03-29-2006, 01:14 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Cat_man is right. The tilapia would not survive any place else in Utah past a midsummer planting. As soon as the waters cooled down in the fall the fish would roll belly up. Even in Arizona and California, where they live all year, sudden severe cold snaps wipe out any that get caught in shallow water.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Nobody likes bucket biologists, but Blue Lake is hot high on the list of managed fisheries and there could be almost anything swimming in there. Divers report seeing some strange looking fishies during their underwater wanderings. I am sure that more than a few overgrown aquarium fish have been delivered to Blue Lake over time.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Of course, some of the divers are not too sharp on fish ID anyway. I had one diver ask me if those long silver fish (bass) were barracudas. I had to keep from laughing as I enlightened him. Should have told him they were diver-eating bassauruses.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Nobody likes bucket biologists, but Blue Lake is hot high on the list of managed fisheries and there could be almost anything swimming in there. Divers report seeing some strange looking fishies during their underwater wanderings. I am sure that more than a few overgrown aquarium fish have been delivered to Blue Lake over time.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Of course, some of the divers are not too sharp on fish ID anyway. I had one diver ask me if those long silver fish (bass) were barracudas. I had to keep from laughing as I enlightened him. Should have told him they were diver-eating bassauruses.[/#0000ff]
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