04-16-2003, 01:57 AM
[#000080][size 1]Last week Don Wiley of the DWR came to our Bass club meeting, we had a nice discussion about jordanelle. Putting Perch into jordanelle wasn't neccessary a bad thing, the DWR might have put them in there eventually. As for the Walleye, the "Eyes" have been in their for a long time. A couple of reliable sources of mine have confirmed that a certain group of individuals put the walleye into the river before the dam was finished. It seems very few people know how to catch the jordanelle walleye. According to Wiley, the walleye are eating chubs and perch. Also, in the last net survey showed that "my" Smallies(go away) were eating perch exclusively. [/size][/#000080]
[#000080][size 1] IMHO, the rainbows at jordanelle are anemic. They should put them into a fertile lake somewhere else. The browns(great biggins), smallies/largies, walleye, and perch are the bigtime predators up there, thus leaving the rainbows to stunt or become snakefish. I did catch a nice rainbow last saturday at jordanelle, but I also caught a anemic looking snakebow. Jordanelle lacks the natural nutrients that some of our waters provide for the rainbows. Unlike Deer Creek, Yuba, and Starvation the perch have plenty of cover to hide and spawn. It has virtually no winter fishing pressure so this is an added bonus. I only caught one chub last year(this is an alltime low). I am worried about the smallmouth. I caught very few small smallmouth last year. I did catch alot of big smallies though... [/size][/#000080]
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[#000080][size 1] IMHO, the rainbows at jordanelle are anemic. They should put them into a fertile lake somewhere else. The browns(great biggins), smallies/largies, walleye, and perch are the bigtime predators up there, thus leaving the rainbows to stunt or become snakefish. I did catch a nice rainbow last saturday at jordanelle, but I also caught a anemic looking snakebow. Jordanelle lacks the natural nutrients that some of our waters provide for the rainbows. Unlike Deer Creek, Yuba, and Starvation the perch have plenty of cover to hide and spawn. It has virtually no winter fishing pressure so this is an added bonus. I only caught one chub last year(this is an alltime low). I am worried about the smallmouth. I caught very few small smallmouth last year. I did catch alot of big smallies though... [/size][/#000080]
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