05-12-2020, 06:06 AM
I caught my first carp there in the late nineties and in 04 my bride to be caught one too. So they have been in there a lot longer than what the DWR has been talking the carp problems.
When there was either hundreds or possibly thousands of adult carp that showed up all at once there wasn't any way for the predators to stay of that many carp.
If you watch the video that was in the link the Cowboy Pirate posted and see how that bass was cleaning the tiger musky fry that they planted then you can understand how millions of bass and bluegill could stay ahead of a the carp population if it is small enough.
Also when they treat a body of water they try to achieve a total kill of the unwanted species but it rarely is attained. The key is to keep them in check so that the game fish thrive. How many think that Strawberry is a complete failure because they didn't eliminate all of the chubs?
When there was either hundreds or possibly thousands of adult carp that showed up all at once there wasn't any way for the predators to stay of that many carp.
If you watch the video that was in the link the Cowboy Pirate posted and see how that bass was cleaning the tiger musky fry that they planted then you can understand how millions of bass and bluegill could stay ahead of a the carp population if it is small enough.
Also when they treat a body of water they try to achieve a total kill of the unwanted species but it rarely is attained. The key is to keep them in check so that the game fish thrive. How many think that Strawberry is a complete failure because they didn't eliminate all of the chubs?
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