12-19-2011, 12:08 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Two of my favorite sayings come to mind:[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]1. You can always tell an opinionated person. You just can't tell them much.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]2. A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I think it would be interesting for the two of us to sit down and compare notes on some of the fruitless "discussions" we have had in the past...with some of the pseudo-biologists that seem to abound on Utah waters. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I lost count a long time ago of the number of passionate protestations that there are indeed blue cats and flathead cats in Utah Lake. It is also interesting/frustrating to hear some of the identities made on even our most common species. It is common for folks to misidentify a green sunfish as a bluegill. But I once had a guy threaten to swim out and "whup my (behind)" when I corrected him about calling green sunfish "rock bass".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]What is
...and has led both to citations and written changes to the proclamation...is the inability of many anglers to distinguish between rainbows and cutthroats. On lakes where there are restrictions...like Strawberry...it is important to know how to identify the species you are likely to catch.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Seems like everybody has their own idea about what "native" means. When I was a kid in Idaho it was applied to little streamborn brookies...as opposed to the planted rainbows. But when I later heard it used for cutthroats I was
. I think I have been all my life...and it gets worse as I get older.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]1. You can always tell an opinionated person. You just can't tell them much.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]2. A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I think it would be interesting for the two of us to sit down and compare notes on some of the fruitless "discussions" we have had in the past...with some of the pseudo-biologists that seem to abound on Utah waters. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I lost count a long time ago of the number of passionate protestations that there are indeed blue cats and flathead cats in Utah Lake. It is also interesting/frustrating to hear some of the identities made on even our most common species. It is common for folks to misidentify a green sunfish as a bluegill. But I once had a guy threaten to swim out and "whup my (behind)" when I corrected him about calling green sunfish "rock bass".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]What is
...and has led both to citations and written changes to the proclamation...is the inability of many anglers to distinguish between rainbows and cutthroats. On lakes where there are restrictions...like Strawberry...it is important to know how to identify the species you are likely to catch.[/#0000ff][#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Seems like everybody has their own idea about what "native" means. When I was a kid in Idaho it was applied to little streamborn brookies...as opposed to the planted rainbows. But when I later heard it used for cutthroats I was
. I think I have been all my life...and it gets worse as I get older.[/#0000ff][signature]