Chub Solution?

[Lundman]

As I was sitting on the shore at Strawberry this past weekend and watching several hundred chubs cruising the shoreline I let my grandson and son-in-law catch a few with a small piece of worm - one of the chubs was max'd out with eggs.

After seeing many posts about Chub Problems & Solutions - wondering why doesn't the DNR try a reward system similar to this one?

https://www.facebook.com/Northern-Pikemi...ED&fref=nf

Just have it manned by that Elk Jerky Salesman Guy that always at the Strawberry Marina turn-off and YES I am trying to find way to supplement my retirement income
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[Anglinarcher]

The big boys in Strawberry need a few chubs to keep getting bigger. LOL

That Pikeminnow program cost the US taxpayer tons and tons of money. Lived down there, and yes, took some of that money for myself. []

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[Lovetofish1965]

I seen the same Monday. Also the fishing has not been very good. I was wondering if the dnr has done any gill netting. To see how big the chub problem is. I am really starting to wonder if it's starting to get bad again.
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[ratnest]

A few weeks ago, I had heard the plan was to do the gill netting at the Berry this week.

[harlin]

[quote Lovetofish1965]I seen the same Monday. Also the fishing has not been very good. I was wondering if the dnr has done any gill netting. To see how big the chub problem is. I am really starting to wonder if it's starting to get bad again.[/quote]

They are just adult chub schools that are too big for the cutts to eat. Chubs can live up to 25 years or longer. Some of those big chubs could have been born in the 90s. There will always be chubs and suckers in strawberry. I wouldn't worry about it.
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[RockyRaab]

It is neither possible nor desirable to completely eliminate chubs at Strawberry. If you did, what would those ravenous cutts eat? What you saw were clearly breeding stock, ready to make cutt food for another year.

I'm sure a genuine fish biologist would agree. If not, I'll be happy to defer my amateur opinion.
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[Anglinarcher]

+1

I'll agree with you Rocky.

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[MSM1970]

I know Alan Ward the biologist over strawberry would, if you see big schools of small chubs that's when it would be a problem, I think they gill net every year to keep track of what's going on in the lake,
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