Lake trout in Payette Lake

[duksnfish]

I dont remember which lake it is over by Redfish Lake, but, they are doing the same thing with a plan similar to this one. I remember reading in that article that they said they had 550 lake trout and were weird that the lake trout would end up getting into the same water system as one of the salmon that they are working to recover. I'm sorry I cant remember more on the issue, but those are some of the highlights that seemed to stand out to me and I couldnt figure it out there either. Sounds like the same plan. Now I dont fish lake trout as there are not any places around where I am at, that I know of, but I too cant see managing a little more for multiple fish species if they havent had trouble with them so far and dont know how many years they have been in these lakes, but, I guess I just dont understand multiple fish species management instead of a single species. Especially if multiple species are getting along now. It's kind of like the walleye that were illegally introduced into Ririe reservoir many years ago. They havent really taken hold and it is so rare when one is caught but F&G and some others are so worried about them getting into other waters and affect other fish species. I, like many on here, am not a fish biologist but dont get some of the reasoning behind some of the logic that F&G tries to put out there for all of us to believe. I know its an uphill battle in many instances for the public to get behind what F&G is trying to do, but, I dont think they do well with public information. And this doesnt go toward fishing only, it applies to many other activities as well. Dont get me wrong, I fully stand behind F&G on most matters, but, their public information programs really lack in trying to get the public behind them. Instead of asking for public help before hand in many instances, they are trying to ask for forgiveness after the public finds out about what they are doing with no real reasoning after the fact and it doesnt work in todays world. Sorry this is a bit off track, but, I think it does have a lot of merit in that there are several current plans to get rid of lake trout that were kept hush hush until someone finally heard about it then started asking questions to which there really hasnt been a good solid reason by F&G that can be accepted by the public who funds these activities. I would hope that F&G would really chime in on subjects like this on these forums and give us more information because I know many of their employees are also members but just wont speak up. Thanks for bringing this topic up and I hope that we the public can get more solid and valid information than us just guessing as to why they are doing it instead of having the facts.

So, I found the article I was referencing. It was in the Post Register. The title of the article is what caught my eye. - https://www.postregister.com/news/local/...72831.html