02-03-2008, 12:52 AM
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[cool][#0000ff]About changing the slot to include rainbows...have you bounced that off your "connections"? [/#0000ff][#0000ff][/#0000ff][/reply]
Yes. I have. I've gotten no-where with it. Unfortunately, the State wants to "simplify" regulations. Then they go out and do something stupid and complicate things at Strawberry. The regulation at Strawberry is so bad that many CO's aren't writing tickets because they can't identify what is legal, and what is not.
What's even more confusing is that Panguitch Lake has regulations written that require the release of "all trout" in the slot. So, it the State wants to simplify regulations across the board, why the odd regulation at Strawberry?
FWIW -- angling pressure is lower now at Strawberry than prior to the special regulations. The whole reason is due to the regulations. Unfortunately, if rainbows were included in the slot regulations, angler pressure would be even less. This would be good for fishermen like myself that don't worry about how many fish we get to keep -- but bad for the majority. The DWR isn't going to change this regulation -- even if the rainbow trout could benefit enormously from it.
I'm glad to see that others also see the reality of Kamloops rainbows. Given the right conditions, any rainbow can get big. Let's work on habitat, regulations, etc. and quit worrying about strain...
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[cool][#0000ff]About changing the slot to include rainbows...have you bounced that off your "connections"? [/#0000ff][#0000ff][/#0000ff][/reply]
Yes. I have. I've gotten no-where with it. Unfortunately, the State wants to "simplify" regulations. Then they go out and do something stupid and complicate things at Strawberry. The regulation at Strawberry is so bad that many CO's aren't writing tickets because they can't identify what is legal, and what is not.
What's even more confusing is that Panguitch Lake has regulations written that require the release of "all trout" in the slot. So, it the State wants to simplify regulations across the board, why the odd regulation at Strawberry?
FWIW -- angling pressure is lower now at Strawberry than prior to the special regulations. The whole reason is due to the regulations. Unfortunately, if rainbows were included in the slot regulations, angler pressure would be even less. This would be good for fishermen like myself that don't worry about how many fish we get to keep -- but bad for the majority. The DWR isn't going to change this regulation -- even if the rainbow trout could benefit enormously from it.
I'm glad to see that others also see the reality of Kamloops rainbows. Given the right conditions, any rainbow can get big. Let's work on habitat, regulations, etc. and quit worrying about strain...
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