Cascade Perch

[AverysAdventure]

[font "Calibri"]Here is my take on it. These are just my general observations from many years of fishing. Perch in Cascade with cycle just like they do everywhere regardless of fishing pressure and limits. It’s just the way nature works. You can only have 1 ten pound catfish in the pond, or 10 one pounders. A perfect example is the Goldfish in Lake Tahoe, [/font][url "http://www.livescience.com/27309-monster-goldfish-lake-tahoe.html"][font "Calibri"][#0000ff]http://www.livescience.com/27309-monster-goldfish-lake-tahoe.html[/#0000ff][/font][/url][font "Calibri"] . Someday, if nothing is done, the lake will have a abundant population of 3 inchers. Disease, predators or what have you will keep the population in balance as to size and quantity. Humans intervention just shortens the time between peaks of the cycles. So with Cascade this cycle has been repeated several times. This last time the perch population got stunted the squawfish population exploded feeding on them. If nature would have been allowed to work the collapse of the squawfish population would have eventually happened. Followed by a rebound of the perch. As they rebound the average size tends to be larger but fewer fish. At some point we will be at that balance of 10” perch and a moderate population. And then eventually back to the over populated stunted fish thing. Time is the only question. Nature’s way may take 10, 20, heck 50 years to play out. Humans intervene and can shorten those cycles down to 5 to 10 years, but at a huge cost. I’ve watched these trends with a multitude of species on several local bodies of water over the years.[/font]
[font "Calibri"]Arrowrock / LP – perch, kokanee, trout and squaws[/font]
[font "Calibri"]CJ strike – bass, perch and crappie[/font]
[font "Calibri"]Brownlee – bass, perch and crappie[/font]
[font "Calibri"]Coeur d’ Alene – crappie, perch, bluegill, koks, kings, pike, bass[/font]
[font "Calibri"]And just about every puddle of fresh water I’ve every fished has a similar story of one or more species. The only constant in life is change. Enjoy the good years while the sun shines on the Cascade perch !! [/font]
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