07-01-2010, 07:12 PM
[quote mike4cobra]
Nobody has given me a good example of a good self sustaining utah trout lake. One that isnt manipulated constantly by the state. [/quote]
I'll give you two:
Paragonah (Red Creek) Reservoir. 100% self-sustaining rainbow trout reservoir near Parowan, UT.
Kolob Reservoir. considered to be used as a brood source lake for cutthroat trout because of it's ability to sustain BOTH rainbow trout and cutthroat trout.
In fact, Kolob has recently undergone some regulation changes because rainbows and cutthroat are reproducing at a rate faster than what anglers could keep up with under the 21" slot rule. Now, bait regulations and relaxed slot limits have been implemented to try to cut back on the numbers of fish in Kolob.
Aside from that, I could name a whole shit-load of lakes that brook trout self-sustain in. And, just like walleye, it's NOT a good thing!!
Yuba. You want band-aids! When walleye populations get to the point that they eat all the perch, you want to stock additional forage to feed the walleye. This sounds good on the outside, but what really happens? You hurt the walleye. They then reproduce more, and now you ahve even more to fee, so you stock more, then the walleye population grows again, so you stock more, and more, and more forage. It's a never ending problem. At some point, you run out of available biomass. You can't continue to stock enough. It doesn't work that way.
When you have a pasture full of cows, don't you try to manage the number of cows based on the amount of grass available for them to eat? What happens if you have too many cows and they eat all of the grass? Do you add more grass to the field? or, do you get rid of some of the cows? You can't keep adding grass, especially while the cows reproduce and add more cows to the same pasture.
control populations. It's really very simple. Unfortunately, most can't comprehend this simple concept.
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Nobody has given me a good example of a good self sustaining utah trout lake. One that isnt manipulated constantly by the state. [/quote]
I'll give you two:
Paragonah (Red Creek) Reservoir. 100% self-sustaining rainbow trout reservoir near Parowan, UT.
Kolob Reservoir. considered to be used as a brood source lake for cutthroat trout because of it's ability to sustain BOTH rainbow trout and cutthroat trout.
In fact, Kolob has recently undergone some regulation changes because rainbows and cutthroat are reproducing at a rate faster than what anglers could keep up with under the 21" slot rule. Now, bait regulations and relaxed slot limits have been implemented to try to cut back on the numbers of fish in Kolob.
Aside from that, I could name a whole shit-load of lakes that brook trout self-sustain in. And, just like walleye, it's NOT a good thing!!
Yuba. You want band-aids! When walleye populations get to the point that they eat all the perch, you want to stock additional forage to feed the walleye. This sounds good on the outside, but what really happens? You hurt the walleye. They then reproduce more, and now you ahve even more to fee, so you stock more, then the walleye population grows again, so you stock more, and more, and more forage. It's a never ending problem. At some point, you run out of available biomass. You can't continue to stock enough. It doesn't work that way.
When you have a pasture full of cows, don't you try to manage the number of cows based on the amount of grass available for them to eat? What happens if you have too many cows and they eat all of the grass? Do you add more grass to the field? or, do you get rid of some of the cows? You can't keep adding grass, especially while the cows reproduce and add more cows to the same pasture.
control populations. It's really very simple. Unfortunately, most can't comprehend this simple concept.
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