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Bounty on brown trout in the Colorado River - Kent - 10-30-2020
Too bad that they can't do this for carp on Utah Lake:
https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2020/10/30/prc-officials-announce-incentivized-harvest-paying-anglers-for-brown-trout-caught-in-colorado-river/?fbclid=IwAR0Kxp7Dx0PfNk27g5X9u8bpplwQCRQSx_sGlMklZOfD9E2zG5j5zdSfGMw
RE: Bounty on brwon trout in the Colroado River - Cowboypirate - 10-30-2020
Paid to fish for brown trout - my new occupation?
RE: Bounty on brown trout in the Colorado River - PBH - 11-03-2020
It's stupid.
They want a higher rate of mortality, but they keep the existing restricting artifical only + barbless rules?
This problem started in the 80's. People were catching 10lb+ rainbow trout, so anglers started requesting restrictions to protect those fish that grew large under "general" regulations. What happened? Because of the protections, the population size grew - obviously. What population sizes increase, then average fish size decreases. Today we have a million 16" trout in that river.
If they truly want brown trout reduced, then get rid of the artificial only + barbless hooks restrictions, and allow more harvest of all trout. They can keep the bounty of they want.
RE: Bounty on brown trout in the Colorado River - richyd4u - 11-03-2020
$25 a fish > 6", no limit....I'm game!
RE: Bounty on brown trout in the Colorado River - Joe_Hill - 11-03-2020
(11-03-2020, 05:42 PM)richyd4u Wrote: $25 a fish > 6", no limit....I'm game!Good Luck! I haven't fished Marble Canyon in about 5 years. I never caught any browns or heard of anyone catching them. Any idea of the numbers of browns in there now? Tailwaters aren't my favorite places to fish but I like Marble Canyon far more than below Flaming Gorge. November can be a good time to fish mid day. Just beware when the sun drops behind the canyon walls you feel the heat turning off very quickly. Possible that I'll be passing through there in about a month. If I do hopefully I'll have time to fish. Already have the AZ license.
RE: Bounty on brown trout in the Colorado River - Gone Forever - 11-04-2020
(11-03-2020, 06:08 PM)Joe_Hill Wrote:How do you even fish that part of the canyon? Is there public launch access just below the dam or do you have to motor up from Lees Ferry?(11-03-2020, 05:42 PM)richyd4u Wrote: $25 a fish > 6", no limit....I'm game!Good Luck! I haven't fished Marble Canyon in about 5 years. I never caught any browns or heard of anyone catching them. Any idea of the numbers of browns in there now? Tailwaters aren't my favorite places to fish but I like Marble Canyon far more than below Flaming Gorge. November can be a good time to fish mid day. Just beware when the sun drops behind the canyon walls you feel the heat turning off very quickly. Possible that I'll be passing through there in about a month. If I do hopefully I'll have time to fish. Already have the AZ license.
RE: Bounty on brown trout in the Colorado River - PBH - 11-04-2020
you motor up from Lee's Ferry.
RE: Bounty on brown trout in the Colorado River - BG1 - 11-05-2020
I would love to go kill brown trout for money! With all the focus on eliminating my beloved brook trout from waters I would love to go get some lucrative revenge!!
RE: Bounty on brown trout in the Colorado River - TT600 - 11-06-2020
I’ve never seen game wardens at Lee’s Ferry. Hopefully the no bait barbless hooks rule is just treated like the mask mandates in Utah. Just a feel good type of thing that isn’t enforced. Personally I caught a 24” brown trolling a big rainbow rapala in a deep hole just below one of the campsites in late October. My depth finder said it was 50’ deep. I have caught two other small ones on spinners just below the dam .