05-31-2016, 03:20 PM
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[#0000ff]So then, what is your evaluation of Deer Creek.
In this case the smallies totally wrecked an ecology that had been doing well for many years before they came along.
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I didn't say that perch+walleye+smb = good population dynamics for every water.
I also didn't say that smb didn't have the potential to screw up good fisheries.
Were smb intentionally stocked in Deer Creek, or was this an illegal introduction?
In any system, you must have something that controls population sizes. Mother Nature provides an opportunity, and species may exploit that opportunity. If you don't have that variable accounted for, you will have problems. This is exactly why non-native species are problematic in their non-native environments. No natural systems are in place to keep populations from exploding.
Knowing next-to-nothing about Deer Creek, my first recommendation would be to look at the regulations and increase the limit. Combine this with education to help promote the need to harvest more bass.
just my opinion.
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[#0000ff]So then, what is your evaluation of Deer Creek.
In this case the smallies totally wrecked an ecology that had been doing well for many years before they came along.
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I didn't say that perch+walleye+smb = good population dynamics for every water.
I also didn't say that smb didn't have the potential to screw up good fisheries.
Were smb intentionally stocked in Deer Creek, or was this an illegal introduction?
In any system, you must have something that controls population sizes. Mother Nature provides an opportunity, and species may exploit that opportunity. If you don't have that variable accounted for, you will have problems. This is exactly why non-native species are problematic in their non-native environments. No natural systems are in place to keep populations from exploding.
Knowing next-to-nothing about Deer Creek, my first recommendation would be to look at the regulations and increase the limit. Combine this with education to help promote the need to harvest more bass.
just my opinion.
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