Not sure why this is a good idea

[wiperhunter2]

Just an FYI...the DWR ue gill nets every year to collect milt and eggs from lake trout at Fish Lake to eventually use for future stocking needs. The lake trout can be netted, stripped of eggs, and released with very little mortality if any.

I'm not sure why the same thing can't be done--minus the stripping of eggs--and the results stay the same.

The article also states that no angling or biological impacts will be seen...I don't see any need to worry.

What about the cutts and all the other fish that are caught? I've been out on Bear lake helping them when they are doing the gill netting, seen a lot of dead fish, so I'm not sure about your low mortality statement. There could be a different method that is used when they are trying to keep those bigger fish, like the size of the netting and how long they let the nets sit before bringing them up. I'd be very surprised if they used their regular nets and time of pulling the nets and there would not be a 50% mortality of all fish caught. Maybe lake trout are more hardy than cutts but if they catch 400 large lake trout, Id be surprised if there were fewer than 400 other fish that die as a result. This is the kind of info they do not want people to know about, so unless they are donating all those fish that die to a food bank or families in need, they will go to waste. They did just that last month or maybe earlier this month at Willard and I applaud the DWR for giving those fish to anglers, just not sure that always happens.