06-13-2020, 06:03 PM
First off, welcome to the site and thanks for voicing your concern. I'm sure you are aware that in lakes like Flaming Gorge and others, the two fish species survive just fine together. It could be the fish and game are going for the same plan but want to give the kokes a little breathing room to kind of jump start the kokes, so to speak. You did not elaporate on the long term plan but do you know if they are they are planning on stopping the gill netting after one year or is it long term plan to keep gill netting the lakers? If they only do it for one year, that might be the head start the kokes need to get a foothold in Payette. The thing I do know is the lakers can eat their selves to starvation, if left unchecked. Mainly that is a result of people not keeping the fish and releasing most of them, that is the very issue that faces the Gorge right now. Just my 2 cents worth.