03-21-2012, 11:53 PM
[cool][#0000ff]I caught that one about two years ago and it was the first one I had seen. Heard of others getting them but no first hand "reliable" reports. After posting pics of mine and checking in with DWR folks I learned that they have shown up in netting surveys and a few on anglers lines.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Doubt they will ever become a major part of the biomass in Deer Creek. Too many other top predators already in place...and just not enough forage for all the species in the lake. They occupy a different level than most of the other predators...besides trout...but with no significant supply of small fishies they more often serve as prey rather than as predators. Just like at East Canyon the trout find newly hatched crappies to be fine fodder so a lot of them disappear into the food chain before reaching slab size.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Doubt they will ever become a major part of the biomass in Deer Creek. Too many other top predators already in place...and just not enough forage for all the species in the lake. They occupy a different level than most of the other predators...besides trout...but with no significant supply of small fishies they more often serve as prey rather than as predators. Just like at East Canyon the trout find newly hatched crappies to be fine fodder so a lot of them disappear into the food chain before reaching slab size.[/#0000ff]
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