11-26-2012, 02:20 PM
[cool][#0000ff]About the last three years a lot of us have shared the same optimistic outlook..."Maybe this year the perch will have grown and be bigger." But I no longer believe it is a year class thing...just stunting from overpopulation and underharvesting. Happens with perch all the time.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I do believe that the crappies will get bigger next year. Lots of "under-footers" that will grow a couple of inches on the swarms of baby perch that will be in the lake next summer. They really are a "year class" species...depending on successful spawn and recruitment years. They may only have ideal conditions once every two or three years. The big ones from a couple of good spawns back have lived out their lives and are pretty scarce. But there seems to be a good crop of 3 year olds that may keep us happy for a couple of years.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Probably more and bigger crappies to be had from Utah Lake...or now from Deer Creek.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I do believe that the crappies will get bigger next year. Lots of "under-footers" that will grow a couple of inches on the swarms of baby perch that will be in the lake next summer. They really are a "year class" species...depending on successful spawn and recruitment years. They may only have ideal conditions once every two or three years. The big ones from a couple of good spawns back have lived out their lives and are pretty scarce. But there seems to be a good crop of 3 year olds that may keep us happy for a couple of years.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Probably more and bigger crappies to be had from Utah Lake...or now from Deer Creek.[/#0000ff]
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