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I thought at one time i seen somewhere rules on spawning salmon. can you legal take salmon in spawn like today. again sorry for the dumb questoin.
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Dumber question; Can you read, and operate a computer?


http://wildlife.utah.gov/fishing-in-utah...books.html




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Flaming Gorge Reservoir
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All kokanee salmon caught from Sept.
10 through Nov. 30 must be immediately
released.
Strawberry is not the same as FG
look but don't touch


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of course i can read but i do not have time at work to piddle fart around on internet. and do not have a proc at my desk. simple question
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Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Daggett County
See Fishing across state lines and reciprocal
fishing permits on page 8 for license and
permit requirements.
•Limit 4 trout or kokanee salmon (a combined
total), excluding lake trout, and no
more than 3 may be kokanee salmon.
•Limit 8 lake trout/mackinaw, only 1 may
exceed 28 inches.
•All kokanee salmon caught from Sept.
10 through Nov. 30 must be immediately
released.
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Strawberry Reservoir, Wasatch County
•Limit 4 trout or kokanee salmon (a
combined total).
•No more than 2 may be cutthroat trout
under 15 inches, and no more than 1
may be a cutthroat trout over 22 inches.
•All cutthroat trout from 15 to 22 inches
must be immediately released.
•Trout and salmon may not be filleted,
and the heads or tails may not be
removed in the field or in transit.
•An angler may have only one daily limit
in possession at any time.
•Anglers are encouraged to voluntarily
release all cutthroat trout.
•Any trout with cutthroat characteristics
(not necessarily jaw slashing) is
considered to be a cutthroat trout. Slash
marks under the jaw should not be
used to distinguish Bear Lake cutthroat
trout from rainbow trout at Strawberry.
Slashing is sometimes absent on Bear
Lake cutthroats and sometimes visible
on rainbows. Better characteristics are
deep orange pelvic and anal fins on the
cutthroats, and white-tipped pink to
gray-green pelvic and anal fins on the
rainbows. Rainbows also have the pinkish
lateral stripe on the sides (see fish
descriptions beginning on page 47 of
this guide for more information).



See anything about salmon spawn in the regs on strawberry HMMM I don't.

But i see information at flaming gorge. last time i checked they were a couple hundred miles away from each other and not connected. JUST SAYIN
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I was looking at the same thing earlier last month and could not find and rule about keeping salmon in the Berry, even during the spawn. I think that is different in the streams but I believe you are ok keeping red salmon in the lake. There is a change that was proposed that will change that next year but your ok for now, IMO.
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call the strawberry visitor center, they should have the info.
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I figured as much that's why I posted a quick question hence the title of this post
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there are no special regulations or limits on keep salmon that are spawning at the berry, if you can catch the legally you can keep them , good luck
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Do they taste any good when they red
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Greg when they turn they get really soft and poor quality meat but they taste okay. I prefer not to chase them after they turn. Good luck. J
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You had enough time to get on Big Fish Tackle .com, but not enough time to get on the UDWR site and look at the regulations for Strawberry? I guess it could've waited until you got off work. Oh, I guess it did. Since there are no special regulations at Strawberry concerning spawning Kokanee Salmon, you can keep them. For now at least.

There is a proposal to make the restriction at Flaming Gorge a statewide restriction.

From the RAC proposal:

Quote:SUBJECT: 2016 Fishing Regulation Proposals
Statewide Rule Changes
Standardize Kokanee closure language to read as follows: Closed to the possession of kokanee salmon from September 10 through November 30. This change would include all streams that have a closure to the possession of kokanee in the fall as well.

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That says stream. Not lake. So I would take that to mean if you caught a red Koke out on the lake you could keep it, even with the rule change. All streams are prohibited during the salmon run. DWR needs some clarification here?
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Nope. Statewide means statewide.



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There is no such thing as a dumb question here on BFT. Keep on asking them. I am sure there were a few people in the 570 views this has gotten that didn't know the answer either.

Quite frankly I am a little stunned by some of the harsh replies found in this thread.[:|]
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Well said.
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Fishrmn must be spawning himself with all the smart and rude remarks. He has time to go on and be the act of setting a hook,. Just be nice or keep the pie in the hole.[shocked]
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I would assume they get enough spawners at strawberry visitor center that they don't mind people harassing the red ones in the lake. At Flaming Gorge there is more of a wild population that spawns in the Lake and they don't want people messing with them when they don't taste good anyways. If there is excess fish then it's like Powell. Let people do what they want with them.
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[quote stlaf]Fishrmn must be spawning himself with all the smart and rude remarks. He has time to go on and be the act of setting a hook,. Just be nice or keep the pie in the hole.[shocked][/quote]

Waaa. Can't see why people can't access the guidebooks online and learn how to read them. It ain't that hard. There are currently no restrictions on keeping Kokanee that are spawning at Strawberry. Of course it's easier to let someone else look it up for you.




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IN BEFORE THE LOCK!!!!!
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