05-04-2022, 03:48 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-04-2022, 03:53 PM by ducksfresh.)
(05-04-2022, 03:36 PM)SkunkedAgain Wrote: So i've got a question about fishing the gorge, If I was leaving from Utah, driving down I-80 to the gorge to fish the Utah side. Do i need to have the Wyoming invasive species tags? Also i heard something about having some sort of seal put on your boats, what are they?, where do you get such things done? This has been one of my big concerns over fishing the gorge lately is I'm not sure of all the invasive species regs and don't want to get in trouble or spend a fortune... Think my boat is big enough now that I'm not as worried about weather as I was so i need to figure out the rules... I wouldn't mind helping reduce the pups.... Kind of crazy if the pups are as plentiful as you say, I sure haven't run into those numbers in my ice trips up there.... however, I do know a boat opens up the use of sonar to find the schools... also know that the mac do take the top predator roll really well.. Was fishing a lake in the Winds that had mac in it as well as brookies. I caught a brookie on a fly and released it in the shallow crystal clear waters edge... As the brookie swam back towards the deeper water two mac rushed in and attacked the brookie, ended up tearing the fish in half in front of me as one mac was on each end trying to tear it away from the other fish.. Last time I was there the mac were starting to get skinny and all the chubs and such that used to be in that lake weren't visible any longer, so i think they do eat everything... Later J
Hi Skunked Again,
Yes you will need a WY IAS (Invasive Aquatics Species) sticker or paper tag showing you purchased a permit from the WY Fish and Game. I would get it from their website before you travel up there. And yes you will need to stop at a IAS check station before launching in any WY water. After they inspect your boat they will apply a wired seal to you boat/trailer. Its pretty painless. They are serious about keeping all invasive species out of their water.
(05-03-2022, 06:05 PM)kentofnsl Wrote: I had already read much of both studies, but went back and read more of the Western Lake Trout Woes study. I think that there would be a major uprising, from the diehard lake trout anglers, if an effort was made to remove the lake trout. I remember when they first started encouraging anglers to catch and keep the smaller lake trout. Unless my memory fails me (which would not be a big surprise) the initial reaction, from anglers, was that all lake trout should be released and that all lake trout would grow large if they were not kept.
If the Gorge mimics what the other great fisheries have, it won't matter. The macs will just get skinny and not die off. That picture on that 2nd page is crazy. A mac that had not had good forage feed for 10 years was still alive.