02-05-2016, 04:14 PM
When the UDWR planted them, they were most likely fingerling. The ones that the bucket heads are bringing in are probably more like 12 to 14 inches. If one or two of the fingerling survived they might not be able to find each other in that big old lake. If someone brought a few dozen hammer handles and they stayed in the same area, they might have a better shot at spawning.
Might have been a lot of reasons that the original plant didn't take. Maybe the water level dropped at just the wrong time. Maybe they spawned once and all of the fry got eaten by the White Bass and Walleye.
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Might have been a lot of reasons that the original plant didn't take. Maybe the water level dropped at just the wrong time. Maybe they spawned once and all of the fry got eaten by the White Bass and Walleye.
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