Strawberry Walleye

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Speaking of biology;

How is it that Walleye, Musky, and Wiper can coexist with Trout in Scofield, at the DWRs own doing, yet this is a travesty of biblical proportions?

How is it that Trout, Walleye, Small Mouth, Kokanee, and various other species can coexist at Starvation, at the DWRs doing, but this is a tragedy?

How is it that almost every sportfish in the state of Utah can coexist in Jordanelle?

Bucket biology is wrong, no doubt, but so is the DWRs lack of creativity with Strawberry. No Brook Trout or Lake Trout like the old days, just millions of slot cutts.

One of the great things about Utah is the diversity of different fisheries we have. The vast majority of fishermen do not want every lake to have all the different sport fish. The fact is that WE spent millions of dollars in an effort to create a great trout/kokanee fishery and someone decided to jeopardize all of that because they want to catch walleye in Strawberry instead of Starvation or Deer Creek. It is selfish and it is illegal.

Personally, I love the fact that there are "millions of slot cutts" at Strawberry. They are a blast to catch and I always land at least a couple of rainbows in case I want to keep one. There are also plenty of bigger cuts in there too if you are skilled/lucky enough to catch them.

Obviously it is not the end of the world, but it hurts for me because I am old enough to remember Strawberry before the treatments and the focus on trout/kokanee. I fished it then, and I fish it now. It is definitely better now. I hope these fools didn't ruin it, and I hope they are caught. I wish it were more than just a misdemeanor.