01-30-2014, 09:09 PM
Smartest thing you've said. So… what's the difference between harvesting a whole bunch of pike, or letting them die in the fields when they get dumped down an irrigation ditch?
I should have chosen my wording more carefully. I highly doubt Yuba will be completely drained, but wouldn't perch be less resistant to the ebb and flow of water levels than Pike? The perch eggs would be more exposed to predation, and thus I don't see the point in attempting to augment the perch population. Obviously, we will continue to disagree concerning the harvest of big pike. I just can't see how the pike will ever run out of carp and carp fry to eat.
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I should have chosen my wording more carefully. I highly doubt Yuba will be completely drained, but wouldn't perch be less resistant to the ebb and flow of water levels than Pike? The perch eggs would be more exposed to predation, and thus I don't see the point in attempting to augment the perch population. Obviously, we will continue to disagree concerning the harvest of big pike. I just can't see how the pike will ever run out of carp and carp fry to eat.
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