JE Craig,
It opens in Edge but I notice now it won't open with Mozilla. Do a GOOGLE search on:
CHANGES IN POPULATION DENSITY, GROWTH, AND HARVEST OF NORTHERN PIKE IN ESCANABA LAKE
One of the links will reference the paper. It is served by the Wisconsin DNR. If clicking from Google doesn't work, try changing browsers.
I think we can upload pdf to pond boss. This paper is public domain (was since first published) and I don't think Wisconsin DNR would object to its dissemination if not for profit. I don't know if it's kosher per the Pond Boss Guidelines. But with approval from the powers that be ... I would upload the pdf to Pond Boss Forum.
Regarding your questions, if you recall the first discussions we had before you began removing LMB that I suggested that the problem could be an excessive population of forage adults. I was alone in that thought. But the evidence lies in the average sizes of LMB and the overwintering of YOY. I was completely alone in the suspicion. No one gave the thought any credence to that. When brood forage fish are already overrepresented, removing LMB doesn't necessarily result in good growth of individual LMB and sustainment of the LMB biomass. Particularly if the largest LMB are removed. What happens is there is less biomass consumed by smaller LMB and the forage species become more overrepresented in biomass than before. I will follow with more about balancing biomass and populations. Meanwhile, read Ponddragon's thread and how he is getting a handle of populations and biomass in his .75 acre. These metrics are essential to effective remedies. Pondragon is trying to remove 50% of his adult forage population. I'll follow up with how this is going to affect his pond going forward if he successfully achieves that fall harvest and FHM supplement goal
