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We went to the river inlet at AF boat harbor today but the commercial fishermen had beat us there. There were nets strung everywhere except right where the river water pours in fast. We didnt have much room to cast because of that but watched the fishermen make their rounds pouring HUNDREDS of fish into their boat, keeping the White Bass and throwing out the Carp. At one time the net was so full they almost capsized their boat as they pulled it in.
We were dissapointed that they chose one of the spots where angler access isnt a problem instead of going a ways down shore where waders are not trying to fish.
[unsure] Needless to say, they outfished us. [unsure]
We each ended up with a few for some fish tacos and got plenty of sun (I have a few patches of sunburn on my arms and neck where the sunscreen wasnt evenly applied)
Still, limited fishing is better than no fishing.
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I must be totally ignorant on this, but I didn't know that permits were issued for commercial fisherman to take bass on Utah Lake. Is this right? If so, what the hell is up with that?
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I agree, I thought they coud only take carp from the lake. Has there been a change in the law?
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[cool][#0000ff]Do you know for a fact that they were commercial?[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I ran into some DWR survey netters at the mouth of Benjamin Slough the other day. Same thing. They have orange floats on their nets and they threw back the carp. [/#0000ff]
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I guess it could have been survey. They threw the carp all overboard and the bass into a floating net box. We didnt talk to them at all and just figured they were fishing commercially.
I wasnt gripeing about commercial fishing - just making comment on what we saw.
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I wonder if they were collecting white bass for the wiper production in a hatchery . Thanks for the report .
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[cool][#0000ff]That is a possibility. However, according to some other info I have received, DWR is aware of the changing ratios in the predator prey makeup of Utah Lake...particularly the whities and walleyes. There is even some discussion about instituting a limit on white bass, with the current low population. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I immediately discounted the possibility of a commercial operation. Only carp are netted commercially from Utah Lake, and not enough of them.[/#0000ff]
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[#505000]You know I'm guessing the PBC's have been there for years but nobody has really looked at them. I have a hard time thinking they just magically appeared in 2006.[/#505000]
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[#505000]I have been eating frish from that lake for awhile and I will continue to do so. If they aren't enough to kill the fish I'm guess they they aren't enough to kill me. [/#505000]
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[#505000]I'm guessing If we were to look at the studies the highest "safe" dose is probably absurdly low to the point double or even triple the safe dose is non-toxic.[/#505000]
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situation with the lake quality. I hope they were going to test some of those fish to find out what contamination levels are. I will not be eating any more fish from Utah lake until PCB levels are determined in all species.
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