05-31-2016, 02:13 PM
"Erie also has walleye. In every case where perch and smb thrive together, you also have walleye in the mix. Not so at Jordanelle."
[#0000FF]So then, what is your evaluation of Deer Creek. Perch and walleye coexisted for decades in that lake. Plenty of perch and plenty of healthy walleyes. But once the smallmouths were dumped in they ate baby perch before they got big enough for the walleyes and both perch and walleyes took a dive. Today there are almost no perch at all, far fewer walleyes and large browns. Trout still do well on zooplankton but the smallies are overpopulated and stunted...just like Jordanelle.
In this case the smallies totally wrecked an ecology that had been doing well for many years before they came along.
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[#0000FF]So then, what is your evaluation of Deer Creek. Perch and walleye coexisted for decades in that lake. Plenty of perch and plenty of healthy walleyes. But once the smallmouths were dumped in they ate baby perch before they got big enough for the walleyes and both perch and walleyes took a dive. Today there are almost no perch at all, far fewer walleyes and large browns. Trout still do well on zooplankton but the smallies are overpopulated and stunted...just like Jordanelle.
In this case the smallies totally wrecked an ecology that had been doing well for many years before they came along.
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