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Originally Posted by Braun
there is a big difference. those lakes where you have 10 varieties of fish are HUGE. we dont have lakes that size here.
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RE: Bass co-existing well with many other species in Ontario lakes...
The main lake I was fishing back then was actually very small, maybe a few square kilometres, only 10-15 feet deep at the deepest, really just a widening of the Mississippi River in eastern Ontario, a river that is smaller than the Red Deer R. in central Alberta. Yet there was a healthy population of smallmouth bass, pike, perch, and sunfish in the lake, despite heavy pressure from local cottagers. Also, at my sister's cottage in Quebec, there are lots of smallmouth bass to be caught on a small lake, not much more than a square km or two in size. As for the 10 species of fish you questioned in your response... yes, that was a broader thing, referring to all Ontario lakes where bass are present.