Utah (officially)...channels and black bullheads. I would say that the channel cats far outnumber the bullheads. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There have been cycles in the past where the bullheads seemingly outnumbered the channel cats and you couldn't fish for channels without being pestered by the bullheads. However, it is not common these days to even catch a single bullhead on most trips. (no married ones either) [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Tough to guess species ratios. Biologists tell us that carp are 90% of the total biomass. The rest is divided up among all the other species. I would think white bass would be second in total volume, followed by channel cats, walleyes and then crappies, largemouths, bluegills and perch. Could be off by a factor of 100 - 200 percent.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Pineview is one lake where there are ONLY bullheads...no channel cats (officially). But even though they are fairly numerous they do not make up a large part of the average angler's catch. And I think the tiger muskies include them on their food pyramids too. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There have been cycles in the past where the bullheads seemingly outnumbered the channel cats and you couldn't fish for channels without being pestered by the bullheads. However, it is not common these days to even catch a single bullhead on most trips. (no married ones either) [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Tough to guess species ratios. Biologists tell us that carp are 90% of the total biomass. The rest is divided up among all the other species. I would think white bass would be second in total volume, followed by channel cats, walleyes and then crappies, largemouths, bluegills and perch. Could be off by a factor of 100 - 200 percent.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Pineview is one lake where there are ONLY bullheads...no channel cats (officially). But even though they are fairly numerous they do not make up a large part of the average angler's catch. And I think the tiger muskies include them on their food pyramids too. [/#0000ff]
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