Catfishing in the Magic Valley

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The bass are stunted in Milner. Nothing in there to keep them in check. So are the bluegills. Most people don't eat bass so populations on bass go unchecked in some water. That leads to small fish small fish leads to unhappy people. I read somewhere that a 12" bass in Lake Lowell is over 10 years old. That is not a good thing.
The F&G have been using tiger musky as a way to thin over abundant populations of bass, perch and other warm water fish. They tried to use Cats as a way to thin the Carey lake population of perch and bass. It didn't work. The cats they planted were not big enough to eat the other fish and they didn't live long enough to get big enough to do their job. That whole problem will have to be addressed in another way. Another fish that could reduce populations are wipers. I add them to the list of fish that could be used to control perch in Carey since they are hybrid.
I have heard of guys catching LARGE bass in Brownlee and I have heard of LARGE crappie, and Bluegills. I am thinking that they have all benefited from the large cat population. In the technical reports from the F&G I have read on the snake from Walters ferry to weiser. The data seems to say that with the rise of the population of cats, the Bass population have also risen. That is a time frame form 1972 to 2006. Ron
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