01-28-2010, 01:04 AM
An earlier poster mentioned "hotspotting" when he replied to my post about the perch fishing at Mill Meadow.
I know enough about making fishing reports that can draw undue attention to a fishery that can't really stand additional fishing pressure. Mill Meadow is not that kind of fishery. Mill Meadow has an over abundance of perch. Mill Meadow is also managed as a trout fishery with browns, rainbows and splake in the reservoir. All of the fish compete for food when they are young and growing. All young fish feed on plankton as their primary forage. Mill Meadow can only benefit from the removal of additional perch. The reason the statewide limit on perch was increased to 50 per day is that the DWR Aquatics biologists recognize perch are not usually impacted by sport harvest. My report was intended to generate some added interest in Mill Meadow and for a selfish reason: I think we will see larger perch at Mill Meadow next year if loads of them are removed this winter. Ice fishing is the best way to target perch. It's a long drive from the Wasatch Front, but I think many will give it a try when the results are a sure thing.
Now go fish!
Mike
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I know enough about making fishing reports that can draw undue attention to a fishery that can't really stand additional fishing pressure. Mill Meadow is not that kind of fishery. Mill Meadow has an over abundance of perch. Mill Meadow is also managed as a trout fishery with browns, rainbows and splake in the reservoir. All of the fish compete for food when they are young and growing. All young fish feed on plankton as their primary forage. Mill Meadow can only benefit from the removal of additional perch. The reason the statewide limit on perch was increased to 50 per day is that the DWR Aquatics biologists recognize perch are not usually impacted by sport harvest. My report was intended to generate some added interest in Mill Meadow and for a selfish reason: I think we will see larger perch at Mill Meadow next year if loads of them are removed this winter. Ice fishing is the best way to target perch. It's a long drive from the Wasatch Front, but I think many will give it a try when the results are a sure thing.
Now go fish!
Mike
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