09-20-2013, 01:20 AM
[quote PBH][quote bassrods]...the next year you have the fish that the year before was 10" to 11" is now 12" to 14" but they get fished out as the summer go by..So the lake will still have small bass and you have the people saying the bass are stunted.. [/quote]
Is there anything available, like a creel survey or anything else, than can help us identify if those fish really are being harvested?
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When we did the gillnetting, the biologist indicated that the creel survey from the last year indicated that 24% of the bass harvested was over 12 inches. The gillnetting showed a bass population with far fewer than 24% of the bass exceeding 12 inches. So Cliffs assertion that big bass are harvested excessively has at least a molecule of validity. However, his assertion that the bass grow from 10 to 13-14 inches in a season is not supported and the evidence supports that there are way too many small smallies that are not growing rapidly.
Two more small things and then I'm done. One, in spite of its problems, and amazing fish counts of little guys that can at the same time stroke your ego and frustrate you, there are still some good fish in Jordanelle. The place still has potential. I had a decent year there.
Second, fall gillnetting will be soon. You guys might learn something in participating. (even the Hepps
) I know I did. Might be worth looking into.
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Is there anything available, like a creel survey or anything else, than can help us identify if those fish really are being harvested?
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When we did the gillnetting, the biologist indicated that the creel survey from the last year indicated that 24% of the bass harvested was over 12 inches. The gillnetting showed a bass population with far fewer than 24% of the bass exceeding 12 inches. So Cliffs assertion that big bass are harvested excessively has at least a molecule of validity. However, his assertion that the bass grow from 10 to 13-14 inches in a season is not supported and the evidence supports that there are way too many small smallies that are not growing rapidly.
Two more small things and then I'm done. One, in spite of its problems, and amazing fish counts of little guys that can at the same time stroke your ego and frustrate you, there are still some good fish in Jordanelle. The place still has potential. I had a decent year there.
Second, fall gillnetting will be soon. You guys might learn something in participating. (even the Hepps
) I know I did. Might be worth looking into.[signature]