Chubs, management, and everything else

[PBH]

Fuzzy -- I don't see the DWR introducing a NEW species (Shad) to Yuba, or the Sevier river system. I just don't see it happening. You are correct, the walleye didn't necessarily wipe out the perch. The BIGGEST problem with Yuab is WATER. Until you can get a constant water level you will not get a consistant fishery...it will continue to boom and bust, no matter how many different species of forage fish you introduce. Without the water, there is no vegetation, or other structure to provide any cover for forage fish. It's as simmple as that....no water is bad for all fish. Figure out how to keep water in Yuba, and you will not have problems with walleye running out of food.

I still think that with the Least chubs, and Leatherside chubs in the Sevier below Yuba you will have a hard time getting a NEW species (Shad) introduced into the system. Existing species aren't much of a problem, but introducing new species to a system gets tricky...
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