04-26-2013, 10:16 PM
The Bear Lake Strain is unique only to Bear Lake. They are not found naturally anywhere else in the state. That can be debated too I'm sure. They have all the space a feed they could ever want, yet do not reach over 20 lbs.
Strawberry res. for example, would have 40 pounders if the genetics were there. No question. No 40 pounders yet (although the state record is like 27 from back in the thirties).
I believe that the that the Cutts (a now extinct strain/ subspecies of the Bonneville) from Utah Lake are a lake dwelling strain and thus were slightly different than those found in the rivers and smaller lakes throughout the rest of Utah.
The Pilot Peak Lahontans are back in Pyramid, but so are also the smaller strains form surrounding lakes that were transplanted years and years ago. There is a risk that the Pilot Peak strain will hybridize with the smaller species of Lahontans and as a result no longer have a PURE strain of mammoth cutts.
What I am saying is that we put them in another body to try and keep the strain PURE for future propagation, whether it be in Nevada or Utah.
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Strawberry res. for example, would have 40 pounders if the genetics were there. No question. No 40 pounders yet (although the state record is like 27 from back in the thirties).
I believe that the that the Cutts (a now extinct strain/ subspecies of the Bonneville) from Utah Lake are a lake dwelling strain and thus were slightly different than those found in the rivers and smaller lakes throughout the rest of Utah.
The Pilot Peak Lahontans are back in Pyramid, but so are also the smaller strains form surrounding lakes that were transplanted years and years ago. There is a risk that the Pilot Peak strain will hybridize with the smaller species of Lahontans and as a result no longer have a PURE strain of mammoth cutts.
What I am saying is that we put them in another body to try and keep the strain PURE for future propagation, whether it be in Nevada or Utah.
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