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Old 02-10-2012, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Sundancefisher View Post
The suckers are the reason why the Bull Trout are as big as they are for sure. A prime food source.

In mountain rivers...mountain sucker young are targetted by bulls, cutts, rainbows and browns...and likely larger mountain whitefish.

Another way to address the statement " No good for the Sport Fishery. " is in a natural system... mother nature created them for a reason and they are integrated into the ecology of the stream or lake and the life cycle of the predators. Playing God in a natural ecosystem makes no sense...without having a biologist speak to it.
in many of our x lakes you have only suckers & pike . what would you prefer. suckers are bottom feeders - a prime food source for many species -- leave them be . thank you .
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