chub

[tomH]

I feel like every great fishing spot had chub in it and the game fish get really big from eating them. like flaming gorge, strawberry, scofield, otter creek, ect. so why doesn't the dwr just stock chub in lakes without many rough fish?
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[albinotrout]

The chub apparently compete with the rainbow and eventually push the rainbow out.
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[tomH]

but I would think it would think if they stocked other trout it would work.
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[albinotrout]

This is what happened with scofield. Great
Rainbow fishery then the chub came and pushed the rainbow out. They both feed off the same stuff. Chub reproduce faster and then over ran the lake. DWR planted tigers in 2005??? Then cuts in 09???? Something like that and now those fish are starting to take control of the chubs.
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[wormandbobber]

[quote tomH]so why doesn't the dwr just stock chub in lakes without many rough fish?[/quote]

Because fish growth is much higher and faster without them....for all trout species! And, if you look at reservoirs that have had them and then are poisoned because of them, trout numbers are average sizes are larger immediately after the lake is poisoned...
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[mojorizing]

[quote tomH]I feel like every great fishing spot had chub in it and the game fish get really big from eating them. like flaming gorge, strawberry, scofield, otter creek, ect. so why doesn't the dwr just stock chub in lakes without many rough fish?[/quote]
Are you serious or is this a really bad troll?
Do some googling on utah chub.
As for stocking, the bucket biologists beat them to it.
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