09-05-2011, 04:09 PM
You can't manage for the things you mention. However I think that those things are just the final nails in the coffin. There has been chubs and even carp in there for as long as I can remember but they were kept in check by the bigger trout. The DWR does a good job most of the time but I don't think even they can deny that the eight fish limit started the decline of the res. From what I have observed there are so many chubs that the smaller trout are competing with that they are not reaching the predatory size we need in large enough numbers. And that res can grow large trout fast. In my opinion the DWR has two choices. 1) Drain the res, retonon and start over. 2) Look at species other that trout to control the chub population.
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