11-20-2014, 11:07 PM
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[size 3][font "Calibri"]You are applying the wrong principles to the lake. Only 10,000 of the million fish planted survive to be catchable. And only 500 of those make it to the 7+ year age class. The fish caught yesterday were healthy from a great food supply. Large fish feed on the small fish in this food chain. Reducing stocking numbers will not support the trophy trout population but quite the opposite.[/font][/size]
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May I ask where or who you are getting your information from? Seven years? I was always under the 4 year impression. And for years, gill netting showed that the Large Cutts and Hybrids did not make a diet out of small fish.. Going off the Gill netting, there was very little evidence of this. They do feed on the vegetation and insects.
Not saying it is not possible to catch them with a bait fish.
The 36" I landed 7 years ago was maybe 4 years old and according to Damon, probably it's last year. Bill Shiess had on a couple inches larger. I caught several that year in the 30+" range but they were not the fast and furious guarantee they are today.
Then the year of the bad algae bloom and yes a lot of fish belly up. It has never had the chance to bounce back
I still believe for many years that lake was a true Blue Ribbon fishery, but the mix/balance was since messed with so to speak.
If anyone can figure it out I have full faith in Damon and Dan, but they can only do so much.
I could be way off base on this and that is why I come to you with these questions. Thank you/
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[size 3][font "Calibri"]You are applying the wrong principles to the lake. Only 10,000 of the million fish planted survive to be catchable. And only 500 of those make it to the 7+ year age class. The fish caught yesterday were healthy from a great food supply. Large fish feed on the small fish in this food chain. Reducing stocking numbers will not support the trophy trout population but quite the opposite.[/font][/size]
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May I ask where or who you are getting your information from? Seven years? I was always under the 4 year impression. And for years, gill netting showed that the Large Cutts and Hybrids did not make a diet out of small fish.. Going off the Gill netting, there was very little evidence of this. They do feed on the vegetation and insects.
Not saying it is not possible to catch them with a bait fish.
The 36" I landed 7 years ago was maybe 4 years old and according to Damon, probably it's last year. Bill Shiess had on a couple inches larger. I caught several that year in the 30+" range but they were not the fast and furious guarantee they are today.
Then the year of the bad algae bloom and yes a lot of fish belly up. It has never had the chance to bounce back
I still believe for many years that lake was a true Blue Ribbon fishery, but the mix/balance was since messed with so to speak.
If anyone can figure it out I have full faith in Damon and Dan, but they can only do so much.
I could be way off base on this and that is why I come to you with these questions. Thank you/
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