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I was thinking about how poorly WDFW manages our fisheries and it dawned on me.....How are they managing to kill off salmon and steelhead fisheries regardless of their "efforts" to preserve them? But here is the funnier question.....How are the warmwater fisheries thriving regardless of WDFWs efforts to kill them off? Cant they do anything right?
If it were me, I'd look at a lake and think about what would thrive in those conditions. Lakes age and get shallower and warmer with more weeds. Use those lakes to grow big bass, crappies and maybe some catfish. Use the cooler reservoirs with feeder streams that trout can spawn in. In both cases, you get bigger and healthier fish.
Lakes like American Lake, can use more predators to thin out overpopulated and stunted panfish populations. Maybe some Walleyes?
If it were me, I'd look at a lake and think about what would thrive in those conditions. Lakes age and get shallower and warmer with more weeds. Use those lakes to grow big bass, crappies and maybe some catfish. Use the cooler reservoirs with feeder streams that trout can spawn in. In both cases, you get bigger and healthier fish.
Lakes like American Lake, can use more predators to thin out overpopulated and stunted panfish populations. Maybe some Walleyes?