arvey 154 Report post Posted January 26, 2009 here's some questions you guys can chew if you'd like. after the spawn what is the mortality rate with smallies apposed to walleye's? how long does it take for a smallie to get to say 2 lb's apposed to walleye's? i read an article on this debate on smallies taken over a lake,i beleive it was walleye insider from last year. in that article they had done somewhat of a study,after the walleye had spawned they tested smallies from the same area and found no walleye fry had been taken and they did it in reverse with smallies and found the thing. the way it was written i took it to be that there really was no conclusive evidence that they ate each others fry. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Some Old Guy 968 Report post Posted January 27, 2009 Hi Arvey, Like I said before it all depends on the body of water. Lake Erie and Lake Ontario supported both for ages. I always read studies carefully. It's to hard to study one eco system and apply the results for everything. Roger Quote R.T.R. Respect the resource! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gone8to1248 158 Report post Posted January 28, 2009 could fishing pressure for a specific species on a lake make it look like another species is taking that lake over. Example: Some have said Lac's smallmouth population is exploding and growing. Could it that it only looks that way because of all the walleye that are being caught and taken out of it? Bernie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Resource Pimp 60 Report post Posted January 28, 2009 could fishing pressure for a specific species on a lake make it look like another species is taking that lake over. Example: Some have said Lac's smallmouth population is exploding and growing. Could it that it only looks that way because of all the walleye that are being caught and taken out of it? Bernie Well, if you were catching less walleye than normal and more bass I would agree with what your saying BUT if your catching just as many walleyes as normal and more bass, I would have to say the bass population is growing. I havn't heard many complain about the walleye fishing in Lac. Quote "If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." Click on banner to visit Bedas Lodge. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arvey 154 Report post Posted January 28, 2009 roger is right,it depends on the body of water. with that aside,consider this. your out fishin and your getting lots of real small smallies like 4"s how many times has this happen to you walleye fishing? you can't include the time of year because i've caught at any given time and in all differant depths. we've probably all caught smallies in strange situations,last year i was trolling for lakers in the spring. i was maybe 15ft deep,i had on a pretty good size rap and a smallie tag it and could'nt have been more than 6 inches long. they seem to more aggresive at certains times and it doesn't matter the size. last year at sandstone i had my fish tv in the boat watching my wife jigging,there was a few wallies around and not to bad of size,but those little smallies were nailing that jig with a leech on like crazy. soon as it the water now maybe some people would think that wallies are being pushed out i don't know if that would be true. arvey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
