05-17-2017, 04:33 PM
[#0000FF]DWR took what they could get. Supposedly the fish were mostly pregnant females...ready to spawn. But I suspect that a lot of them will merely contribute to the walleye feeding program. Any walleye over about 20 inches just loooooooves six inch perch.
At my age I despair of never seeing another good perch fishery...virtually anywhere in Utah. There have been some great ones in the past. But the radical changes in water levels as well as lake ecologies have all acted against perchkind.
Like many aging Utah perch jerkers I fondly recall the heydays of Yuba, Deer Creek, Jordanelle and Starvation. Heck, let's go all the way back to Gunnison Reservoir in the 70s. Used to be some two pound perch and some dandy largemouths in there...before it become an annually drained carp hatchery.
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At my age I despair of never seeing another good perch fishery...virtually anywhere in Utah. There have been some great ones in the past. But the radical changes in water levels as well as lake ecologies have all acted against perchkind.
Like many aging Utah perch jerkers I fondly recall the heydays of Yuba, Deer Creek, Jordanelle and Starvation. Heck, let's go all the way back to Gunnison Reservoir in the 70s. Used to be some two pound perch and some dandy largemouths in there...before it become an annually drained carp hatchery.
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