08-26-2005, 12:29 AM
[cool][#0000ff]Okay now, son, settle down and breathe through your nose. There are a lot of reasons why the cats dropped off in Willard, including a 5 year drought. They will probably come back better, but we can't tell whether or not they will ever be like they once were. I also got my share of 10 to 15 pound fish in days past.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In those days there were no wipers. There were also no shad. The shad are food for the cats, but the wipers keep the small ones cleaned up pretty good. Less food for the cats.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have also caught lots of flatheads and blues around the country. No denying they are big, bad and tough. But, they are not necessarily a solution to any of our problems. My guess is that they would cause more problems than they solved. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We have had these discussions on this board before. You have a lot of company from others who would also like to be able to chase those bigguns in Utah. But, let's leave the fisheries management to the DWR. We already have enough problems created by folks who thought they knew better what a lake needed and dumped in a new species that put everything out of whack.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In those days there were no wipers. There were also no shad. The shad are food for the cats, but the wipers keep the small ones cleaned up pretty good. Less food for the cats.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have also caught lots of flatheads and blues around the country. No denying they are big, bad and tough. But, they are not necessarily a solution to any of our problems. My guess is that they would cause more problems than they solved. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We have had these discussions on this board before. You have a lot of company from others who would also like to be able to chase those bigguns in Utah. But, let's leave the fisheries management to the DWR. We already have enough problems created by folks who thought they knew better what a lake needed and dumped in a new species that put everything out of whack.[/#0000ff]
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