Perch in Strawberry

[MasterDaad]

Has anyone caught perch in Strawberry? I heard a friend of a friend talking about doing so... but I've never caught one nor do I recall hearing tales of Perch at Strawberry on the board.
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[Kent]

I caught lots of them as a child, but fortunately none since.
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[Fishrmn]

Thankfully, no. There is no punishment adequate for any tool that would put them there.



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[TubeDude]

[#0000FF]Perch were plentiful in Strawberry, prior to the first big rotenone treatment in September of 1961. I was one of hundreds of folks allowed to harvest all the fish floating to the top. In those days not many people cared about perch and I doubt there was any significant number taken home. But there were some big trout...and lots of suckers, carp, chubs and shiners.

Because there was a residual survival of some chubs, suckers and shiners up in the tributary creeks they gradually returned to repopulate Strawberry after the treatment. The chubs became so thick that they had to have another poisoning before the joining of Strawberry and Soldier Creek. But I have never seen or heard of any other perch showing up. However, with the bucket bozo mentality in Utah I would not be surprised to find that there had been an illegal introduction.
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[Kent]

Here is an interesting old newspaper article.

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[up2nogood]

Nice to read about the old days.
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[Fowl-Hook]

I emailed AlanWard@Utah.gov and asked if any small mouth had been found in the Gill Net survey and he simply didn't respond back.
Maybe you could try him and hope for better luck from our public servant.
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[wiperhunter2]

How long ago did you Email him? I know of at least two members that have made post about catching smallmouth at the Berry. This conversation has come up before, not about perch but smallmouth and if I remember correctly the DWR said they do not reproduce well in that lake.
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[lovetofish]

My parents had a cabin at Clarks camp for years before the first poisoning. There were tons of perch in the lake then. Most of the people who fished it at that time would fish with bobbers on top the keep away from the perch.
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[Fowl-Hook]

Emailed 10-21-2014 no reply yet. Are the results of the gill net survey at Strawberry (and other waters) published somewhere so that the public has access to the data?

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[wiperhunter2]

I'm not sure if this member can help you but he logs onto BFT often and is the Coldwater Sportfish Coordinator. Try sending him a PM and I bet you will at least get an answer from him:

http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/com...WaterCoord
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[skrewflanders]

Smallmouth are listed as a possible catch and have been for as far as I can remember, but I've never heard of anyone actually catching any til now.

http://wildlife.utah.gov/hotspots/detailed.php?id=12
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[ColdWaterCoord]

Hello,

There is no online portal at this time for getting copies of sampling reports. It is one of the many things on an ever increasing to-do list. If you let me know what you are after specifically, I can try and round them up for you.

Paul Birdsey
Coldwater Sportfish COordinator
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
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[wiperhunter2]

Thanks Paul, I was hoping you would notice this thread. The main topic of this thread is perch in the Berry but have you heard of any perch or smallmouth showing up in the gill nets
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[wiperhunter2]

Check out the 13th pic on this post.
http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gfo...ss;#370384
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[ColdWaterCoord]

I have never heard of either species showing up in the gill nets, however, we do get rare reports of people catching smallmouth. Research conducted in Wyoming in the 1990s indicates that smallmouth cannot establish populations at elevations greater than about 6200'. This is because the young need more than 100 days of water temperatures greater than 50 degrees to get big enough to get through the first winter. At about 7600' in elevation, Strawberry is well outside of this limit.

Paul Birdsey
Coldwater Sportfish Coordinator
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
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[Fowl-Hook]

Thanks for the follow up and info !!!
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[Hoola_bob]

That is very interesting, thank you for adding to this discussion.
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