03-17-2024, 12:16 AM
As stated before beauty and excellence in the eye of the beholder! I agree with others that DON’T consider “Bear lake slot cutts” in Strawberry an excellent fishery ! IMHO Its great for people who can’t catch fish regularly . Cutts are easy to catch don’t fight much and are not very “sporty”.
With that said I used to love catching Bear Lake Cutts at Bear Lake where they evolved , they are a totally different fish than what you see at Strawberry. Strawberry and Bear lake are SO different. Bear lake is perfect for Bear Lake cutts, there are multiple prey fish (Cisco, Sculpin, whitefish to name a few) that live in the same areas and depths as the cutts live in. Strawberry is so different, much of the year chubs and shiners are living in the shallows and weed beds and the cutts are out roaming in deep water, not where the prey fish are. The cutts often eat Daphnia and other bugs plankton etc. not the fish they were intended to help control. It can easily be argued other cutts might be a better fit for Strawberry. The concern about “protecting” Bear lake cutts puts other constraints on other fish so they don’t interbreed. Shore fishing at Strawberry is much
More limited than it was pre Bear Lake cutts. The tributaries provided some great fishing back in the day, but not now. I drive out of state to catch Cutts, hybrids and big rainbows in a couple other states. I wouldn’t fish Strawberry at all if it weren’t for Kokes! Enjoyed fishing it a lot before Bear Lake Cutts or Kokes were introduced. I think Strawberry could be so much better, but I think we are stuck with what it is.
That’s just my opinion, but I can say I know many people and many of my angling cohorts that also feel this way as well.
With that said I used to love catching Bear Lake Cutts at Bear Lake where they evolved , they are a totally different fish than what you see at Strawberry. Strawberry and Bear lake are SO different. Bear lake is perfect for Bear Lake cutts, there are multiple prey fish (Cisco, Sculpin, whitefish to name a few) that live in the same areas and depths as the cutts live in. Strawberry is so different, much of the year chubs and shiners are living in the shallows and weed beds and the cutts are out roaming in deep water, not where the prey fish are. The cutts often eat Daphnia and other bugs plankton etc. not the fish they were intended to help control. It can easily be argued other cutts might be a better fit for Strawberry. The concern about “protecting” Bear lake cutts puts other constraints on other fish so they don’t interbreed. Shore fishing at Strawberry is much
More limited than it was pre Bear Lake cutts. The tributaries provided some great fishing back in the day, but not now. I drive out of state to catch Cutts, hybrids and big rainbows in a couple other states. I wouldn’t fish Strawberry at all if it weren’t for Kokes! Enjoyed fishing it a lot before Bear Lake Cutts or Kokes were introduced. I think Strawberry could be so much better, but I think we are stuck with what it is.
That’s just my opinion, but I can say I know many people and many of my angling cohorts that also feel this way as well.
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