05-24-2016, 01:03 PM
[#0000FF]Of course having more shoreline cover/structure would help. There are two parts to a successful perch spawn. First is having the aquatic vegetation or stickups upon which to deposit their strings of sticky eggs. The second is recruitment...the survival and growth of the new hatchlings.
The second part has been a major part of the problem. If the baby perch have no place to hide they are easy pickings for the wolf packs of young smallies that cruise the structureless shoreline looking for the perchlets.
It has been a slow process to rebuild the perch population. With higher water this year flooding up into the weeds and brush that grew on exposed shorelines during the low water years there should be greater recruitment.
I plan to test that theory...probably starting early in July. My past fishing logs on Jordanelle show that is when the water level is at its highest and the smallies and perch are usually shallow in the Provo River inlet area.
Attaching pics of a few smallies I caught in the Rock Cliff area during 2007 - 2008...toward the end of the bigger bass years.
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The second part has been a major part of the problem. If the baby perch have no place to hide they are easy pickings for the wolf packs of young smallies that cruise the structureless shoreline looking for the perchlets.
It has been a slow process to rebuild the perch population. With higher water this year flooding up into the weeds and brush that grew on exposed shorelines during the low water years there should be greater recruitment.
I plan to test that theory...probably starting early in July. My past fishing logs on Jordanelle show that is when the water level is at its highest and the smallies and perch are usually shallow in the Provo River inlet area.
Attaching pics of a few smallies I caught in the Rock Cliff area during 2007 - 2008...toward the end of the bigger bass years.
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