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Originally Posted by Dave B.
I'd agree with the hybrids on Swartswood but I think the walleyes in Spruce might not be such a good idea. I say that only because we already have several top predators in Spruce and given the dramatic and frequent water level fluctuations adding another burden to the forage base may well cause problems for the existing well established and fairly well balanced predator/prey ecosystem.
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Good points, Dave. Would a smaller stocking work though? The white perch population makes for a great secondary forage base for the top predators in there. I know that NYS stocked walleyes in fort pond out in montauk long after the hybrids died off there to handle the white perch population and they've been thriving. It's a lot less deep there, comparable weed growth and similar rocky structure, but they don't have the pike and hybrids that spruce has obviously... Just thinking out loud here lol...
