04-09-2012, 02:29 AM
I'm no biologist. Don't claim to be. My wishes for fishes are based on "man, I would like to catch that" instead of any sort of scientific knowledge:
Utah Lake - introduce flathead catfish. Sure the gills, sunnies, crappie will take a dive but the carp and white bass would take a hit too.
Any community pond - introduce green sunfish/bluegill hybrids. they do not reproduce well and the second and third generation offspring typically become food for largemouth and channel catfish. However, the first "batch" will be healthy and can get some great size to them because of the larger mouth donated from the green sunfish genes.
State of Utah - more DWR agents to help deter poaching.
Total wishes, every one of them. #1 won't happen because of the june sucker. #2 happens naturally in most lakes where green sunfish and bluegill co-exist but they are not stocked. They just show up from natural reproduction. #3 costs a LOT and the poor DWR is underfunded as it is.
Oh well. [
] (won't even mention red-ear sunfish (aka shellcrackers) to help eat mussels)
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Utah Lake - introduce flathead catfish. Sure the gills, sunnies, crappie will take a dive but the carp and white bass would take a hit too.
Any community pond - introduce green sunfish/bluegill hybrids. they do not reproduce well and the second and third generation offspring typically become food for largemouth and channel catfish. However, the first "batch" will be healthy and can get some great size to them because of the larger mouth donated from the green sunfish genes.
State of Utah - more DWR agents to help deter poaching.
Total wishes, every one of them. #1 won't happen because of the june sucker. #2 happens naturally in most lakes where green sunfish and bluegill co-exist but they are not stocked. They just show up from natural reproduction. #3 costs a LOT and the poor DWR is underfunded as it is.
Oh well. [
] (won't even mention red-ear sunfish (aka shellcrackers) to help eat mussels)[signature]