06-30-2010, 03:20 PM
PBH
Talking to the locals here (and the state head fishing biologist) The walleyes have never "crashed" since introduction.
They have had bad spawning years with a lack of age class fish, but the eyes in Boysen pretty much are staying stable.
A big reason for this is the state G&F do plant forage in the form of emerald shiners, fat head minnows and a few other speices that I can't remember.
In other words Wyo. does recognize walleyes as an important game fish and manage them as such. Something that Utah will not do.
If the eyes were so detrimental to the other game fish trout, crappie. perch and bass Boysen sure is not a good example.
This is my 14 year fishing this lake and it seems to me that the eyes are just as strong now if not better than than when I first started coming up here.
When Utah finally gets their head out of where the sun don't shine and takes a pro active approach to "managing" waters for walleyes It can be done.
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Talking to the locals here (and the state head fishing biologist) The walleyes have never "crashed" since introduction.
They have had bad spawning years with a lack of age class fish, but the eyes in Boysen pretty much are staying stable.
A big reason for this is the state G&F do plant forage in the form of emerald shiners, fat head minnows and a few other speices that I can't remember.
In other words Wyo. does recognize walleyes as an important game fish and manage them as such. Something that Utah will not do.
If the eyes were so detrimental to the other game fish trout, crappie. perch and bass Boysen sure is not a good example.
This is my 14 year fishing this lake and it seems to me that the eyes are just as strong now if not better than than when I first started coming up here.
When Utah finally gets their head out of where the sun don't shine and takes a pro active approach to "managing" waters for walleyes It can be done.
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