07-10-2012, 02:41 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Some people will do anything to lose weight. But having a surgeon remove body parts is a mite bit extreme. Hope you mend quickly and are able to make up for lost time on the water.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The last two years on Starvy have been disappointing from the standpoint of big perch. But the dinks are getting biggers. As on most perch ponds, Starvy populations are cyclical. Last year of lots of big perch was a couple of years ago. Those biggies were in their last years of life and faded away after the spring spawn. But they spawned well and the lake has been overrun with small perch. Last year the predominant year class was about 5 inches. This year they are up to 7-8 inches. By next year they will be 10 plus and the year after...their final year of life...they can become the perchzillas we lust after.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There are still some big perch in the lake, but the small ones are so thick and competitive that the older and slower fish have a tough time getting to your bait before the little ones. So the larger ones tend to cruise in singles or small groups...not the big schools. You can pull a larger one from the masses sometimes but not regularly.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I was going to try to hit the Knolls this week but I think I'll wait until someone turns the heat down. I had enough of that sauna fishing when we lived in Arizona.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]And yes, I think the lowest water levels of several years is going to affect the fish...and anglers. By early fall the fish might have to be wearing sandals to hunt for food on the drying lake beds. And we might need to retrain bird dogs to become fish dogs...and hunt them with bows or guns instead of fishing rods. Hope not.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The last two years on Starvy have been disappointing from the standpoint of big perch. But the dinks are getting biggers. As on most perch ponds, Starvy populations are cyclical. Last year of lots of big perch was a couple of years ago. Those biggies were in their last years of life and faded away after the spring spawn. But they spawned well and the lake has been overrun with small perch. Last year the predominant year class was about 5 inches. This year they are up to 7-8 inches. By next year they will be 10 plus and the year after...their final year of life...they can become the perchzillas we lust after.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There are still some big perch in the lake, but the small ones are so thick and competitive that the older and slower fish have a tough time getting to your bait before the little ones. So the larger ones tend to cruise in singles or small groups...not the big schools. You can pull a larger one from the masses sometimes but not regularly.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I was going to try to hit the Knolls this week but I think I'll wait until someone turns the heat down. I had enough of that sauna fishing when we lived in Arizona.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]And yes, I think the lowest water levels of several years is going to affect the fish...and anglers. By early fall the fish might have to be wearing sandals to hunt for food on the drying lake beds. And we might need to retrain bird dogs to become fish dogs...and hunt them with bows or guns instead of fishing rods. Hope not.[/#0000ff]
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