Red Fleet poison

[fishnate]

This is getting to be quite the discussion. The warm water vs. cold water species debate is a tough one for both biologists and the public. The public wants certain types of fish for food or diversity or whatever. The biologists understand what works best in certain waters but try to please the public as much as possible at the same time. Most Utah waters work best as trout lakes. I'm a bass guy and would love to see it otherwise, but the ingredients that make great warm water lakes back East don't exist here in Utah. One of the basic ingredients is a diverse minnow forage base (shad, shiners, various suckers and other minnows) that Utah doesn't have. Our chubs and suckers evolved with trout and get eliminated quickly against bass and walleye. Trout can thrive eating invertabrates, bass and walleye don't. Utah's best bass lakes have either shad, bluegill, or perch and crayfish. We aren't going to get shad introduced any time soon for environmental and political reasons. I believe the forage challenge is the most limiting factor in Utah becoming a warm water haven.
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