Wyatt, your correct. The population is much larger than people think. As we all know, spiny rays can spawn 3-4 times in a year. They are all over Beda. If you don't believe me, then I challenge you to go out night fishing in these lakes. When you come in into shore, take your head-lamp and shine it straght into the water. If you look close, between damn near every weed branch will be a 2-3" slender, diamond shaped minnow. Most of the time they will hold still, sometimes they will slowly move in front of you. These are you culprits. If you try to spot them in the day, you'll never see them wedged into the weeds.
Rotenone and restock! The cycle continues.. Tyler "Wyatt Thaler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I think that the sunfish population is much larger than most people think. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Kent Lufkin >Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 9:49 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: What's happened to the basin lake hatches? > >For what's shaping up as the second year running, callibaetis, >chironomids and other emerging insects appear to be AWOL on lakes >like Nunnally, Bobby, Lenice and Beda. By this time of year, one >could normally count on vigorous hatches that would attract both >swooping swallows and slurping fish, making dry flies the pattern of >choice. > >Last week, on my fourth consecutive trip to the basin this spring, my >partners and I saw no sign of any hatch activity whatsoever. No >emergers, no shucks on the water, no swallows, and only a very few >fish rising to God-only-knows-what. > >That's not so much a problem for those of us who fish subsurface but >is plenty frustrating for those who prefer to only fish dries. But >even among the subsurface fishers, the fishing seems slower than >normal with chironomids and small nymphs no longer seem as effective >as in years past. Fish now seem to be responding mainly to leeches, >larger nymph patterns like dragonflies, or outsized terrestrials. > >One theory is that a growing infestation of pumpkinseeds and other >spiny ray 'trash fish' are nabbing rising nymphs and/or pupae before >they reach the surface. > >Others counter that the population of pumpkinseeds necessary to >decimate the insect population of an entire lake would have to be >many, many times larger than their current levels and that something >else must be at play. > >What do you think? > > >Kent Lufkin > __________________________________________________________________ Introducing the New Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp
