04-09-2004, 01:34 PM
[size 1]From an article in Thurday's edition of the The Salt Lake Tribune, written by Brett Prettyman: [/size]
"Gill nets pulled from the refilling Yuba Reservoir last week contained good and bad news, according to Don Wiley, aquatics manager for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' (DWR) central region.
No walleye showed up in the nets, which means walleye anglers can pretty much write Yuba off this year. But perch were caught in good numbers.
That means the prey base [the perch] can get off to a good start before the predators show up," Wiley said. If walleye don't return to the reservoir from the Sevier River by next spring, Wiley said the DWR would look into finding some to plant. Wiley said two northern pike over 20 inches were caught and that the fingerling rainbow trout planted last fall are about 6 inches long. The perch and rainbows will provide good fishing until the walleye come on."
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"Gill nets pulled from the refilling Yuba Reservoir last week contained good and bad news, according to Don Wiley, aquatics manager for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' (DWR) central region.
No walleye showed up in the nets, which means walleye anglers can pretty much write Yuba off this year. But perch were caught in good numbers.
That means the prey base [the perch] can get off to a good start before the predators show up," Wiley said. If walleye don't return to the reservoir from the Sevier River by next spring, Wiley said the DWR would look into finding some to plant. Wiley said two northern pike over 20 inches were caught and that the fingerling rainbow trout planted last fall are about 6 inches long. The perch and rainbows will provide good fishing until the walleye come on."
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