I've been reading up on all of this here the last few days and it is quite surprising. I'm sure this topic has been beat to death already, and if it has, please direct me to it. My main question is what will moving these fish out of Thornapple do to the fishing opportunities in the lake. Both short term and long term….seems like the fishing in the short term may be tough but the long term benefit might be great.
Someone smarter than me pleas enlighten me! Haha
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You pretty much have it right, there will be some lean years at first as you can expect the NMUS density to be cut in roughly half, maybe more. There are some GLS available in the lake that are over 40" now and those fish will not be moved. If we can get the GLS to survive better and they actually stay in the lake then yes it will bounce back in a few years and be back to the way it has been, maybe better. While it has fair density thorn has always been for the most part a tough lake to score on, it will prolly always be that way.
That's good info and also good to know I was on the right track! I have fished Thorn more than any of the other lakes in the area but still maybe only 6 or 8 trips. I have caught 2 fish on thorn, one of which was a 45.5" so it's mostly a confidence thing as to why I kept going back. I guess this will be a good reason to start spending some time on Murray and campau. It's always fun to learn a new lake anyway!
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