05-20-2014, 04:39 PM
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don't blame the pike for the decline of perch blame it on the fact there is no where for them to hide in Yuba from the pike and the thousands of ice anglers that catch 50 today and 50 tomorrow and so on and on that is why we don t have perch in Yuba
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You may think that is what has happened to the perch, but I think your wrong. How many nothern pike do you think are in the lake? How many fish a day do you think they eat? So, I guess you think that is same reason why the walleye are hard to find in the lake also. They have been over fished too? When the pike started taking over, there was also a decline in perch and walleye going on at the same time. Not from being over fished. When they had a 10 perch limit on the lake, it was hard to catch a limit of ten then. I know this is going to spark a big debate on the issue, but I don't think over fishing of perch on yuba is the reason for the decline. Perch seem to be declining in a lot of lakes (deer creek, starvation, and now yuba). What is the answer? I don't know, but its not from being over fished.
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don't blame the pike for the decline of perch blame it on the fact there is no where for them to hide in Yuba from the pike and the thousands of ice anglers that catch 50 today and 50 tomorrow and so on and on that is why we don t have perch in Yuba
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You may think that is what has happened to the perch, but I think your wrong. How many nothern pike do you think are in the lake? How many fish a day do you think they eat? So, I guess you think that is same reason why the walleye are hard to find in the lake also. They have been over fished too? When the pike started taking over, there was also a decline in perch and walleye going on at the same time. Not from being over fished. When they had a 10 perch limit on the lake, it was hard to catch a limit of ten then. I know this is going to spark a big debate on the issue, but I don't think over fishing of perch on yuba is the reason for the decline. Perch seem to be declining in a lot of lakes (deer creek, starvation, and now yuba). What is the answer? I don't know, but its not from being over fished.
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