04-08-2011, 01:49 AM
[quote kentofnsl]Several years ago, I was told by Tom Pettingill that the UDWR tried repeatedly to get permission from the feds to plant gizzard shad in Yuba. Every request was denied.[/quote]
Not only was the request repeatedly denied, the USFWS implicitly said that if the Gizzard Shad were put in Yuba or Utah Lake that the Wipers would be eliminated from Willard, and that ( as I understood it ) Willard Bay Reservoir would become the new home of the June Suckers.
[quote bassrods]It seems that when the DWR does not want to plant fish they seem to say the Feds are stopping them, but how in less then two years can gizzard shad be from Hite to the dam and in good numbers???[/quote]
Last time I looked there are no barriers in Lake Powell. Fish can swim from one end to the other without crossing any borders, and without passports. Goes to show ya how quickly they can reproduce, and how they may be the cause of the next boom and bust yoyo.
Sometimes the way to make things balance is to add to the side of the scales that are lightest. Sometimes it is better to take away from the side that is heaviest. As PBH has pointed out many times, you can't add when it's already full.
Killing a few dozen walleyes or Northern Pike in gill nets isn't going to be the demise of Yuba.
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Not only was the request repeatedly denied, the USFWS implicitly said that if the Gizzard Shad were put in Yuba or Utah Lake that the Wipers would be eliminated from Willard, and that ( as I understood it ) Willard Bay Reservoir would become the new home of the June Suckers.
[quote bassrods]It seems that when the DWR does not want to plant fish they seem to say the Feds are stopping them, but how in less then two years can gizzard shad be from Hite to the dam and in good numbers???[/quote]
Last time I looked there are no barriers in Lake Powell. Fish can swim from one end to the other without crossing any borders, and without passports. Goes to show ya how quickly they can reproduce, and how they may be the cause of the next boom and bust yoyo.
Sometimes the way to make things balance is to add to the side of the scales that are lightest. Sometimes it is better to take away from the side that is heaviest. As PBH has pointed out many times, you can't add when it's already full.
Killing a few dozen walleyes or Northern Pike in gill nets isn't going to be the demise of Yuba.
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