03-20-2017, 01:45 PM
[#0000FF]DWR has never planted pike in Yuba. But they have been in there for decades, due to a washout of Redmond or some ponds to the south that put them in the Sevier River.
During the big drought that ended in 2005, Yuba got down to a trickle down the middle. A few pike and a lot of carp survived upstream in holes in the Sevier River. When the lake refilled DWR planted rainbows and some perch to help reestablish a fishery. The pike population exploded. Ditto for the carp. Within a very few years there was little besides pike and carp. The pike grew fast and big on the few remaining trout and perch. The carp kept getting new plantings each year from Gunnison being drained.
About 7 or 8 years ago...when the pike population was amazing...DWR panicked and put a 20 fish limit on them...encouraging people to clean them out. It worked. Within a couple of years the numbers were way down. But there always remain a few of the big ones to keep eating the few young ones that hatch each year. Since there is little for them to eat except carp and their own young their population is pretty low. Not worth special trips from anywhere more than an hour away.
In an effort to reestablish the perch DWR planted about 50,000 perch last year...from Fish Lake. The pike appreciated it and quickly cleaned them up. They are eagerly awaiting another feeding.
Utah Lake already has a growing population of pike. Regulations and management programs for Yuba have little to do with Utah Lake.
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During the big drought that ended in 2005, Yuba got down to a trickle down the middle. A few pike and a lot of carp survived upstream in holes in the Sevier River. When the lake refilled DWR planted rainbows and some perch to help reestablish a fishery. The pike population exploded. Ditto for the carp. Within a very few years there was little besides pike and carp. The pike grew fast and big on the few remaining trout and perch. The carp kept getting new plantings each year from Gunnison being drained.
About 7 or 8 years ago...when the pike population was amazing...DWR panicked and put a 20 fish limit on them...encouraging people to clean them out. It worked. Within a couple of years the numbers were way down. But there always remain a few of the big ones to keep eating the few young ones that hatch each year. Since there is little for them to eat except carp and their own young their population is pretty low. Not worth special trips from anywhere more than an hour away.
In an effort to reestablish the perch DWR planted about 50,000 perch last year...from Fish Lake. The pike appreciated it and quickly cleaned them up. They are eagerly awaiting another feeding.
Utah Lake already has a growing population of pike. Regulations and management programs for Yuba have little to do with Utah Lake.
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