Bear Lake - poor fish handling

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The Bear Lake morph differs slightly from fluvial populations of Bonneville cutthroat trout in both biology and ecology. The Bear Lake morph reaches a larger size, and has both a longer maximum life span (~10-11 years) and later age of maturity (typically > 5 years) than fluvial populations (Nielson and Lentsch 1988; Behnke 2002). The Bear Lake morph feeds primarily on terrestrial insects and zooplankton at small sizes, switching to piscivory at larger sizes. Fishes make up ~95% of the diet of adults in Bear Lake (Nielson and Lentsch 1988; Behnke 2002).

Nice thought, bigger lakes also tend to make fish live a little longer

Would never believe some of the cutts I have caught on big blue were only 6-8 years old
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