02-19-2003, 04:49 PM
Paul, the folks you would want to talk to about this would be "The Rocky Mountain Anglers". They hold club contests and are aware of all of the current Walleye Tournaments that happen in Utah. They meet once a month. They are a great bunch of people that fish multi-species, but have a special passion for Walleye. I have fished on Starvation during, but not entered in, the fall tournament and I've caught as many fish as the entrants, but not the size. I would absolutely support the tournaments. PWT is known for helping the fishery while they are there. Come on out and help me thin out the overpopulation out here.
You can find them at
[url "http://www.walleyecentral.com/rocky-mountain.htm"]http://www.walleyecentral.com/rocky-mountain.htm[/url]
As far as Utah raising Walleye in the hatcheries, I wouldn't hold my breath. I went to the meeting years ago on what to do about the eye's in Deer Creek. The DWR came in with several "ideas", but the only one they really were trying to push was to kill off the Walleye. It took a lot of work, but they eventually conceeded/agreed to try planting larger Rainbows. Take a look at Deer Creek now. If Walleye are needed, Starvation has a huge overpopulation. They could electro-fish and transport instead of gill-netting and killing as they have been doing. Just my 2 cents...
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You can find them at
[url "http://www.walleyecentral.com/rocky-mountain.htm"]http://www.walleyecentral.com/rocky-mountain.htm[/url]
As far as Utah raising Walleye in the hatcheries, I wouldn't hold my breath. I went to the meeting years ago on what to do about the eye's in Deer Creek. The DWR came in with several "ideas", but the only one they really were trying to push was to kill off the Walleye. It took a lot of work, but they eventually conceeded/agreed to try planting larger Rainbows. Take a look at Deer Creek now. If Walleye are needed, Starvation has a huge overpopulation. They could electro-fish and transport instead of gill-netting and killing as they have been doing. Just my 2 cents...
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