02-24-2007, 05:14 PM
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I'd love to see more trophy lakes to take some pressure off the ones we already have. But considering the problems trophy lakes bring why bother to make more when the DWR can't seem to minimize the problems with the trophy lakes we already have.[/reply]
That's the great thing about this suggestion at Strawberry. Instead of creating more problems, it's simplifying things and fixing existing problems. Currently, there are too many excuses and allowable excuses to break the law at Strawberry, and harvest slot cutts. The other problem that has been created is enforcement. The Wasatch Co. Sheriff's office isn't going to write tickets now, because they got burned last time they wrote a ticket (DWR didn't back them...).
however, if we simplify this regulation to include ALL trout in the slot, there won't be any room at all for error! This will make it easier for law enforcement to regulate - not harder. It makes it easier for anglers to know what they can and cannot keep. Right now, an angler needs to be able to recognize cutthroat characteristics - with the exception of throat slashes - then decide whether or not the fish can be kept. Nothing is definitive - it's a judgment call. It is an opinion. It isn't enforceable.
What we need to have happen is extremely simple. The RACs don't need a proposal for a regulation change in May. All they need is for some willing people to speak up at a RAC and suggest to the DWR that they explore the possibility of changing the reg at Strawberry to include all trout. That's it. Then, the DWR will have to look at the possibility of this change. They will find out what kind of support or resistance there is. Then, next fall we ask for the change.
So, the thing we need now is a few people to raise this question at the RAC meetings in May. If this was brought up at EVERY RAC, I think this would go through.
Who's in? Pat? FlyandDrive? Drewski? Anyone else?
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I'd love to see more trophy lakes to take some pressure off the ones we already have. But considering the problems trophy lakes bring why bother to make more when the DWR can't seem to minimize the problems with the trophy lakes we already have.[/reply]
That's the great thing about this suggestion at Strawberry. Instead of creating more problems, it's simplifying things and fixing existing problems. Currently, there are too many excuses and allowable excuses to break the law at Strawberry, and harvest slot cutts. The other problem that has been created is enforcement. The Wasatch Co. Sheriff's office isn't going to write tickets now, because they got burned last time they wrote a ticket (DWR didn't back them...).
however, if we simplify this regulation to include ALL trout in the slot, there won't be any room at all for error! This will make it easier for law enforcement to regulate - not harder. It makes it easier for anglers to know what they can and cannot keep. Right now, an angler needs to be able to recognize cutthroat characteristics - with the exception of throat slashes - then decide whether or not the fish can be kept. Nothing is definitive - it's a judgment call. It is an opinion. It isn't enforceable.
What we need to have happen is extremely simple. The RACs don't need a proposal for a regulation change in May. All they need is for some willing people to speak up at a RAC and suggest to the DWR that they explore the possibility of changing the reg at Strawberry to include all trout. That's it. Then, the DWR will have to look at the possibility of this change. They will find out what kind of support or resistance there is. Then, next fall we ask for the change.
So, the thing we need now is a few people to raise this question at the RAC meetings in May. If this was brought up at EVERY RAC, I think this would go through.
Who's in? Pat? FlyandDrive? Drewski? Anyone else?
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