04-30-2019, 01:10 PM
So I went ahead and found the pertinent rule in the Utah Code. And I quote:
(g) Dead mountain sucker, white sucker, Utah sucker, redside shiner, speckled dace, mottled sculpin, fat head minnow (all color variants including rosy red minnows), Utah chub, and common carp may be used as bait in any water where bait is permitted.
So it doesn't appear to be an oversight, misinterpretation, or error in the Guidebook. Could it be that they have changed a rule that some anglers asked for? What's next, use of live bait in the water where it is caught? In-the-field donation of fish?
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(g) Dead mountain sucker, white sucker, Utah sucker, redside shiner, speckled dace, mottled sculpin, fat head minnow (all color variants including rosy red minnows), Utah chub, and common carp may be used as bait in any water where bait is permitted.
So it doesn't appear to be an oversight, misinterpretation, or error in the Guidebook. Could it be that they have changed a rule that some anglers asked for? What's next, use of live bait in the water where it is caught? In-the-field donation of fish?
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The older I get the more I would rather be considered a good man than a good fisherman.