09-08-2014, 04:14 PM
"Just look a the pilot peak lahontan's."
[#0000FF]That is a great example. I had the opportunity to visit Pyramid Lake in Nevada last year, right about the tail end of the spawning session for the Lahontan cutts. Spent some time talking with tribal biologists who were managing the egg taking and rearing.
They explained how the original strain Lahontans in Pyramid Lake were essentially wiped out by loss of water from the Truckee River into the Lake. Once they obtained more water they finally found a source of pure strain Lahontans at Pilot Peak, on the other side of the state. These new recruits were only a few inches long...compared to the original fish that grew to be in excess of 40 pounds. With plenty to eat and a few years to grow the small transplants have grown to produce fish in excess of 20 pounds already. That would have never happened in their mountain streams...with limited food and small habitat.
But many anglers still believe in releasing larger fish purely for the "genes". ANN...another nice notion.
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[#0000FF]That is a great example. I had the opportunity to visit Pyramid Lake in Nevada last year, right about the tail end of the spawning session for the Lahontan cutts. Spent some time talking with tribal biologists who were managing the egg taking and rearing.
They explained how the original strain Lahontans in Pyramid Lake were essentially wiped out by loss of water from the Truckee River into the Lake. Once they obtained more water they finally found a source of pure strain Lahontans at Pilot Peak, on the other side of the state. These new recruits were only a few inches long...compared to the original fish that grew to be in excess of 40 pounds. With plenty to eat and a few years to grow the small transplants have grown to produce fish in excess of 20 pounds already. That would have never happened in their mountain streams...with limited food and small habitat.
But many anglers still believe in releasing larger fish purely for the "genes". ANN...another nice notion.
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