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Had an outstanding day on the Umpqua yesterday near Sutherlin, OR. The small mouth were biting on rooster tails and grubs. I caught and released 50 before the day was done and went home content.
excellent, that sounds like big fun. I hope you didn't release them all and perhaps took home the 15 fish limit for each person; smallmouth bass is an introduced/invasive fish in the Umpqua so there is an interest to reduce their population as much as possible...cheers, roger
Umpqua River Basin (Douglas Co.): includes Umpqua River, Smith River, North Umpqua River, South Umpqua River and their tributaries
• 15 smallmouth bass per day of any size, 2 daily limits in possession.
smallmouth bass is an introduced/invasive fish in the Umpqua so there is an interest to reduce their population as much as possible...
Just what I need... To be encouraged to catch more bass...lol...
Just curious... Is this due to the Bass feeding on young Steelhead and Salmon which are natural to the environment?
exactly.
How do you explain the stellar runs of Winter Steelhead and Fall Salmon on the Umpqua if the destructive bass are eating all the salmon and steelhead smolts???
This has my voteWow, that water looks really great. Thanks for the report.
Also, to all of the complainers. I am sure that the bass eat some smolts, basically the slow ones, sick ones, i.e., the ones who would not make it anyway. Bass don't make a living chasing and eating the healthiest fish, like any good predator they prey on the weak.