09-06-2014, 03:27 PM
[quote ifishutah]The one that truly is a real concern is the LMB population at UT lake. There are a lot of harvesters that can take those fish home and quickly return to do so again, and again, and again. Of course most already do that anyway.
Maybe stocking LMB would turn out to be a good idea...[/quote]
[#0000FF]I would like to know of anybody who is good enough to catch a limit of largemouths out of Utah on any given day...much less multiple limits. The knowledgeable bassers who know that lake well often are happy to score only a few fish in a full day of cruisin' and chuckin'. And they mostly release all they catch.
Largemouths in Utah Lake are not like white bass. They don't school up and they do not hit just any old thing you put in front of them. It takes a lot of skill and sometimes a lot of luck to get even a single fish in a hard day of fishing. Married ones are even worse.
With current low water levels it would not be a good idea to plant more largemouths in UL. It is too shallow...with little or no structure...to provide ideal habitat, spawning and recruitment for bass. Additional stocking would only add more competition and reduce food supply for the existing fish.
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Maybe stocking LMB would turn out to be a good idea...[/quote]
[#0000FF]I would like to know of anybody who is good enough to catch a limit of largemouths out of Utah on any given day...much less multiple limits. The knowledgeable bassers who know that lake well often are happy to score only a few fish in a full day of cruisin' and chuckin'. And they mostly release all they catch.
Largemouths in Utah Lake are not like white bass. They don't school up and they do not hit just any old thing you put in front of them. It takes a lot of skill and sometimes a lot of luck to get even a single fish in a hard day of fishing. Married ones are even worse.
With current low water levels it would not be a good idea to plant more largemouths in UL. It is too shallow...with little or no structure...to provide ideal habitat, spawning and recruitment for bass. Additional stocking would only add more competition and reduce food supply for the existing fish.
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