03-19-2004, 04:51 PM
that would be a question for the central region biologists....but I don't think you'll get much support out of the DWR for Gizzard Shad...remeber, the Sevier river is a very long river, with many other reservoirs, and trout fisheries associated with it. I don't really know, but I don't see the Shad as a solution. I think that the perch are about as good as it is going to get for Yuba.
If you want, let me know and I will get you a name and # of a biologist in the central region that would be able to give you much more information than I can on Yuba...
just thought of one other thing that would prevent the gizzard shad in Yuba...Least and Leatherside chubs are both in the Sevier river drainage, and they are both on the State Sensitive Species list...DWR could probably get around this, but I still don't think they would go for Shad.
Water is the issue in Yuba. Keep water in Yuba, and you would get some aquatic vegetation to grow, which would provide habitat for the perch, which would most likely solve the problem....but, we don't have control of the water, so it most likely isnt' going to happen...too bad...
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If you want, let me know and I will get you a name and # of a biologist in the central region that would be able to give you much more information than I can on Yuba...
just thought of one other thing that would prevent the gizzard shad in Yuba...Least and Leatherside chubs are both in the Sevier river drainage, and they are both on the State Sensitive Species list...DWR could probably get around this, but I still don't think they would go for Shad.
Water is the issue in Yuba. Keep water in Yuba, and you would get some aquatic vegetation to grow, which would provide habitat for the perch, which would most likely solve the problem....but, we don't have control of the water, so it most likely isnt' going to happen...too bad...
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