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Mr. Mullen
"Crappie on Wheeler Lake"
, Wed 4 Feb 16:37
I've noticed a drastic decline in the amount of crappie being caught in First and Second Creek near Wheeler Dam. Have any of you had a lot of success there in recent years?
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anonymous
"Re(1):Crappie on Wheeler Lake"
, Thu 19 Feb 19:16
Might have something to do with the 10's of thousands of cormorants that feed there from Sept to Marrch/April. Many stay below the dam year round now. I've watched those pieces of crap come up with both bream and small bass while duck hunting. I do know the local smallmouth fisherman singlehandly blame the decline in bass fishing below the dam on the things. The Feds tried to issue a depredation order to thin them out some. Of course, the tree huggers took them to court over it.
Smalljaws
"Re(2):Crappie on Wheeler Lake"
, Thu 19 Feb 19:18
Not to mention the amount of baitfish they devour. I read that each one consumes up to 2 pounds of fish a day. Multiply that by the # of them and you have removed a serious amount of fish/bait out of a lake in a single day.
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