Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted March 17, 2007 Root Admin Share Posted March 17, 2007 Average life of any trout outside the trophy area is 30 days- MDC stats. As strong as I or Bill feels about shuffling, it is an insult to compare the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crappiefisherman Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 im sorry. [ [ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Well, I was sort of surprized when I was told on this board that my boat forcing some shad out of the mouth of a creek into a larger river was equivalent to shuffling. I would have thougt that the fact that it was inadvertant and a one time event would have been mitigating factors. They are put and take trout. There are WAY TOO MANY put in for them to prosper if people didn't take them out by the bucketful. I wonder if the ever higher stocking numbers could be impacting the overall size of the largest 1/3 of the trout population. People will decide for themselves what is sporting or non sporting within the wide area of what is legal. On the White river they used to herd trout. Guide boats would spook trout into large groups of fish in a confined deep hole then their clients could have a good time catching fish. This was later outlawed. Up until the time it was made illegal, it was fair game, but not exactly sporting in my mind. Waiting in line at an outlet may be the most productive thing to do, but it might not be my first choice. Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted March 17, 2007 Root Admin Share Posted March 17, 2007 Ham- you're entirely right on the population of these trout. They stock over 750,000 rainbows annually. If that population would be left in the lake, they'd all starve and take alot of the other fish with them. Back when they stocked 1.5 million, they ate most of the large population of shrimp- it's never been the same since. Note- I'm not saying that why we don't have 1970's population of shrimp today- other factors play into that occurance. But it contributed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianK Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 how bout 'restock' the shrimp???? Have they (MDC) looked at restoring the shrimp population or has the water quality changed too much to get them back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted March 18, 2007 Root Admin Share Posted March 18, 2007 My gut feeling, not base on anything scientific, is that the lake has aged to the point they will never be at the levels they were in the 60's and 70's. Increased minimum flow would help a bunch though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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