01-24-2005, 12:40 AM
Black Crappie are already in Mantua - although not in great numbers yet. As are smallmouth bass and green sunfish. That makes the running total in Mantua:
1. LMB
2. SMB
3. Bluegill
4. Yellow perch
5. Green sunfish
6. Rainbow trout
7. Cutthroat trout
8. Black crappie
The SMB and black crappie were illegally introduced (same as perch). Green sunfish are often mistakenly stocked when bluegill are stocked (their fry are almost impossible to tell apart so if some are mixed in, you have no way of knowing). Craig and the biologists in the northern region have confirmed all of these species in there - in fact while fishing with them last spring, we caught every species except trout - which we were not targeting. The SMB were small (<=6") and can often be mistaken for LMB - especially in a lake not known to have SMB.
Anyway, I don't think that some of these species will do very well in there, but they are there.
One final note: Both black crappie and smallmouth bass have been confirmed in East Canyon as well.
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1. LMB
2. SMB
3. Bluegill
4. Yellow perch
5. Green sunfish
6. Rainbow trout
7. Cutthroat trout
8. Black crappie
The SMB and black crappie were illegally introduced (same as perch). Green sunfish are often mistakenly stocked when bluegill are stocked (their fry are almost impossible to tell apart so if some are mixed in, you have no way of knowing). Craig and the biologists in the northern region have confirmed all of these species in there - in fact while fishing with them last spring, we caught every species except trout - which we were not targeting. The SMB were small (<=6") and can often be mistaken for LMB - especially in a lake not known to have SMB.
Anyway, I don't think that some of these species will do very well in there, but they are there.
One final note: Both black crappie and smallmouth bass have been confirmed in East Canyon as well.
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