05-17-2012, 05:09 PM
If there are lakes that get very few angling hours, the fish don't get big and the lake often winterkills, then I am all about leaving it a baron lake. Sounds like that lake is just not a great candidate as a fishing lake. Why waste the resources?
If the lakes get fished a lot and are managed as a put and take (like several of the high uinta lakes close to highways and popular trails), I wouldn't even begin to suggest cutting plantings at these lakes.
I am also completely for improving spawning success in reservoirs to reduce planting needs. If there is work that can be done to improve spawning success at the berry, I would be all for that. Then some of the extra funds and space could be used for planting other species.
On that note, why note add browns to the berry for a few years and then cut it off? Browns seem to be rather efficient at self-sustaining while keeping their numbers in check. This would be a cheap addition.
I also really like the idea of adding species, then including all species in the slot, but allowing anglers to keep one fish in the slot. I think that would make everyone happy, including myself. I hate having to release a 20" cutt that is surely going to die that one of my neighbors would have loved to have eaten.
Again, I think Strawberry is being managed magnificently and is a super healthy fishery. But I do think it could be a bit better.
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If the lakes get fished a lot and are managed as a put and take (like several of the high uinta lakes close to highways and popular trails), I wouldn't even begin to suggest cutting plantings at these lakes.
I am also completely for improving spawning success in reservoirs to reduce planting needs. If there is work that can be done to improve spawning success at the berry, I would be all for that. Then some of the extra funds and space could be used for planting other species.
On that note, why note add browns to the berry for a few years and then cut it off? Browns seem to be rather efficient at self-sustaining while keeping their numbers in check. This would be a cheap addition.
I also really like the idea of adding species, then including all species in the slot, but allowing anglers to keep one fish in the slot. I think that would make everyone happy, including myself. I hate having to release a 20" cutt that is surely going to die that one of my neighbors would have loved to have eaten.
Again, I think Strawberry is being managed magnificently and is a super healthy fishery. But I do think it could be a bit better.
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