05-25-2016, 10:45 PM
[#0000FF]There are no doubt many food tidbits in the running water that would make good smallie chow. But whatever enters the lake quickly disappears into predator gullets.
As I have stated before...apparently to a non-caring readership...both smallies and trout DO feed heavily on the young of the year perch. Virtually all smallies and many of the rainbows (and browns) have small perch in their innards...or are spitting them up when you bring them in. In the past six years I have found NO OTHER FOOD item in any smallmouth or trout I have kept from Jordanelle. So where is all this other food? And why are the fish not taking advantage of it?
Those big chubs are spawning a few babies but they eat more small perch than they produce baby chubs. Not an equitable situation.
I did not say that trout ONLY eat perch. But a high percentage of those caught...all during the year...and especially during the winter...have only small perch in their digestive systems.
Again, I am spouting from empirical evidence. Been there and done that...for the past 12 years. When was the last time you caught a perch, trout or smallie from Jordanelle?
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As I have stated before...apparently to a non-caring readership...both smallies and trout DO feed heavily on the young of the year perch. Virtually all smallies and many of the rainbows (and browns) have small perch in their innards...or are spitting them up when you bring them in. In the past six years I have found NO OTHER FOOD item in any smallmouth or trout I have kept from Jordanelle. So where is all this other food? And why are the fish not taking advantage of it?
Those big chubs are spawning a few babies but they eat more small perch than they produce baby chubs. Not an equitable situation.
I did not say that trout ONLY eat perch. But a high percentage of those caught...all during the year...and especially during the winter...have only small perch in their digestive systems.
Again, I am spouting from empirical evidence. Been there and done that...for the past 12 years. When was the last time you caught a perch, trout or smallie from Jordanelle?
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