From the North American Fishign Club Mailing List

PHOENIX, AZ-The Arizona Game and Fish Department is conducting a three-year
study to determine whether the presence of striped bass has damaged the
largemouth fishery at Lake Pleasant. The lake is one of the state's premier
largemouth fisheries and draws anglers from across the nation.

Lead researcher Jim deVos says many people believe the striped bass are
responsible, in part, for the decline in quality of the lake's largemouths
during the past 10 years because they compete for forage, mostly threadfin
shad.

Officials say stripers most likely entered the lake as eggs or larvae when
water was pumped into the reservoir from the Central Arizona Project Canal
system.

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Bob La Londe
Yuma, Az
http://www.YumaBassMan.com
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