Chubs, management, and everything else

[doggonefishin]

As a former 10 yr. Las Vegas resident (moved up to Happy Valley 8 mo.s ago) who spent the majority of his fishing time in Southern Utah, I feel I need to agree that the Southern fisheries ARE in bad shape. BUT the problem is drought, not the DWR. The South has been creamed by this drought and the fisheries are suffering the effects. The current water year will help, but it will take years to get some of those lakes and streams back to good water levels and improved fishing action. As for the DWR, unless they can find Lorenzo Snow somewhere, (inside Mormon joke) they are somewhat helpless to do much. There are a few occasions where their policies have left me scratching my head, but by and large, I feel they do an overall good job at applying biological science to decision making. I do feel they are superior in that respect to their colleagues in Colorado and Nevada. (My most recent homes until now.) Sometimes politics supersedes science in decision making and they are hamstrung in this instance.
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