The bass have been in the lake for several years. There was some talk about poisioning at that time, but I believe the department was going to see what the effect on the trout fishery was going to be. They might have increased the size of the trout planted to minimize predation by bass.
Excellent fishery is defined relative to other lakes, rather than to what it had been. The quality of the selective fisheries has really gone down since the late 70's and early 80's. There are a LOT more people fly fishing these lakes now. I remember fishing Chopaka in the fall when I was the only person on the water. The department really needs to significantly expand the selective fishery lakes particulary in western Washington. Vladimir -----Original Message----- From: Russ Light [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 4:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Chopaka Lake and bass we could easily control the bass population by killing the bass caught and catch/release the trout. To me this is a preferably practice to poisoning the lake since the lake still has an excellent trout fishery. C
