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Yeah, I think we oughta just let it be. Shouldn't keep dumping new species into new waters because they can spread. I don't see the fact that the trout population has tanked as being a good rationale here.
So I guess the discussion was 100% in favor of stocking walleyes in Moore!
look at Fairfield pond all the walleye there came from carmi and I doubt the gills were originally there also
Well you and I are 100% in favor.Dick
DB, 97% in favor !
You guys see the news article with that giant pike from Moore? Big ole pike. 20lbs.
Can we leave the political ideology out of it? Facebook is full of that garbage. Let's talk fish here.
I know one Littleton resident who fishes frequently on Moore . This winter he has caught and released 6 pike over 40 inches, pike this size love trout for a snack !
There are many, many lakes in both in the Northern US and Canada where Northern Pike and Walleye successfully co-exist -- given the proper stocking strategies and time to develop, Moore Dam Reservoir could certainly be added to that list of fisheries...!!
and tax payer funded stocked walleye
Dick, I am a busy guy with my business, but if there are future meetings organized to reconsider this decision, I would be happy to participate -- just let me know...! As I have said before, with the Conn. River feeding Moore, the larger size of it and the type of habitat that the reservoir offers, I think it would be a 'natural site' for walleyes with good reproduction prospects...! As this Ice Shanty posting has indicated, based on the VT/NH ice fishing community's response, there would appear to be overwhelming support for walleye in Moore...! At the end of the day, regardless of whether the biologists like it or not, the Moore Reservoir itself, is and has been primarily a bass/pike fishery for quite a few years now (not any type of primary trout fishery)...!!
The stocking of fish is done from NH Fish and Game money generated mostly from license fees . The state of NH gives NO money to fund our stocking program. Vt. is probably different so it will be your tax money well spent !
Your probably right. Probably the majority of the funding is through license sales. So might as well just raise license fees more so then they already have recently! Combination license has gone up $10+ in the last few years. Seems like a lot for an average fishery, and below average hunting.
My question for the state would be: do walleye directly compete with pike? If they do, my next question would be: would adding walleye cause a jump in total population of walleye and pike together? I would think not, or at least not by much. There would have to be some equilibrium as they prey on similar fish, and there is only so much fish available to prey on. With no walleye added, the population of pike will increase until it hits a ceiling where there is too much competition for food to increase in population. If walleye are added, the population of pike may never be able to hit that ceiling, and the pike population could likely decrease until some sort of equilibrium is reached with the populations of the two species. That being said, which species is likely to prey on trout more: walleye or pike? If pike prey on trout more than walleye do, then I would think trout fisherman would want walleye introduced to keep the pike population down and therefore increase the population of trout. I understand that there is a very dynamic relationship between all species in a body of water, but maybe these questions and more should be asked. I am not claiming to be and expert on fish, I'm just curious.
My experience in Canada indicates that pike love to eat walleye? Moore reservoir pike eat primarily yellow perch and there are a kazillion of them?Dick