05-24-2012, 03:09 PM
Sorry, I wasn't talking about what eats what. I was addressing what had changed to increase the numbers of cutts and the corresponding decrease in average fish size. There is a lot of good information in that last newsletter that summarized the latest findings and also talks about what they are currently studying and working on.
I thought the fish eating question had already been discussed pretty fully. .... Yes, fish eat fish especially if there is more competition. As has been brought out it wasn't about them never eating any fish, but that traditionally in the past surveys fish were only a small part of their diet there. That is fact.
That is also changing, as the environment of the lake is changing with the increased numbers of natural cutts and especially since F&G stocked more brooks. The brookies are known to be very piscivorous as they get larger.
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I thought the fish eating question had already been discussed pretty fully. .... Yes, fish eat fish especially if there is more competition. As has been brought out it wasn't about them never eating any fish, but that traditionally in the past surveys fish were only a small part of their diet there. That is fact.
That is also changing, as the environment of the lake is changing with the increased numbers of natural cutts and especially since F&G stocked more brooks. The brookies are known to be very piscivorous as they get larger.
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