06-24-2012, 01:44 PM
[quote Deadeye008]
Below Echo. That was the first sucker I've ever pulled out of the Weber. My buddy pulled a big one out of there about a week ago. He asked the DWR about them and they said they are an invasive species and to kill as many of them as we could. The DWR guy said they had killed a couple hundred of them a few weeks ago when they were netting fish for a survey.[/quote]
I'm pretty sure those suckers below Echo are Utah Suckers. They are indigenous to Utah (and Southern Idaho) unlike the other fish you posted. That is the only spot on the Weeb I've ever caught any. There are quite a few record size fish in there but I think DWR stopped tracking it recently as they aren't game fish. And most record fish caught never got reported anyway as no one wanted their name next to Utah Sucker[
].
I'd just leave them alone, they aren't overtaking the Weeb and they must have some role in the ecosystem. Last thing we need is for them to get listed as a threatened or endangered species someday.
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Below Echo. That was the first sucker I've ever pulled out of the Weber. My buddy pulled a big one out of there about a week ago. He asked the DWR about them and they said they are an invasive species and to kill as many of them as we could. The DWR guy said they had killed a couple hundred of them a few weeks ago when they were netting fish for a survey.[/quote]
I'm pretty sure those suckers below Echo are Utah Suckers. They are indigenous to Utah (and Southern Idaho) unlike the other fish you posted. That is the only spot on the Weeb I've ever caught any. There are quite a few record size fish in there but I think DWR stopped tracking it recently as they aren't game fish. And most record fish caught never got reported anyway as no one wanted their name next to Utah Sucker[
].I'd just leave them alone, they aren't overtaking the Weeb and they must have some role in the ecosystem. Last thing we need is for them to get listed as a threatened or endangered species someday.
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