02-22-2013, 02:42 AM
[quote pookiebar]Would they consider putting tiger Muskie in there? I mean those fish would eat chubs real early on right. A couple thousand of them and you would eliminate a lot of chubs and some of those skinny twerp trout that are in there right now.[/quote]
I've suggested this approach before too. It seems to have worked out quite well at Joes Valley from what I've heard. We had a DNR guy there last year tell us that the muskies were "doing a number on the chubs". If the muskies start to become a problem, or they get the chubs under control and are no longer wanted, just lift the restrictions, and don't plant them, and they'll be all but gone in a few years.
Whatever the DNR's ends up doing, I am gald to see that poisioning is the last resort. Scofield has got some serious potential as a trophy tiger trout lake, and I'd hate to see that disappear. Fred K.
As for Lost Creek...... don't let that place fool you! There are some real quality fish in there. I think that the main reason that the tiger trout have not done to well in there is because they were very small (2") when they were stocked and most did not survive. I suggested to the DNR guy who told me this that maybe they should stock lesser numbers of larger fish in order to up the survival rate, and he said that that was an option.
In the mean time, a few pics for you.....
pic 1) 24" 4 1/2lb Scofield tiger
pic 2) 22.5" Lost Creek cutt
Both released. Fred K.
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I've suggested this approach before too. It seems to have worked out quite well at Joes Valley from what I've heard. We had a DNR guy there last year tell us that the muskies were "doing a number on the chubs". If the muskies start to become a problem, or they get the chubs under control and are no longer wanted, just lift the restrictions, and don't plant them, and they'll be all but gone in a few years.
Whatever the DNR's ends up doing, I am gald to see that poisioning is the last resort. Scofield has got some serious potential as a trophy tiger trout lake, and I'd hate to see that disappear. Fred K.
As for Lost Creek...... don't let that place fool you! There are some real quality fish in there. I think that the main reason that the tiger trout have not done to well in there is because they were very small (2") when they were stocked and most did not survive. I suggested to the DNR guy who told me this that maybe they should stock lesser numbers of larger fish in order to up the survival rate, and he said that that was an option.
In the mean time, a few pics for you.....
pic 1) 24" 4 1/2lb Scofield tiger
pic 2) 22.5" Lost Creek cutt
Both released. Fred K.
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