02-04-2013, 05:14 PM
[#0000FF]Doesn't happen often but I'm witchoo on this one. Without pike in Yuba there is no reason to fish it, unless you are deeply into carpology. We don't have to like it, but we should. Who knows how long the current ecological matrix will exist? Why not take full advantage of the unique opportunity to catch both size and numbers of a top predator not found in every other water in the state?
I'm one of the old-timers who fondly remembers some of the glory days...with lots of big perch and an abundance of walleyes. But I also remember busts of the past and anticipate there will be more in the future. The omnipotent water users have the ultimate say in water levels and that has been the chief cause of past fluctuations in fish populations as well. Any year that water stays in the lake is a good year.
I sometimes don't know whether to laugh or cry at some of the ideas and suggestions for managing or restructuring the fisheries in Utah. Too many anglers have the attitude of "Let's dump some of these or those in there and see what happens."
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I'm one of the old-timers who fondly remembers some of the glory days...with lots of big perch and an abundance of walleyes. But I also remember busts of the past and anticipate there will be more in the future. The omnipotent water users have the ultimate say in water levels and that has been the chief cause of past fluctuations in fish populations as well. Any year that water stays in the lake is a good year.
I sometimes don't know whether to laugh or cry at some of the ideas and suggestions for managing or restructuring the fisheries in Utah. Too many anglers have the attitude of "Let's dump some of these or those in there and see what happens."
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