Tilapia as bait?

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[#0000ff]Here is the reply I got back from Chris Crockett of the DWR Springville office. Thanks Chris.
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It's definitely illegal to harm/harvest any sucker from Utah Lake ("all suckers must be immediately released"). The intent of the law is no suckers as bait on Utah Lake. We should add a specific line on page 12 under bait about no suckers as bait in Utah Lake, but if you think about it, if you aren't allowed to possess a sucker on Utah Lake, how can you use a sucker as bait without breaking the law. I totally agree the language should be more clear, I will add this to the things to "fix" on future proclamations. I will also run it by our Law Enforcement officers, but I would encourage anglers NOT to use Utah/June suckers for bait on Utah Lake.

More later after I hear back from LE.


Chris Crockett
Central Region Aquatics Manager
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
1115 North Main Street
Springville, UT 84663
(801) 491-5655
[url "mailto:chriscrockett@utah.gov"]chriscrockett@utah.gov[/url]
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