iceintheveins

I've thought about trying it.

On the appointed "committee" that decides the path the fish killers will take, there are representatives from the nature conservancy, but NO ONE representing sportsmen.

I love both lures. Soft jerks (senkos included) are the best bass lure to use most of the time in clear water. Just too realistic for even big and pressured bass to pass up.

The Yampa isn't the best smallie river in the US, but it is one of the best, not to mention the best pike fishery in Colorado, and we have lots of good pike fisheries.

The public information officer for the program is Debbie Felker. debbie_felker@fws.gov

Trilene 100% fluoro from what I believe. Lots of guys on this site swear by the stuff.

That problem is easily fixed with a fluoro leader.

Braid is far superior to mono for jerkbaits and deep crank presentations. I also use it for heavy cover plastic or spinnerbait work because I don't like using 20 pound mono for any bass application (too thick to get a natural presentation. I use mono about 80% of the time, braid 20%.

My favorite spinnerbait trailer is a 3" single tail grub. Double tails are good as well, but I get more short strikes with them than a single tail.

For deep water I like drop shotting, senkos on light line, jigheads with grubs, deep cranks, and carolina jigs. The jig and grub works better than anything in clear waters, especially around rocky structure.

The SS has more salt so it sinks faster and casts farther. I like both.

Not going to get any yells here. I do prefer P Line and Stren Fluoros to anything Berkley, though I have heard Berkley's new pure fluoro line is awesome.

Colorado is jacked. The majority of Colorado anglers are dead set against this, and most like to fish for species other than trout as well. Most of the rivers in Colorado, such as the ones I have listed, are too warm for trout.

BASS opposes it. But fisheries agencies don't care about anglers in our area.

Yes they are considered trash fish, even in these waters (except by fisheries agencies though). The same people who are trying to save them once poisoned them 30 - 40 years ago.

Here in Colorado, we have a very special river, the Yampa River. It's a river where 3 - 5 pound smallmouth are very common, and a 100 smallmouth day isn't out of the question. In addtion to that, it has some fantastic pike fishing. You can catch 10 - 12 pike per day, many of those being 36" or longer. In fact we have caught numerous pike in the 40 inch range, including one 51" giant that was well above the state record. However due to the situation on the River, we released it. Since 2002, the US Fish and Wildlife service, with help from the Colorado Division of Wildlife, has been removing and killing bass and pike from the Yampa. They are doing this to supposedly aid native suckers and chubs that were supposedly once abundant in the river. More than 25,000 smallmouth bass, 7600 pike, and 6000 catfish have been removed from the river. Most of them are killed. Despite this, the data shows no response from the native fish in the Yampa River. The senseless slaughter has done NOTHING to bring back native rough fish. Yet they cast aside their own data, and continue it anyway. In the Colorado River, more than 5000 smallmouth bass and 3000 largemouth bass have been removed and killed since 2004, all for the same reasons. It has yielded the same results, NO benefits to native or endangered fish species. Yet the biologists around here continue to lie, spin, and push this useless slaughter project. The Colorado DOW is the same agency that for 30 years tried to recover Greenback Cutthroats. Recently, it was found that for all those 30 years, they were stocking THE WRONG CUTTHROAT TROUT in their recovery efforts. Thoughts and comments?

Here is the link showing that gamefish removal has done nothing to help native suckers, chubs, and squawfish: http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/crrip/arpts/2006/nna/144.pdf

Your wrong, it IS a good fishery for all those species. Their idea of biodiversity is a gamefish free environment. If the native species can't be recovered by killing off gamefish, why do it?

Years ago, the USFWS and various state agencies dumped millions of gallons of rotenone into the Green River to KILL the various fish (considered then trash fish) that they are now trying to save. The smallmouth do very little real harm. They are simply covering their own butts for wiping out native fish 30 - 40 years ago in the river. What we are dealing with is nothing short of tyranny, lying and doublespeak. In the Colorado River, in which the Green River empties into, more than 5000 smallmouth bass and 3000 largemouth bass have been killed and either left to rot on the banks, taken to the dump, or given to liberal scientists for joke studies.

The Green is one of the larger rivers in the US. There are also lots of Channel cats and some pike in the river. The smallies come up from Lake Powell or from the Yampa, which is a tributary of the Green and one of the very best pike and smallmouth fisheries in the world.

Sure I can send you that data. The regulation is now in the Utah annual fishing regulations brochure. I will send you a link that shows non native fish removal has done NOTHING to increase native fish populations on the Green River. If they wanted to save endangered species they have other ways to do so which work much better Volfan. And I'm sorry, it DOES trample on our rights as anglers, especially when most in this state and Utah OPPOSE it.

XT is very tough but just has too much memory for my tastes. I would try the triline maxx or Stren Original. Both are pretty tough but have less memory.

I would go with 10 - 12 pound original Stren for more open water situations, and 30 pound power pro for heavier cover.

It's like all the rest of the Vanish, BRITTLE CRAP!

They can still be bought in large quantities at lunkercity.com.