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Originally Posted by ROA
Random stunted perch are not the ones you want to bucket into every lake. I was clear on factors beyond stunting. Genetics are important. Letting the big ones go is much more than the number of eggs a fish carries in its belly. Though that is what every idiot keeps repeating, “hey man it’s all about the amount of eggs” no it’s about maintaining genetics. Start with the best mich better chance to get the best. Let the best go to retain the best genetics in the lake. It works.
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Without knowing the original genetics or growing fry from Sundance stock under good conditions no one knows the potential of these perch.
Test stocking in a pond with a smaller number of perch where presently does not have a fishery would not hurt. Or stalking into lakes where pike/walleye are lacking baitfish and depleted perch stocks
There is use for these perch beyond culling them it is more of a question of for what purpose to create a fishery or enhance a fishery as a food source for predatory fish