jordanelle report

[el-guapo]

My brother went up to Jordanelle Friday afternoon for a few hours. We caught some perch, bass (most were small but I hooked into a large one that broke my line), and get this....a crappie. The crappie was a big surprise. I should have kept the little bugger, but it was already on its way before I evaluated the situation. We were fishing from the shore on the north side of the rock cliff area.
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[Theekillerbee]

Too bad you lost that big one! That is the first time I've heard of a crappie being caught in there...however, with some of the idiots around, it doesnt surprise me. All hail the bucket biologist![mad]
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[Troll]

Crappie, While i'm not in favor of illegal stocking I do think Crappie will be good for Jordenelle. They are known minnow eaters and will help to thin the baby perch in the shallows in early spring. The Walleyes will continue to feed on the perch the rest of the summer in the deeper water.

I also like to catch Crappie, both thru the Ice and in open water. They can grow to over 18". The brushy habitat in the still young Jordenelle will make good habitat.
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[Theekillerbee]

I too enjoy catching slabs, and they probably will do well there, but the important thing to remember is that they shouldn't be there! The DWR had very specific managment plans for the nelle, and unfortunately for all of us, people with no foresight seem to know what is "best" for our lakes. This is unfortunate, and in the end, it may harm the ecosystem in the lake.
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[Troll]

The DWR has not followed it's plan. The designated wakeless zone on the North 1/3 of the lake never happened, the small boat launch and recreation area on the far North part of the lake never happened.

The DWR is messed up with their trout mentality is plain wrong for much of UT that they try to slam it down. The oportunity to use the Midway hatchery for walleye and other warm water fish has been completely overlooked. The hatchery has whirling syndrome and can't be used for trout.

If the DWR would listen to the people who are paying the bills (the fishers) then maybe there wouldn't be so much illegal planting.
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[fishboy2]

well now, if you feel so strongly about this, which it seems like you are, you should go to your local rac meeting and tell people this. mabye changes could happen
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[Troll]

Well as an Ad Hoc member of the RAC upland game board and a regular attendee of RAC meetings I can tell you they are a joke. The decisions are made before the meetings by the clic.

So you know where I come from I have a BS in Fisheries Biology.
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[doggonefishin]

There are a lot of issues that could be discussed in this thread but I will bring up just one. The thing that most people seem to forget about the DWR and Lakes like Jordanelle is that the DWR is not directly responsible for making the rules there (except bag limits and fishing regs.)and has little policymaking clout on telling the state and the state parks commission how to manage Jordanelle. It is very likely that the developers around the lake (loaded with cash)and the Park City area resorts put the kabosh on any wakeless areas on the North side because their rich clients are more likely to want to waterski and buzz around on a PWC than splash around on a float tube. If one believes that the DWR has the political clout to compete with the above opponents, I have some lakefront property at Hailstone for ya. I'm just glad we have Rock Cliffs.
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[fishboy2]

yeah i know how they are if you bring it up at every meeting someone will hear you, and then you will be able to get your point out there, eventually something will work out
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[Tubeman]

I fished the Rock Cliff arm saturday morning with my buddy. We caught 6 perch, and four smallies the biggest was 17" and 2lbs. We talked to a guy in a float tube behind us who had also caught a couple of crappie along the north shoreline using a white jig.

[road]

For those who are interested. All the water in the Nelle use to belong to Wasatch county. The owned all water rights in that little Res. Parks and Recreation agreed to manage it. They do not own it, nor does the state.

Wasatch has seen fit to sell and give away a fair bit of that water to the developers who are gobbling up the land around the lake. At present nearly 25% of the Nelles' water is being shipped out to the dry lands to the North where they have no water at all! I don't agree with planting anything fish in a lake, river, or stream that it wasn't ment to be in. But at the present rate that the good ole boys of Wasatch are divying up the monies from the ilegal water sales and the sweetheart land deals, they are getting for doing so. Hell it may just be another Utah mud hole over the next few years. I suggest you enjoy what there is now. Unless there are some serious changes and soon it wont be able to maintain any sort of healthy fish population. Ofcourse this is just one Wasatch county residents opioion, yours may vary.
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[doggonefishin]

Here's an interesting thought. Some of those megabucks projects very near the lake depend in part on a full lake to
play on as part of their draw and part of their property valuation. It could be that they could be allies with the sportsmen to prevent excessive water draw down from developers farther away.
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[road]

Thats a good idea dgf but it is the same developers in this area. There are no more than half a dozen of them and they do have deep pockets.
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