SMB introduced in Lake Powell

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I found your summary of the first SMB in Lake Powell very interesting.
Were other SMB planted or did today’s great fishing come from those original 500 fish?
 
RatherBeFishing1 said:
I found your summary of the first SMB in Lake Powell very interesting.
Were other SMB planted or did today’s great fishing come from those original 500 fish?
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Once the bass were in the lake it was a done deal. We raised smallmouth at the Wahweap hatchery from 1982-1989 when it was determined that the population was lakewide and self supporting so no more stocking was needed.

I caught a nice 2.5 pounder yesterday in clear water.
 
If ever a perfect smallmouth habitat was created, Lake Powell is it. I first saw Lake Powell back in the late 1970s and I wondered back then why smallmouth were never introduced. It looked like great habitat for them. Of course we now know that is the case. As a life-long smallmouth "junkie", I really appreciate this place!

Ed Gerdemann
 
wayne gustaveson said:
Once the bass were in the lake it was a done deal. We raised smallmouth at the Wahweap hatchery from 1982-1989 when it was determined that the population was lakewide and self supporting so no more stocking was needed.

I caught a nice 2.5 pounder yesterday in clear water.
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Thanks for SMB and your time and dedication managing the Lake Powell fishery.
 
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