11-27-2012, 12:10 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Most Pineview fans would agree that it could use more tigers...both for keeping the perch in check and to provide more angler action. But DWR is still working on their tiger propagation program and does not have the numbers they would like yet.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Sadly, there are a lot of these big toothy fish removed from the lake every year. Some die of natural attrition but far more succumb to rough handling or outright killing. Unfortunately these fish seem to like to bite on stuff being fished by goobers who don't know or don't care about properly handling them. Some also are clueless about the no keep regs...and I am sure more than a few tigers are "coolerized".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Crappies do get bigger than perch but can still fit down the gullet of the larger tigers. Members of the esox family are well known for eating big meals...or at least attacking fish of all sizes. I have heard reports from pineview of tigers being taken that have large tails protruding from their throats...from crappies, smallies, carp, etc. Yet they still hit smaller lures. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Perch are more likely to be regular menu items for most of the year because they tend to stay closer to the bottom in ambush areas. For a lot of the year crappies stay out in the main lake...suspended well off the bottom. But that will not protect them from a hungry tiger on the prowl. I have had tigers take distressed crappies and perch off the surface after I released them from deeper water. Had that happen with a dink perch on this last trip. Truly scary when it happens close to your inflated craft.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Sadly, there are a lot of these big toothy fish removed from the lake every year. Some die of natural attrition but far more succumb to rough handling or outright killing. Unfortunately these fish seem to like to bite on stuff being fished by goobers who don't know or don't care about properly handling them. Some also are clueless about the no keep regs...and I am sure more than a few tigers are "coolerized".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Crappies do get bigger than perch but can still fit down the gullet of the larger tigers. Members of the esox family are well known for eating big meals...or at least attacking fish of all sizes. I have heard reports from pineview of tigers being taken that have large tails protruding from their throats...from crappies, smallies, carp, etc. Yet they still hit smaller lures. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Perch are more likely to be regular menu items for most of the year because they tend to stay closer to the bottom in ambush areas. For a lot of the year crappies stay out in the main lake...suspended well off the bottom. But that will not protect them from a hungry tiger on the prowl. I have had tigers take distressed crappies and perch off the surface after I released them from deeper water. Had that happen with a dink perch on this last trip. Truly scary when it happens close to your inflated craft.[/#0000ff]
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