Gorge Macs Need to Go

[ducksfresh]

The fear posed in the initial post in this thread is that the lake trout will eat themselves out of house and home and destroy the kokanee population. If this happens, the lake trout population will quickly turn into a stunted population (may already be heading that direction) where fish are unable to grow to trophy sizes. In these types of fish populations, fish numbers increase, growth rates decline, and overall fish sizes peak without fish reaching any kind of trophy potential. A "crash" where a species dies off simply doesn't happen.

I have been saying for years that all age and size classes of fish need to be harvested from Flaming Gorge in order to maintain a healthy population. Not just the pups.

That is exactly what the Western Lake Trout Woes study says. If you believe that study, I do because of the state of those great waters now, there is only one way out. Hopefully sooner than later.