01-16-2019, 09:34 PM
[#0000FF]Sorry for my rant...and for any personal insults that may have landed in your lap. I do respect your heritage and your depth of knowledge on all things piscatorial...especially in Utah.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Howsomever, lets address the original question. The hardlined unwavering moratorium against using live minnows. It is easy to understand the need for keeping potentially disease carrying fish of any species from being wantonly released anywhere. It is equally understandable to refrain from using minnows not already found in any given water. It is hard enough to manage a water without throwing new players into the equation.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]But those things do not answer the question of why not be able to use live minnows caught from the waters in which they will be used? Two good examples are chubs and redside shiners from Strawberry and Scofield. No good reasons for not being able to use them. Help deplete the minnow population and help anglers to catch more fish. Win win. Right?
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[#0000FF]Howsomever, lets address the original question. The hardlined unwavering moratorium against using live minnows. It is easy to understand the need for keeping potentially disease carrying fish of any species from being wantonly released anywhere. It is equally understandable to refrain from using minnows not already found in any given water. It is hard enough to manage a water without throwing new players into the equation.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]But those things do not answer the question of why not be able to use live minnows caught from the waters in which they will be used? Two good examples are chubs and redside shiners from Strawberry and Scofield. No good reasons for not being able to use them. Help deplete the minnow population and help anglers to catch more fish. Win win. Right?
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