Ok...so I think my lake ideas have divided into a few ideas
1) improve cover.
-will help sustain forage population, creating more food for the starving bass. won't adversely effect any of the populations.
2) Selective harvest of bass
-my calculations based on the research i found online were shoot for 95lbs of within slot fish per year. Here, everyone suggests more...I'll agree with that.
3) stock a bass-vaccum like a pike or tiger.
-tigers sterile, probably a better solution. Some claim 1 per acre, some claim 2 per acre. The problem is that they also feed on other species, so it is not a controlled harvest.
4) stock larger forage.
-feed the bass, let it work itself out naturally.
5) leave it alone and enjoy the crappie fishing.
6) combination of the methods above.
Personally I think #1 is what they will initially agree to, it's cheap. very cheap, and you don't have to kill anything or disrupt the biodiversity levels. while I vote a combo of #1 and #2.
What does everyone else vote for?
Last edited by skinnybass; 01/27/10 12:52 PM.
