05-26-2008, 03:48 AM
In reference to June Suckers, it says in Wikipedia:
"Unlike most other suckers, the June sucker is not a bottom-feeder. Its mouth is more [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostrum"]rostrally[/url](beaklike)-oriented, allowing it to collect [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooplankton"]zooplankton[/url] from the water. The fish is dark gray or brownish [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsum_%28biology%29"]dorsally[/url], with a white or slightly greenish belly. It can reach a weight of 5 lb and has a life span of over 40 years."
Does this tell you something? If this fish can live to be 40 years and feeds on zooplankton, perhaps the DWR should have considered Willard Bay to be a place to stock this critically endangered species.
After all, Willard Bay was stocked with Gizzard Shad and if there is enough zooplankton to feed the Gizzard Shad, it would have been a better idea to stock June Suckers, the June Sucker also would help feed the Walleye and the Channel Catfish.[:p]
But Willard Bay does lack vegetation and all that but still would be better place than Utah Lake.
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"Unlike most other suckers, the June sucker is not a bottom-feeder. Its mouth is more [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostrum"]rostrally[/url](beaklike)-oriented, allowing it to collect [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooplankton"]zooplankton[/url] from the water. The fish is dark gray or brownish [url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsum_%28biology%29"]dorsally[/url], with a white or slightly greenish belly. It can reach a weight of 5 lb and has a life span of over 40 years."
Does this tell you something? If this fish can live to be 40 years and feeds on zooplankton, perhaps the DWR should have considered Willard Bay to be a place to stock this critically endangered species.
After all, Willard Bay was stocked with Gizzard Shad and if there is enough zooplankton to feed the Gizzard Shad, it would have been a better idea to stock June Suckers, the June Sucker also would help feed the Walleye and the Channel Catfish.[:p]
But Willard Bay does lack vegetation and all that but still would be better place than Utah Lake.
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