Jordanelle Trick or Treat 10-31-06

[cat_man]

No, the DWR no longer plants cutts in Jordanelle, but before it opened, when the reservoir was still filling, there were a TON of cutts planted (some slated for Strawberry I believe were redirected to Jordanelle). On the day they officially opened Jordanelle for fishing, I was out there with my dad in his canoe, along with about 4000 other boats, in the Rockcliff arm, and just about every boat was catching fish every 5 minutes or less. This was a new lake, FULL of completely uneducated fish that had grown up for a couple of years with no angling whatsoever, in a reservoir full of food from flooding new ground.

It was an awesome experience. No matter what you tossed out there, they were hitting it. Almost every fish caught was a cutt. I don't know if they stocked any after it was opened, but if so it was only in the first couple of years. Since then, it's just been rainbows that they stock there.

Thanks for reminding me of some good memories.
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