Pictures of Sundance Perch Cull

Badback · #1 04-17-2010, 04:36 PM

Well Sundancefisher organized an early season Fyke netting on the peach and we got to meet a few people from the community and the forum...We weighted the buckets and I was given the task to measure the length of every perch caught…Luckily there was a young fellow there who I got to show how to hold the perch the right way which made it squirt the milt up to 2 feet ….Every fish was given away today (399 caught) and there were 30 perch 20cm to 25cm in length….

the local angler · #2 04-18-2010, 05:18 PM

aw man i wish i was there. looks like fun

AK47 · #3 04-18-2010, 06:04 PM

Only 399 caught? I was expecting numbers in thousands...

James Henry · #4 04-18-2010, 08:23 PM

Very cool, UNGODLY and I will make it out to help out soon

Kim473 · #5 04-19-2010, 03:40 AM

Why are you netting them from there? Are they clogging up something?

Sundancefisher · #6 04-19-2010, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Kim473

Why are you netting them from there? Are they clogging up something?

They are clogging up the food chain. Perch stunt and ruin the trout fishing.

aulrich · #7 04-19-2010, 09:05 AM

I am asuming the is going to be a going for a couple of weeks. So at least once you can count on some help from skunkboy and I especially since skunkboy has waders as well.

spopadyn · #8 04-19-2010, 10:32 AM

Looks like a tough road ahead. I hope you can fill up those buckets with as many perch as possible. PS: - I hope you don't find any pike in there like at Hasse.

DarkAisling · #9 04-19-2010, 11:20 AM

I'm surprised with how few were caught too . . . and with how small they are!

marlin1 · #10 04-19-2010, 12:31 PM

question , do you ever get trout in the nets?

Sundancefisher · #11 04-19-2010, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkAisling

I'm surprised with how few were caught too . . . and with how small they are!

Actually the average size has increased from about 13 cm to 17 cm or so.

Nice to see there were fewer than last years initial netting. Still we need to see how the entire summer goes before we can say we are making a difference. I am encouraged though.

Sundancefisher · #12 04-19-2010, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by marlin1

question , do you ever get trout in the nets?

Out of 31565 perch caught netting last year we also caught 277 trout. Of which 4 died as a result of the water being to warm. Therefore we will either have to stop netting at the end of June or check the traps daily. The daily checks takes a lot of man hours and is therefore unlikely to happen.

Hope that answers your question.

I would post my report if I could figure out a way to put a link to a PDF.

Heimdallr · #13 04-19-2010, 03:02 PM

I should really try and make it out to one of these nettings.

fishyuncle · #14 04-20-2010, 12:18 AM

If you want, I will post a .pdf for you and give it a link...Just email me the .pdf, I will post asap....

DarkAisling · #15 04-20-2010, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

Actually the average size has increased from about 13 cm to 17 cm or so.

Nice to see there were fewer than last years initial netting. Still we need to see how the entire summer goes before we can say we are making a difference. I am encouraged though.

Good to know.

At what size do the nets catch them? If the average of what you caught has increased from 13 to 17 cm, that would be six months to a years growth or something like that, wouldn't it?

marlin1 · #16 04-20-2010, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

Out of 31565 perch caught netting last year we also caught 277 trout. Of which 4 died as a result of the water being to warm. Therefore we will either have to stop netting at the end of June or check the traps daily. The daily checks takes a lot of man hours and is therefore unlikely to happen.

Hope that answers your question.

I would post my report if I could figure out a way to put a link to a PDF.

just wondering how the trout were doing , question answered. I have fished another lake in Calgary with perch and trout and the trout seem to be doing ok

Jamie · #17 04-20-2010, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

Out of 31565 perch caught netting last year we also caught 277 trout. Of which 4 died as a result of the water being to warm. Therefore we will either have to stop netting at the end of June or check the traps daily. The daily checks takes a lot of man hours and is therefore unlikely to happen.

Hope that answers your question.

I would post my report if I could figure out a way to put a link to a PDF.

Sundance.. I dont understand why 4 trout would be that big of a deal?

The community paid for them, I look at as that is the cost of doing what you are doing.

Jamie

Badback · #18 04-20-2010, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by marlin1

just wondering how the trout were doing , question answered. I have fished another lake in Calgary with perch and trout and the trout seem to be doing ok

If the other lake is Midnapore, they had a perch control program up until last year.....The lake coordinator left and it was not continued...

marlin1 · #19 04-20-2010, 02:17 PM

yep thats it , some pretty good sized trout in there with the perch a couple years ago , we caught both species

Badback · #20 04-20-2010, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by marlin1

yep thats it , some pretty good sized trout in there with the perch a couple years ago , we caught both species

I was invited a couple years ago to fish it...When I put the camera down I couldn't believe the size of the perch!...10 - 14 inch were common and yes good sized trout...

Sundancefisher · #21 04-20-2010, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Badback

I was invited a couple years ago to fish it...When I put the camera down I couldn't believe the size of the perch!...10 - 14 inch were common and yes good sized trout...

...and with a lack of any perch control...they are heading towards tons of 4-6 inchers...

Sundancefisher · #22 04-20-2010, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Jamie

Sundance.. I dont understand why 4 trout would be that big of a deal?

The community paid for them, I look at as that is the cost of doing what you are doing.

Jamie

I am trying to balance netting with volunteer efforts of both myself and others. I can not check the traps daily in the Summer or any other time. Last year we proved the trout survive after being in the trap for a while but only until the water temperature increases. As such we can not check daily and therefore we can not net without killing many more trout than 4. I stopped netting after the water warmed and these trout died.

Hope that answers your question.

Cheers

Sun

Jamie · #23 04-20-2010, 11:30 PM

Sundance, sorry I am a bit confused as to how far the community is willing to take the killing of the Perch.

Please correct me if I am wrong. Isnt the other option to get rid of the perch is to kill the lake?

Thanks
Jamie

Sundancefisher · #24 04-21-2010, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Jamie

Sundance, sorry I am a bit confused as to how far the community is willing to take the killing of the Perch.

Please correct me if I am wrong. Isnt the other option to get rid of the perch is to kill the lake?

Thanks
Jamie

Rotenone scares people who don't understand it. Therefore it is currently deemed a political hot potato.

We decided on the more labor intensive management method...and that is what we are trying to make work.

Cheers

Sun

jts1 · #25 04-21-2010, 07:26 AM

When are you netting agin my friend?

Sundancefisher · #26 04-21-2010, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by jts1

When are you netting agin my friend?

probably Sat at 10 am again. Can you make it?

jts1 · #27 04-21-2010, 09:19 AM

Sat @ 10 AM I am there .

HunterDave · #28 04-25-2010, 02:47 AM

Hey, could you come clean up the Morinville Reservoir when your done? Some rocket scientist introduced perch in there as well. What an absolute disaster!

bowfin · #29 04-25-2010, 09:45 AM

sundance
is there any forage fish in the lake like blackspot shinners or stickleback minnows or fathead minnows just was wondering what all the fish eat or is it just loaded with shrimp and bugs. Imo you really must like to catch trout to do all this work for your community lake i commend you for your work ethick to keep doing the netting and i hope that the people in your community appreate what you are doing for them. i am hoping one of these days i can come and give you a hand it looks like alot of work but it sure looks fun keep up the good work