01-31-2014, 10:17 PM
[quote gmanhunter]I have heard a lot of opinions about what should be done with yuba, so ill give you mine. I wouldn't have a problem with the pike in yuba if the lake was stocked with the fish in the beginning. It has been a perch and walleye fishery for years. How would you feel if they were planted in strawberry, and they ruined that fishery? I have caught some of the biggest perch in utah out of yuba. I have also caught a lot of walleye out of yuba. The fish and game taking 50,000 perch out of fishlake to bring back the perch population is a joke and waste of money. All they are going to do is feed the pike in the lake. How many perch in a day, week, or month do you think one big 33" pike eats. The problem I have with the pike, is that they are over populated, and don't belong in the lake. The lake was, and I do say was, a great perch and walleye lake. Look at it now. I know I will do my part to harvest all the pike legally that I can. Just my opinion only.[/quote]
Great point, but I don't think the perch transplant is a complete waste. It will be beneficial for Fish Lake as well. All we can hope for is balance, so aside from removing carp, harvesting predators and putting in forage is about as good as we can get now. Things might change if the lake gets drawn down to a puddle.
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Great point, but I don't think the perch transplant is a complete waste. It will be beneficial for Fish Lake as well. All we can hope for is balance, so aside from removing carp, harvesting predators and putting in forage is about as good as we can get now. Things might change if the lake gets drawn down to a puddle.
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