RSBreth Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 There's usually something good in the annual guides. This is a treat.
Quillback Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 I waded through about half of the PDF document. They did this survey on the Kings river. Their reasoning was that the Kings had less boat traffic and less angler pressure compared to the rest of the lake. I don't know if I agree with the part about less angler pressure, it always seems to me that there are more boats in the Kings relative to the rest of the lake, but maybe I am wrong. I wish they had used a section of the lake that is more comparable to the overall lake rather than the Kings. Boat docks are the preferred habitat over natural structures or placed habitat structures. By a ration of 1.5 to 4 times.
dtrs5kprs Posted February 17, 2014 Author Posted February 17, 2014 I waded through about half of the PDF document. They did this survey on the Kings river. Their reasoning was that the Kings had less boat traffic and less angler pressure compared to the rest of the lake. I don't know if I agree with the part about less angler pressure, it always seems to me that there are more boats in the Kings relative to the rest of the lake, but maybe I am wrong. I wish they had used a section of the lake that is more comparable to the overall lake rather than the Kings. Boat docks are the preferred habitat over natural structures or placed habitat structures. By a ration of 1.5 to 4 times. Fish tend to be a little shallower up there as well. If nothing else, it provides good info on bass behavior in the river arms. The dock deal was striking.
Quillback Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 Yep, I'll need to pay more attention to docks. At least when I'm fishing the Kings.
Quillback Posted February 17, 2014 Posted February 17, 2014 The 33% annual mortality was interesting also. 11% due to being harvested. So roughly 22% of the LM's die every year to other causes than harvest. I believe these fish were mostly keeper sized, just doing some rough conversions from metric to inches.
dtrs5kprs Posted February 17, 2014 Author Posted February 17, 2014 The 33% annual mortality was interesting also. 11% due to being harvested. So roughly 22% of the LM's die every year to other causes than harvest. I believe these fish were mostly keeper sized, just doing some rough conversions from metric to inches. Would guess a good bit of that 22% is spawn related mortality.
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