02-20-2015, 11:08 PM
[#0000FF]Walleye and northerns may dine on some of the same goodies but their foraging habits are vastly different. Walleyes are constantly moving around the lake, looking for food. But they may sometimes feed only at night. Northerns are generally ambush predators and hold tight to any kind of structure they can use to conceal themselves...then rush out and grab any passing prey item.
Those who are trying to save the Junies are well aware of the predation by walleyes. Every summer when the newly hatched suckerettes are released around the lake the walleyes have a party. A lot of the walleyes caught and opened up for the next few weeks contain multiple little Junies. There are jokes about the June Sucker spawning program merely being the walleye feeding program.
If it were up to those running the June Sucker Program there would be a bounty on walleyes. But it is far too late to implement any kind of walleye controls short of poisoning the whole lake. And if they can't do that for the carp the walleyes are safe.
Interestingly, DWR planted northerns in Utah Lake many long years ago...and they did not do well. Very few reports over the years of seeing any pike. But once Yuba got heavily populated the pike started making a more frequent appearance in Utah Lake. Hmmmmm?
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Those who are trying to save the Junies are well aware of the predation by walleyes. Every summer when the newly hatched suckerettes are released around the lake the walleyes have a party. A lot of the walleyes caught and opened up for the next few weeks contain multiple little Junies. There are jokes about the June Sucker spawning program merely being the walleye feeding program.
If it were up to those running the June Sucker Program there would be a bounty on walleyes. But it is far too late to implement any kind of walleye controls short of poisoning the whole lake. And if they can't do that for the carp the walleyes are safe.
Interestingly, DWR planted northerns in Utah Lake many long years ago...and they did not do well. Very few reports over the years of seeing any pike. But once Yuba got heavily populated the pike started making a more frequent appearance in Utah Lake. Hmmmmm?
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