01-15-2013, 08:00 PM
Haha hey no back-patting here, I'm a million miles from being an anybody, I just like catching fish.
I agree that illegally introduced species can be bad news, I think most fisherman understand that. You don't need to worry about me being one of the illegal private stocker-dudes, way too little gumption on my part to do something like that.
I've learned reading this thread that perch were illegally introduced to Fish Lake over 50 years ago. That's pretty old spilt milk for me to cry over, so I'll just keep catching the perch since they are there. I like to fish, I don't have the smarts to try and manage the state's fisheries. I'm happy that we have variety in Utah, and perch are some of my favorite fish to catch. So for me, perch in Fish Lake isn't such a travesty.
I hope you can still find a few of the splake and lake trout when you go down. I've only caught a small handful of lakers in my life, and they were fun as well.
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I agree that illegally introduced species can be bad news, I think most fisherman understand that. You don't need to worry about me being one of the illegal private stocker-dudes, way too little gumption on my part to do something like that.
I've learned reading this thread that perch were illegally introduced to Fish Lake over 50 years ago. That's pretty old spilt milk for me to cry over, so I'll just keep catching the perch since they are there. I like to fish, I don't have the smarts to try and manage the state's fisheries. I'm happy that we have variety in Utah, and perch are some of my favorite fish to catch. So for me, perch in Fish Lake isn't such a travesty.
I hope you can still find a few of the splake and lake trout when you go down. I've only caught a small handful of lakers in my life, and they were fun as well.
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