I helped with the study that was conducted on Amber Lake April 18 - 19. Chris,( I can't remember his last name), it comes with age) the biologist said that after he completes and compiles his findings that he will give each of us that helped a copy of his report. He did tell me that there are three separate parasites that are present in Amber and they are also in many other lakes, the reason that they are more apparent in Amber is that there are more fish in the 2 and three year class than in the put and take lakes. As has been stated before there was overstocking and because of little harvesting the fish ate them selves out of house and home which also caused a stressed situation in that they were forced to feed the shore lines and shallow areas where they fed on snails which are the prime host for the parasites. The 1 and 2 year class are still in good condition but the 3 year and older have been exposed to the parasites longer consequently they are in very bad condition. When I hear more on the outcome of the study I'll make a report. Dell The stomach samples had a real varied list of foodstuffs, scuds, leeches, water boatmen, zooplankton, damsel nymphs and chironomids. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 8:13 PM Subject: RE: Amber Lake report
> Excellent report Mike. I fished Amber in the spring two years ago. In > about two hours of fishing it was readily apparent from the snaky shape of > the fish that they had "crashed the food base" by overstocking. It's > amazing to me that professional fisheries biologists have to conduct studies > over a period of years to determine what is readily apparent to a casual > observer in a matter of minutes. Hopefully they have learned something. > Hopefully they will apply what they have learned in the future. To be fair, > I assume that many fisheries biologists make good observations and that it's > the bureaucracy that is inept. It is a frustrating situation though. > > Keith > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 5:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Amber Lake report > > > The sun finally came out in the Spokane region so I loaded the truck and > headed to Amber. Looks like I wasn't the only one with cabin fever. It was > > - snip > > >
