02-19-2015, 10:16 PM
[#0000FF]Just got an email from Chris Crockett...DWR. They wanted me to post this up to solicit help and input from our members.
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Our current goals are twofold
1. Determine where pike are spawning/congregating
2. Collect pike for a bioenergetics study to determine diet and potential impacts to both the sportfish community and June sucker.
Anglers can help us with both these goals by either telling us where they are catching pike on Utah Lake and/or providing us with the Utah Lake Northern pike they catch. Below is a list of the information that would be helpful. All of this could be sent to me via email, [url "mailto:chriscrockett@utah.gov"]chriscrockett@utah.gov[/url] or anglers could simply give me a call 801 234 9639.
Help UDWR identify areas where illegally introduced Northern pike are spawning and/or congregating in Utah Lake. Northern pike have the potential to negatively impact the existing sportfish community and the Federally endangered June Sucker.
Angler Name:
Angler Contact Information (phone or email):
Location of Pike Capture:
Date of Capture:
Pike Length and/or Weight: (an estimate is fine):
Reproductive Condition (expressing eggs or milt?):
Send information to Chris Crockett, [url "mailto:chriscrockett@utah.gov"]chriscrockett@utah.gov[/url] 801-234-9639
If you'd like to donate a Utah Lake Northern pike to UDWR to assist with a bioenergetics/diet study please keep the pike on ice and/or frozen as soon as possible after capture and contact Chris Crockett (UDWR Fish Biologist) to schedule a drop-off/pick-up near Springville, UT. As a token of our appreciation the first 15 anglers that provide us with a Utah Lake caught Northern pike and all relevant information will receive a Rapala lure (one per angler). Please note all pike donations should be scheduled with Chris, the UDWR front office in Springville isn't equipped to handle donations or provide Rapalas.
Chris Crockett, [url "mailto:chriscrockett@utah.gov"]chriscrockett@utah.gov[/url] 801-234-9639
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Our current goals are twofold
1. Determine where pike are spawning/congregating
2. Collect pike for a bioenergetics study to determine diet and potential impacts to both the sportfish community and June sucker.
Anglers can help us with both these goals by either telling us where they are catching pike on Utah Lake and/or providing us with the Utah Lake Northern pike they catch. Below is a list of the information that would be helpful. All of this could be sent to me via email, [url "mailto:chriscrockett@utah.gov"]chriscrockett@utah.gov[/url] or anglers could simply give me a call 801 234 9639.
Help UDWR identify areas where illegally introduced Northern pike are spawning and/or congregating in Utah Lake. Northern pike have the potential to negatively impact the existing sportfish community and the Federally endangered June Sucker.
Angler Name:
Angler Contact Information (phone or email):
Location of Pike Capture:
Date of Capture:
Pike Length and/or Weight: (an estimate is fine):
Reproductive Condition (expressing eggs or milt?):
Send information to Chris Crockett, [url "mailto:chriscrockett@utah.gov"]chriscrockett@utah.gov[/url] 801-234-9639
If you'd like to donate a Utah Lake Northern pike to UDWR to assist with a bioenergetics/diet study please keep the pike on ice and/or frozen as soon as possible after capture and contact Chris Crockett (UDWR Fish Biologist) to schedule a drop-off/pick-up near Springville, UT. As a token of our appreciation the first 15 anglers that provide us with a Utah Lake caught Northern pike and all relevant information will receive a Rapala lure (one per angler). Please note all pike donations should be scheduled with Chris, the UDWR front office in Springville isn't equipped to handle donations or provide Rapalas.
Chris Crockett, [url "mailto:chriscrockett@utah.gov"]chriscrockett@utah.gov[/url] 801-234-9639
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