10-16-2010, 04:02 AM
[quote PBH][quote FISHINTIZZ]how long is it going to last? How long before we ruin the lake again because people cant deal with catching a trash fish here and there? fish cant get big without forage fish to gorge on.
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Trout like rainbows and cutts don't necessarily need forage fish to get big. That is a myth. In fact, the chubs actually take away a huge portion of trout diet. If you removed the chubs completely, your rainbow and cutthroat would still have the opportunity to grow just as large, if not larger, than with the chubs.
However, to answer your question in a round about way: Strawberry will never be poisoned with rotenone again. That was the largest ever single treatment. It was extremely expensive and difficult to do. It also used about 1/3 of the world's supply of rotenone. This was a massive project, and I doubt that it will ever happen again, regardless of how bad the chubs get.
Which is why the currently regulations will be difficult to change. As long as you have cutts protected so that they can utilize the chubs as forage, then the chubs should stay in check.[/quote]True. Just look at Henry's Lake. Huge trout with mainly bugs for food.
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Chris.[/quote]
Trout like rainbows and cutts don't necessarily need forage fish to get big. That is a myth. In fact, the chubs actually take away a huge portion of trout diet. If you removed the chubs completely, your rainbow and cutthroat would still have the opportunity to grow just as large, if not larger, than with the chubs.
However, to answer your question in a round about way: Strawberry will never be poisoned with rotenone again. That was the largest ever single treatment. It was extremely expensive and difficult to do. It also used about 1/3 of the world's supply of rotenone. This was a massive project, and I doubt that it will ever happen again, regardless of how bad the chubs get.
Which is why the currently regulations will be difficult to change. As long as you have cutts protected so that they can utilize the chubs as forage, then the chubs should stay in check.[/quote]True. Just look at Henry's Lake. Huge trout with mainly bugs for food.
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