09-05-2013, 05:18 AM
Umm, Idaho moves fish around all the time. They don't go through the whole two year disease free certified fish thing. They had a reservoir that was full of stunted gills, so what did they do? They shocked some larger bass from another reservoir and moved them over to eat the gills. Last year a trophy bass fishery met a similar fate as Newton, and this year they're moving fish from another reservoir where they don't want the bass and are restocking the drained reservoir. I really don't think the Utah DWR's hands are tied. Not that I really care. Newton has become a redneck wonderland and I haven't even bothered with it the past few years even though I live a few miles away.
I do agree with you about thinning the herd though. When Newton does rebound, the bass fishing will likely get good again in a couple of years with the reduced competition. I do think they had a few too many musky in there though and would like to see a reduced number when it is restocked. There are plenty of reservoirs in the area with huge panfish populations that rely entirely on largemouth as the top predator, and the bass grow large in them without the help of musky. I caught all these the other day in a musky free water.
[signature]
I do agree with you about thinning the herd though. When Newton does rebound, the bass fishing will likely get good again in a couple of years with the reduced competition. I do think they had a few too many musky in there though and would like to see a reduced number when it is restocked. There are plenty of reservoirs in the area with huge panfish populations that rely entirely on largemouth as the top predator, and the bass grow large in them without the help of musky. I caught all these the other day in a musky free water.
[signature]