03-12-2008, 04:58 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Once a species is introduced into any waterway, there is always the potential for them to turn up in lakes or streams both upstream and downstream. That is especially true of the gizzard shad. They are aggressive upstream swimmers and will easily survive a trip through a dam...either in egg, fry or adult form. Some mortality, of course, but it does not take many to start a new population.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That is why DWR and the feds are so freaked about putting them in Yuba or any other Utah waters...especially in Utah Lake or anywhere in the Provo River drainage. Those nasty gizzard shad would likely constitute still another hazard for the survival of the June sucker. Now, if they would only eat carp...[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That is why DWR and the feds are so freaked about putting them in Yuba or any other Utah waters...especially in Utah Lake or anywhere in the Provo River drainage. Those nasty gizzard shad would likely constitute still another hazard for the survival of the June sucker. Now, if they would only eat carp...[/#0000ff]
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