03-14-2014, 05:41 PM
I need to read up on them some more. I think the same forage base that sustains channels would probably work well. I agree about Utah lake. There are already a lot of species in there plus you have the June Sucker element as you mentioned. I was thinking reservoirs like Huntington north reservoir, or other reservoirs of that size would work well. That place was producing huge channel cats a few years back. Reservoirs where there are lots of planter rainbows tend to produce big cats. Not sure if everybody would like them eating stocked rainbows, but if the rainbows are stocked regularly it might not be much of an issue (probably wouldn't want them in a trophy trout lake). I don't know too much about reservoirs around central and northern Utah. I could see Yuba working though. However, most of my work is in streams and is focused on smaller fish species and macroinvertebrates. So I can't really call myself a hardcore fish management expert. Might need to see what the DWR fish guys think of it.
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