01-24-2023, 10:56 PM
Interesting stats. But don't beat yourself up. Figures lie and liars figure...or something like that. There are so many variables each year...by water, by species, by amount of time spent, by tactics and techniques used...that the only thing you can really glean from such comparisons is the final outcome...regardless of angler skill, etc. But "History is never wrong" (one of my originals).
For what it's worth, I think most of the anglers with whom I am familiar in Utah have had similar results this year. Chalk it up to climate change, low water, changing fish populations...or the sun coming up in the west at times. Results per trip were sometimes not as good as similar trips during similar times last year. And in some cases...like with the white bass at Utah Lake...the fish seemed to have almost disappeared.
I have fished Utah waters since the early 1960s and I have fished through a whole lotta changes. I can empty a room full of Utah anglers pretty quick if I start reckymembering the "good old days" on many of our waters that are now only very poor to marginal fishing. A lot more fisherfolk...and the up and down cycles of Utah weather patterns...can adversely affect the formerly good fishing. It irks me though, when someone wants to blame DWR for all of the problems. I think they do a great job with the options they have. But you can't manage the unmanageable. And when Mama Nature is dealing all the cards it's tough to even stay in the game.
You'll knock 'em dead this year. Guaranteed or your money back.
For what it's worth, I think most of the anglers with whom I am familiar in Utah have had similar results this year. Chalk it up to climate change, low water, changing fish populations...or the sun coming up in the west at times. Results per trip were sometimes not as good as similar trips during similar times last year. And in some cases...like with the white bass at Utah Lake...the fish seemed to have almost disappeared.
I have fished Utah waters since the early 1960s and I have fished through a whole lotta changes. I can empty a room full of Utah anglers pretty quick if I start reckymembering the "good old days" on many of our waters that are now only very poor to marginal fishing. A lot more fisherfolk...and the up and down cycles of Utah weather patterns...can adversely affect the formerly good fishing. It irks me though, when someone wants to blame DWR for all of the problems. I think they do a great job with the options they have. But you can't manage the unmanageable. And when Mama Nature is dealing all the cards it's tough to even stay in the game.
You'll knock 'em dead this year. Guaranteed or your money back.