10-28-2008, 04:11 AM
RE:"Our favorite sport at Utah Lake is the channel cat. If anyone would please inform of the impact on that, - thank you in advance for the updates."
The Loys will be the operators of the netting that will begin soon. They have operated a commercial fishing enterprise on Utah lake for a few generations. Their permit allows them to take some white bass that incidentally are caught, but other species are required to be returned. Catfish, being the indestructible critters they are, tend to survive the netting process fairly well and are usually safely returned. Other species apparently don't survive the thrashing meelee of fish as well, and thus may be affected more by heavy netting operations than cats.
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The Loys will be the operators of the netting that will begin soon. They have operated a commercial fishing enterprise on Utah lake for a few generations. Their permit allows them to take some white bass that incidentally are caught, but other species are required to be returned. Catfish, being the indestructible critters they are, tend to survive the netting process fairly well and are usually safely returned. Other species apparently don't survive the thrashing meelee of fish as well, and thus may be affected more by heavy netting operations than cats.
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