12-12-2018, 09:40 PM
I agree with most of your points, And for the record my preference would have beet to treat , then manage with preditors. However since this did not happen , whoever is to blame, A management plan was implemented 2-3 years ago. And while the ideas are not new, I believe a few lessons have been learned over the last 20 years or so . I.e which predatory fish can be most effective ect… or combo of fish ect…
Using JV as an example again , Splake were put in there 25 years ago in hopes of controlling chubs. And while this produced trophy splake in JV... it did little to control the chubs due to splake being a deep water fish most of the time . So 9-10 years ago TM were introduced which has been a 2 headed monster, splake down deep, and TM shallow which has been very effective on the chubs
Scofeild is a different animal, But with the different types of predator fish , hopefully it will work. I agree wipers could be the ace in the hole. The DWR report -says good numbers of 4-6" wipers were netted from the 1 1/2 ones planted last year , so hopefully they will thrive there
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Using JV as an example again , Splake were put in there 25 years ago in hopes of controlling chubs. And while this produced trophy splake in JV... it did little to control the chubs due to splake being a deep water fish most of the time . So 9-10 years ago TM were introduced which has been a 2 headed monster, splake down deep, and TM shallow which has been very effective on the chubs
Scofeild is a different animal, But with the different types of predator fish , hopefully it will work. I agree wipers could be the ace in the hole. The DWR report -says good numbers of 4-6" wipers were netted from the 1 1/2 ones planted last year , so hopefully they will thrive there
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