03-31-2008, 01:22 AM
Great post. My grandpa grew up in Pleasant Grove, and he used to tell me stories of the fish he would catch in Utah Lake. He said there were days he would catch 50 plus cutthroats, and none smaller than 4 pounds.
It really is
to know that this is what has become of such an amazing fishery. It is still a great place to fish, but I fear that in 50 years or so it wont be.
Whoever thought that it was a good idea to put carp in the lake needs to be strung up. From what I know they thought it would be a good food source. They must not have done much taste testing. Carp is not really all that bad tasting, but its on the bottom of the list for me when im deciding what to put on my table.
Fin-S-Fish said that they are not a problem to the average sport fisherman, but thats completely wrong. When the carp have destroyed the habitat to the point that other fish cannot be sustained, that would be a problem.
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It really is
to know that this is what has become of such an amazing fishery. It is still a great place to fish, but I fear that in 50 years or so it wont be. Whoever thought that it was a good idea to put carp in the lake needs to be strung up. From what I know they thought it would be a good food source. They must not have done much taste testing. Carp is not really all that bad tasting, but its on the bottom of the list for me when im deciding what to put on my table.
Fin-S-Fish said that they are not a problem to the average sport fisherman, but thats completely wrong. When the carp have destroyed the habitat to the point that other fish cannot be sustained, that would be a problem.
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