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Went camping, kayaking, and fishing at Currant Creek Reservoir last weekend and had a great time, although the fishing was a bit slow. I just wanted to mention that I saw the DWR hatchery truck drive down the boat ramp. Later in the day I was talking to one of the campground hosts and he mentioned that they had just planted 400 pounds of Tiger Trout. I wonder if it is possible for any of these fish to make the trip through the tunnel and into Strawberry?
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I would say it is possible but I doubt the DWR is worried about it since they are hybrids. It would not surprise me if at some point they planted them along with bows in the Berry just to see how they do and if Anglers like to catch them. Who knows but it would be interesting to see what would happen, of course this is just my opinion[cool]. WH2
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Sounds good, don't think it would be a problem for the other species.
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That would be pretty fun, but I think the DWR would be against it. The big cutts in there are already taking care of the problem, add some tigers and you would have some major competition between the two. As soon as they eat all the food (Minnows) in there, the fish will get smaller instead of bigger. And we don't want that happening.
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I thought about the aggressive nature of Tigers, didn't think about food source problem.
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I disagree. They already plant thousands of cutts each year plus there is some natural recruitment. Adding a few thousand sterile tiger trout would have absolutely no noticeable affect on the fishery at all. I think they totally should add tiger trout to Strawberry. They can control numbers of them exactly. If anything, adding more cutthroats has more potential for impact than tigers, since they can reproduce.
In reality though, they couldn't dump enough cutts or tigers in there no matter how many they put I think. If they are introduced small, a large percentage of them become snacks for the big cutts. Introduced large they will be in smaller numbers so not a problem.
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You may be right.
Those Big Berry cutts get bigger every year. Right now the average fish is probably 19 inches. Seems like the average goes up about an inch every year. Pretty soon you will have a large amount of fish exceeding the 25 inch mark. A 25 inch fish needs a lot of food, and can gulp down a 12 incher pretty easy.
At some point the DWR will have to plant bigger cutts in there so they don't all get engulfed the first day. Planting bigger fish costs more money. I think with so many big fish in there, one day there will be a problem with food competition. Just my opinion.
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