It looks like mainly thanks to Paul Phillips (Strawberry bay marina) they will be planting larger rainbows in the berry. Begining in March 2008 8 to 10 inch bows will be planted. Somehow they are lossing the smaller plants as they are not showing up in the gill net studys. Possibly due to the larger cutts. So by planting larger bows they should survive longer. Also because of the slot limit on cuts they think people are keeping most of the bows.
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Sounds like a good plan, Thanks for sharing that information.
AFDan52
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We found bows tails sticking out of the mouth of a few of the bigger cuts this year...
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It looks like mainly thanks to Paul Phillips (Strawberry bay marina) they will be planting larger rainbows in the berry. Begining in March 2008 8 to 10 inch bows will be planted. [/reply]
Please explain what Paul Phillips did to get them to change the size of the rainbows that will be planted? It really is a mixed blessing, because that will mean fewer fish will be planted (more of them should survive), and also the larger the fish will likely mean more of them will have their fins worn, or eaten off, in the hatchery before they are planted.
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[cool][#0000ff]You are right. This was discussed in UAC meetings last year. The plan is to plant the same total weight of rainbows, but fewer of them...in larger sizes. DWR knows that a high percentage of all small cutts, bows and kokes planted simply go into the cutt feeding program.[/#0000ff]
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It really is a mixed blessing, because that will mean fewer fish will be planted (more of them should survive), and also the larger the fish will likely mean more of them will have their fins worn, or eaten off, in the hatchery before they are planted.
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Yeah, im also not a big fan of those fish with missing or worn fins.
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Just curious, but do you guys eat the fins? If not, then what's the issue? Bottom line is there should be more fish to catch and that is what is important. Finally, the DWR is the one who initiated the change based on gill net and creel results. Paul may have supported it, but he should not get all the credit.
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I can't stop laughing after I read this! "[#0000ff][size 1]cutt feeding program[/size][/#0000ff]" From your post!
Randy
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The cost of raising these fish to larger size would be $12,500 of witch Paul was the largest donor. Also contributing was Cabelas and Trail of the sportsman
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Nope I don't eat the fins, but for whatever reason I prefer that the fish that I catch have all of their fins intact. Understand that I am not criticizing the new plan -- I agree with their decision to plant larger fish and as a result have fewer of them just go for fish food for the large cutts.
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I think they should keep on planting the small ones. Let those Cutt's get even bigger. Who really cares about eating a stinking rainbow anyways.
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[reply]I think they should keep on planting the small ones. Let those Cutt's get even bigger. Who really cares about eating a stinking rainbow anyways.[/reply] You're kidding, right? I know we need those cutts in there because they eat chubs.( A rainbow has too much self-respect) but the reason I don't bother with Strawberry is because of those no fight simple to catch cutthroats! My gosh those bums will eat cigarette butts off the surface! I for one thank Paul Phillips for helping support a real sport fish in Strawberry. And those fins will grow back in less than a year. And I don't know how anything but a goat could eat any fish out of Strawberry.
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Some of you guys need to learn to prepare and cook trout.[
] Strawberry has the best eating trout in Utah, IMO. Nice pink fillets; they're just like salmon.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy catching the cutts because they're beautiful and aggressive when they strike. However, once you hook them...well I've had crawdads fight harder.
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so the question to ask now is are these bows going to be sterile? I hope that is NOT the case.
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Question? How the hell are they going to plant rainbows thru the ice? The ice is still on in mid to late April, sometimes May.
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That's a good question, tomegun.
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[reply]Some of you guys need to learn to prepare and cook trout.[
] Strawberry has the best eating trout in Utah, IMO. Nice pink fillets; they're just like salmon.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy catching the cutts because they're beautiful and aggressive when they strike. However, once you hook them...well I've had crawdads fight harder.[/reply] I guess I'm just spoiled on high country, scud eating, cold water brook trout. To me even though the meat is pink on Strawberry's fish, they still taste "dirty, or mossy". I think the water just gets too warm in mid-summer and affects them year-round.
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The rainbows will still be sterile ones. Why would they want to plant non-sterile rainbows (that would cross with the cutts) after the great success that they have had controlling the chubs with the cutts?
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[reply]The rainbows will still be sterile ones. Why would they want to plant non-sterile rainbows (that would cross with the cutts) after the great success that they have had controlling the chubs with the cutts?[/reply] Right you are Kent! Plus sterile bows grow faster anyway.
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I say plant small Bows for fish food and big Camloops for future Trophy Rainbow fishing[
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James
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