03-07-2017, 09:41 PM
Jed -- you have to consider habitat. Sure, stocking a bunch of tiger musky might help, but that isn't a long term solution. Utah doesn't have the means to stock enough tigers forever. Eventually, the perch would win out (again).
You have to do something to remove the perch, or reduce their habitat to the point that it reduces their numbers. This is why the weevil has been introduced to reduce the millfoil, and thus reduce the perch habitat. With perch habitat reduced, perch numbers should fall and provide opportunity for chub populations to increase, and thus provide better forage for lake trout.
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But, therein lies the issue. You just described Fish Lake, and look at the problem they [perch] create there.
Stable water levels = good spawning habitat every year = too many perch.
The places that you should look for perch would be those places with water fluctuations in place to reduce available spawning and keep populations in check. But, those places (Yuba) have other issues that make things difficult.
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You have to do something to remove the perch, or reduce their habitat to the point that it reduces their numbers. This is why the weevil has been introduced to reduce the millfoil, and thus reduce the perch habitat. With perch habitat reduced, perch numbers should fall and provide opportunity for chub populations to increase, and thus provide better forage for lake trout.
You asked:
jedidiah Wrote:"I want to have a good place to catch perch, it would be nice to have at least one body of water without much fluctuation of water level that has perch in it.
But, therein lies the issue. You just described Fish Lake, and look at the problem they [perch] create there.
Stable water levels = good spawning habitat every year = too many perch.
The places that you should look for perch would be those places with water fluctuations in place to reduce available spawning and keep populations in check. But, those places (Yuba) have other issues that make things difficult.
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