09-08-2014, 11:21 AM
[#0000FF]I'm aware that there ARE a few crawdaddies in Jordanelle. But they were not there in numbers when the lake was first filled and the smallies were planted. And they have never been plentiful enough to provide a major forage source to stimulate rapid growth in the smallies.
I keep a few underfooters once in a while myself. I have never found any crawdads in them. Of the three I kept this past week, only one had any food remnants and that was one baby perch.
Also, in walking the shoreline I have only seen a couple of crawdad remnants. On most lakes with large 'dad populations there will be lots of claws and other body parts from deads or sheds.
No argument that they are in the lake but I suspect that whatever population there is might be more prevalent in only a few small areas. It would be great if the water level stabilized for a couple of years and if there were weed beds like Starvation to provide habitat for crawdad spawning and growth. But those conditions don't exist in Jordy.
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I keep a few underfooters once in a while myself. I have never found any crawdads in them. Of the three I kept this past week, only one had any food remnants and that was one baby perch.
Also, in walking the shoreline I have only seen a couple of crawdad remnants. On most lakes with large 'dad populations there will be lots of claws and other body parts from deads or sheds.
No argument that they are in the lake but I suspect that whatever population there is might be more prevalent in only a few small areas. It would be great if the water level stabilized for a couple of years and if there were weed beds like Starvation to provide habitat for crawdad spawning and growth. But those conditions don't exist in Jordy.
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