11-24-2012, 10:39 PM
[cool][#0000ff]I am sure you know the situation with the tigers. They want to put more in Pineview but since Utah DWR has been trying to propagate their own they have not had the numbers of survivors they would like to be able to stock. Getting there.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I know you guys love your big ol' slabbos. You really whacked 'em good a couple of winters ago. But crappies and perch both have similar needs and cycles. They both need high water and flooded structure to spawn successfully. Some years the weather and the water level conditions are just not right for good spawning and recruitment and there are few young or no young from that year class. Some years there is a bumper spawn and enough fish survive natural attrition and angler predation over the next few years to leave a lot of bigger fish for harvest before their final spawing rituals. In Pineview those "last year" crappies can reach 16 inches...and perch about 13". But that only happens if there is enough food and suitable growing and spawning conditions all around.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Some folks do not know about...or remember...the "BIG FLUSH" during the early spring of 2011. The record snowfall began melting and pouring huge volumes of water into Pineview and other lakes. Pineview was already fairly high so they "pulled the plug" to dump as much water as possible as quickly as possible to avoid spilling over the dam. The fish that were hanging out in the lake near the dam at the time of the release got sucked out of the pipes and into the river below. There were reports of bushes along the Ogden River decorated with lots of big fish of all species. Of course it sucked out a lot of baby perch and crappies too...and that should have helped the overpopulation. That little incident has to have affected the balance in the lake and there have been no studies to determine just how much. There were plenty of fish of all species and all sizes throughout the rest of the lake that did not take "the big ride". Hopefully it will heal itself and will not go dry before it can recover. We still need a lot of snow this winter.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I know you guys love your big ol' slabbos. You really whacked 'em good a couple of winters ago. But crappies and perch both have similar needs and cycles. They both need high water and flooded structure to spawn successfully. Some years the weather and the water level conditions are just not right for good spawning and recruitment and there are few young or no young from that year class. Some years there is a bumper spawn and enough fish survive natural attrition and angler predation over the next few years to leave a lot of bigger fish for harvest before their final spawing rituals. In Pineview those "last year" crappies can reach 16 inches...and perch about 13". But that only happens if there is enough food and suitable growing and spawning conditions all around.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Some folks do not know about...or remember...the "BIG FLUSH" during the early spring of 2011. The record snowfall began melting and pouring huge volumes of water into Pineview and other lakes. Pineview was already fairly high so they "pulled the plug" to dump as much water as possible as quickly as possible to avoid spilling over the dam. The fish that were hanging out in the lake near the dam at the time of the release got sucked out of the pipes and into the river below. There were reports of bushes along the Ogden River decorated with lots of big fish of all species. Of course it sucked out a lot of baby perch and crappies too...and that should have helped the overpopulation. That little incident has to have affected the balance in the lake and there have been no studies to determine just how much. There were plenty of fish of all species and all sizes throughout the rest of the lake that did not take "the big ride". Hopefully it will heal itself and will not go dry before it can recover. We still need a lot of snow this winter.[/#0000ff]
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