05-11-2007, 11:07 PM
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... if the G&F were so worried about cutthroat extinction why do they even have a creel limit on them? If there was ever a case for 100% catch and release that should be one. ...
It is probably to prevent hybridization. Catch and release would thin out the other fish and help things out, but could not prevent hybridization all together.
One another point related to Flaming Gorge, I can agree with you that some regs are goofy. For example, in Utah (I know nothing of Wyoming regs) if you catch a burbot in Flaming Gorgeyou must kill it immediately. The reason? They don't want the burbot in there. But then they add a crazy regulation like a limit of 20 (I think it's 20) on them. Now think about it. If you don't want the burbot in there, wouldn't it make more sense to ENCOURAGE the successful burbot catchers to catch and kill all they can? Why the limit on burbot at all? They have done the same thing on other waters with other species too? I dont get that logic at all.
Anyway, I think that for the most part the F&G's motives are pure, and often we just aren't aware of all the whys.
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... if the G&F were so worried about cutthroat extinction why do they even have a creel limit on them? If there was ever a case for 100% catch and release that should be one. ...
It is probably to prevent hybridization. Catch and release would thin out the other fish and help things out, but could not prevent hybridization all together.
One another point related to Flaming Gorge, I can agree with you that some regs are goofy. For example, in Utah (I know nothing of Wyoming regs) if you catch a burbot in Flaming Gorgeyou must kill it immediately. The reason? They don't want the burbot in there. But then they add a crazy regulation like a limit of 20 (I think it's 20) on them. Now think about it. If you don't want the burbot in there, wouldn't it make more sense to ENCOURAGE the successful burbot catchers to catch and kill all they can? Why the limit on burbot at all? They have done the same thing on other waters with other species too? I dont get that logic at all.
Anyway, I think that for the most part the F&G's motives are pure, and often we just aren't aware of all the whys.
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