02-24-2015, 12:56 AM
Got to put my 2shillings in on this. Back in the day, when DWR stocked walleye ( Yes children, they did. They would trap the adults moving up the Provo, collect the eggs and milt, fertilize the eggs, hatch the fry at Springville in the old building on the East side of the road, and stock them in Utah Lake. Knowing when to stock was easy, the fry would form a Daisy chain with one little eye holding on to the tail of another till the whole jar was one long chain, everyone holding on to someone else. ). The fry were stocked in the lower Provo and the White Bass and bigger Walleye would have a feast. Same problem,
Enter the June Sucker and everything changed. Things remained static for 10-15 years while DWR and the feds worked out a plan. Now that plan is in place and it has been about 8-10 years since is was implemented.
I know a lot of people that would like Utah Lake left alone, but until the ESA is repealed and voided, if we want any UL fishing, we need to support it the best we can and help the program along, otherwise it becomes Federal and Utah loses control. WE do not want that.
By the way, I attended the presentation from Ut. State on the food web and crashing the Carp population. Both presentations were expertly done, well documented, and highly informative. There is good science behind what is going on out there, not so sure about good economics however.
So bite your collective
s out there, hold your noses, and cooperate with the plan, because the alternative REALLY SUCKS, STINKS, and BITES the BIG ONE !!! Bitch and moan all you want, but remember, what the feds have in store is worse than your worst nightmare regarding taxes, immigration, federal lands, etc, all rolled into one huge pile of bovine scatology !!
Enter the June Sucker and everything changed. Things remained static for 10-15 years while DWR and the feds worked out a plan. Now that plan is in place and it has been about 8-10 years since is was implemented.
I know a lot of people that would like Utah Lake left alone, but until the ESA is repealed and voided, if we want any UL fishing, we need to support it the best we can and help the program along, otherwise it becomes Federal and Utah loses control. WE do not want that.
By the way, I attended the presentation from Ut. State on the food web and crashing the Carp population. Both presentations were expertly done, well documented, and highly informative. There is good science behind what is going on out there, not so sure about good economics however.
So bite your collective
s out there, hold your noses, and cooperate with the plan, because the alternative REALLY SUCKS, STINKS, and BITES the BIG ONE !!! Bitch and moan all you want, but remember, what the feds have in store is worse than your worst nightmare regarding taxes, immigration, federal lands, etc, all rolled into one huge pile of bovine scatology !!