06-16-2015, 07:19 PM
[quote doggonefishin]One other "new" development at UL that is present now, but wasn't there in the 50's is the phragmites.
Panfish and bass love the stuff. Maybe the pike do too and can survive better with stands of it around. It would seem to be a nice substrate for the ambush predation they typically do.[/quote]
[#0000FF]It is interesting to note that the "sudden" increase in the pike population coincided with several years of high water...flooding up into the phraggies. Unfortunately (for fish and anglers) The Utah Lake Shoreline Restoration program is doing its best to eliminate those foreign grassy weeds.
The Utah Lake Commission used to have several web pages on the eradication effort. But I can't find them to link now. So I will attach a PDF file I put together by "plagiarizing" their info.
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Panfish and bass love the stuff. Maybe the pike do too and can survive better with stands of it around. It would seem to be a nice substrate for the ambush predation they typically do.[/quote]
[#0000FF]It is interesting to note that the "sudden" increase in the pike population coincided with several years of high water...flooding up into the phraggies. Unfortunately (for fish and anglers) The Utah Lake Shoreline Restoration program is doing its best to eliminate those foreign grassy weeds.
The Utah Lake Commission used to have several web pages on the eradication effort. But I can't find them to link now. So I will attach a PDF file I put together by "plagiarizing" their info.
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