07-14-2004, 01:22 AM
I am not an expert on oceanic seine fishing but I believe that many of those techniques require a certain water depth to be effective. Utah Lakes shallowness eliminates some types of netting techniques. Also I would hope efforts would be made to minimize netting of the game varieties, which may reduce effectiveness.
As for the ecosystem there, Utah Lake has been good to me this year, but there is room for improvement. A sizable amount of the bassin takes place in the harbors, not out in the lake, vast areas are unproductive mud bottom, and the lake whips itself into a milkshake any time it is windy. If a grass bottom habitat could be established in some of that muddy shallow area, more structure introduced (esp. for bass), and water quality improved, the numbers of all our game species would skyrocket and we might have the best fishin hole in the entire state. We might even save those suckers too. I pontificated on this ad nauseum last time this subject came up so I'll shut up now. Good luck fishing for all this week.
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As for the ecosystem there, Utah Lake has been good to me this year, but there is room for improvement. A sizable amount of the bassin takes place in the harbors, not out in the lake, vast areas are unproductive mud bottom, and the lake whips itself into a milkshake any time it is windy. If a grass bottom habitat could be established in some of that muddy shallow area, more structure introduced (esp. for bass), and water quality improved, the numbers of all our game species would skyrocket and we might have the best fishin hole in the entire state. We might even save those suckers too. I pontificated on this ad nauseum last time this subject came up so I'll shut up now. Good luck fishing for all this week.
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