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Originally Posted by WayneChristie
Personally I doubt crayfish have much to do with the decline and fall of the pike empire in Newell, they are a source of food for pike. Only fished it once so far this season, only got 9 pike so it looks like the population is well on its way to extinction. Maybe they managed to slip through the bio's nets, they were all pretty small.  maybe the big ones were elsewhere when the test netting was done, its a pretty big lake and the nets arent that big. If they are in danger there I would like to see a trophy license, say pay 20 bucks for a tag to keep one over 35 pounds or even bigger, so when the record gets broken the lucky fisherperson can keep the fish if they are so inclined. |
Just to let you know according to the "Fall Walleye Index Netting Manual of Instructions" Given Lake Newell is over 6 thousand hectares they would have to use 36 nets each 61 meters long with mesh size ranging from 25 mm to 152 mm. That's 2.2 km of nets set at various depths, and 25 mm mesh should get even the small ones.