Fish Lake Management plan

[PBH]

numerous discussion going on surrounding Fish Lake. Attached are three documents that may be of interest to anyone that fishes the lake. The first document is the new Fish Lake Management Plan. It contains a lot of information that many people have been asking questions about. It also includes a timeline with specific goals and actions to be taken if they are not being met. it is a very good working plan.

The second is a report, especially for Bassrods, that shows the problems that lake trout have in Fish Lake, and what kinds of fish those lake trout actually do and do not eat. It is titled "A Study of the Lake trout population of Fish Lake Utah during 1989 - 2002".

Finally, the third document is a fairly recent report titled "Angler Survey and Monitoring Results Fish Lake, Utah 2010".


good stuff. Lot's to learn. Enjoy.
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[wormandbobber]

Interesting quote from the second link:

"Lake trout > 20 inches currently consume almost exclusively rainbow trout and Utah chub. These results are similar to those noted by Madsen (1937) who found that lake trout under two pounds preferred Utah chubs, while lake trout over two pounds consumed rainbow trout. Curiously, no yellow perch were found in lake trout stomachs, yet yellow perch were the second most numerous fish captured during recent forage fish surveys. It appears that either yellow perch are not available to lake trout or that lake trout prefer other forage species. By comparison, splake are more often found in the littoral areas of the lake than lake trout and are known to
consume yellow perch."
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[PBH]

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(too many people still asking questions. Not enough people willing to read the answers themselves!)
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[albinotrout]

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