05-12-2014, 10:59 PM
[#0000FF]Yuba is one of those lakes where the players keep changing. For a couple of years we get good perch and walleyes. Then there is a crash and it takes a while for the lake to reestablish an ecology. Factor in the droughts and drawdowns and it's lucky we ever have anything to fish for in there.
I have fished Yuba going back to the 70's. There have always been a few pike but usually a better mix of perch and walleyes. After the big drawdown ending in 2004 the pike were the top predators and they have bullied all the rest of the species into submission...except the carp.
Can't say as I have ever seen any water in the western states that had better pike fishing than we have right now in Yuba. But, with current low water levels and less than 30% water year in the Sevier River drainage it don't look so purty good for Yuba by the end of summer.
But it was fun while it lasted...again. Wonder how many times that will be repeated in the future.
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I have fished Yuba going back to the 70's. There have always been a few pike but usually a better mix of perch and walleyes. After the big drawdown ending in 2004 the pike were the top predators and they have bullied all the rest of the species into submission...except the carp.
Can't say as I have ever seen any water in the western states that had better pike fishing than we have right now in Yuba. But, with current low water levels and less than 30% water year in the Sevier River drainage it don't look so purty good for Yuba by the end of summer.
But it was fun while it lasted...again. Wonder how many times that will be repeated in the future.
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