09-05-2007, 04:42 AM
I wish I had a dollar for every post written that involves Catch & Release or what is the ethical way to fish. I think it is very humorous because it is basically just preaching to the choir as a vast majority of the fishermen that post here practice correct handling and releasing of fish. I also find it interesting that everybody that uses "power goo" or whatever you want to call it, is a hillbillie with a freezer full of fish that they will never eat. It is like "racial profiling" on the water.
Why do I bring this up, because overall, in my opinion, the trout fishing in Utah is amazing. This may be because of the fact that they plant millions and millions of trout annual, but still from nearly any place in the state you can drive to a spot within an hour and have a chance to catch trout over twenty inches. Strawberry is a great example. A world class fishery litteraly in the back yard of a million residents. I think that the state deserves credit for the trout fisheries they have developed and the regulations they have put into effect to protect them. We all have our own opions on how we could make them better, but there is no way that they could possible make every single fisherman happy. I always felt that on lakes such as Strawberry and Panguitch with the specific slot limit that they should be artificial only. But as mentioned on this post that does not necessarily help the issue.
I figure that the best thing to do is just go fishing.
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Why do I bring this up, because overall, in my opinion, the trout fishing in Utah is amazing. This may be because of the fact that they plant millions and millions of trout annual, but still from nearly any place in the state you can drive to a spot within an hour and have a chance to catch trout over twenty inches. Strawberry is a great example. A world class fishery litteraly in the back yard of a million residents. I think that the state deserves credit for the trout fisheries they have developed and the regulations they have put into effect to protect them. We all have our own opions on how we could make them better, but there is no way that they could possible make every single fisherman happy. I always felt that on lakes such as Strawberry and Panguitch with the specific slot limit that they should be artificial only. But as mentioned on this post that does not necessarily help the issue.
I figure that the best thing to do is just go fishing.
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