05-26-2004, 10:00 PM
Much has been written on this site and in local newspapers regarding Utah Lake. Thousands of carp were rounded up, netted, and hauled off earlier this year as a resulf of the carp spawn up the Provo River, and now we read in The Daily Herald (see cat_man's post on Utah Lake and carp) about a study the DWR is conducting to see how many carp actually call Utah Lake home.
Wouldn't it be nice if Utah Lake could be cleaned up, starting with the removal of all of the carp? I know this seems like an impossible task, but with Geneva no longer dumping crud into the lake and with the DWR addressing the negative impact the carp have on the lake, I actually wonder if something couldn't be done to clean this important body of water? After reading the story in The Herald, it seems like the carp do a lot of damage to lake by eating vegatation and stirring up the bottom.
I wonder why the DWR doesn't do a marketing blitz to encourage anglers to target the carp and remove them from the lake? Just think of the bass fishery that Utah Lake could become if more vegatation/cover were allowed to grow and the water was clearer as a result of the carp being removed? Something to think about.
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Wouldn't it be nice if Utah Lake could be cleaned up, starting with the removal of all of the carp? I know this seems like an impossible task, but with Geneva no longer dumping crud into the lake and with the DWR addressing the negative impact the carp have on the lake, I actually wonder if something couldn't be done to clean this important body of water? After reading the story in The Herald, it seems like the carp do a lot of damage to lake by eating vegatation and stirring up the bottom.
I wonder why the DWR doesn't do a marketing blitz to encourage anglers to target the carp and remove them from the lake? Just think of the bass fishery that Utah Lake could become if more vegatation/cover were allowed to grow and the water was clearer as a result of the carp being removed? Something to think about.
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