12-30-2009, 11:18 PM
My favorite lake. I will say that its not an established fact and a matter of some controversy as to whether or not the macks were put in by bucket biologists or not.
2nd i agree completely that if there was a bounty placed on the macks we could knock them out. I also think a fishing tournament should be put together right during the spawn with like a $2500 prize for the most macks and a $2500 prize for the biggest mack. Run it for for each 2 day weekend while the spawn is on. You would see a ton of boats out there. And it wouldnt cost the park or goverment much to put it on(What 100 total cars worth of fees at $50 a pop? They get that in 15 min.).
I keep pretty up to date on the lake and whats going on with it but what I havent seen yet is any studies that suggest the point(if there is one) at which a decline in the mack pop could lead to a sustained pop of the cutthroat. I think more likely that if ANY macks are left in the lake that this same thing is likely to happen again. And thus until theres an answer on how to eliminate them COMPLETELY from the lake they will always be a problem.
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2nd i agree completely that if there was a bounty placed on the macks we could knock them out. I also think a fishing tournament should be put together right during the spawn with like a $2500 prize for the most macks and a $2500 prize for the biggest mack. Run it for for each 2 day weekend while the spawn is on. You would see a ton of boats out there. And it wouldnt cost the park or goverment much to put it on(What 100 total cars worth of fees at $50 a pop? They get that in 15 min.).
I keep pretty up to date on the lake and whats going on with it but what I havent seen yet is any studies that suggest the point(if there is one) at which a decline in the mack pop could lead to a sustained pop of the cutthroat. I think more likely that if ANY macks are left in the lake that this same thing is likely to happen again. And thus until theres an answer on how to eliminate them COMPLETELY from the lake they will always be a problem.
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