05-20-2014, 04:15 PM
Why not plant them in there, they would do great[
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05-20-2014, 04:32 PM
I agree, it would be an awesome koke fishery but it seems we have talked about this before and if I remember correctly it has something to do with the lack of plankton in the lake. Hopefully BearLakeFishGuy will confirm or deny this.
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05-20-2014, 05:07 PM
Doesn't the DWR still trap and harvest roe from cutthroat from Bear Lake to supply to other waters in the state and hatcheries? I know they used to do this on Swan Creek back in the day. If planting kokanee would affect their ability to make revenue off the lake, I am sure that would be a limiting factor as well.
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05-20-2014, 05:07 PM
Didn't we have this discussion here before?
They feed exclusively on plankton. That's what the Bonneville Cisco eat. There ain't enough to feed two species. One would thrive and the other would falter. The cisco are endemic. They're not found in any other body of water in the world. So why would we plant something that might cause their extinction?
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They feed exclusively on plankton. That's what the Bonneville Cisco eat. There ain't enough to feed two species. One would thrive and the other would falter. The cisco are endemic. They're not found in any other body of water in the world. So why would we plant something that might cause their extinction?
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05-20-2014, 05:28 PM
Because kokanee are cooler and bigger[
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05-20-2014, 05:32 PM
[quote buckhunterhart]Doesn't the DWR still trap and harvest roe from cutthroat from Bear Lake to supply to other waters in the state and hatcheries? I know they used to do this on Swan Creek back in the day. If planting kokanee would affect their ability to make revenue off the lake, I am sure that would be a limiting factor as well.[/quote]
Yes they do.
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05-20-2014, 05:35 PM
I don't disagree. But no agency is going to deliberately cause the extinction of the Bonneville cisco.
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05-20-2014, 10:26 PM
I love kokanee, but there is no way they will stock them in Bear Lake. Like Fishrmn said, they would compete with the cisco, and potentially eliminate a species, and a primary food source for the cutts and lakers.
Remember, there are 5 species of fish found in Bear Lake that exist no where else on earth. It is a relatively sterile lake with VERY SLOW growth rates, mostly due to the lack of forage. Kokanee would only compound the problem.
I think they should plant them in many more of the reservoirs in Utah, but not in Bear Lake. It would ruin a very special and unique place.
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Remember, there are 5 species of fish found in Bear Lake that exist no where else on earth. It is a relatively sterile lake with VERY SLOW growth rates, mostly due to the lack of forage. Kokanee would only compound the problem.
I think they should plant them in many more of the reservoirs in Utah, but not in Bear Lake. It would ruin a very special and unique place.
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