11-27-2002, 05:04 PM
Hey Skeeter,
I talked with Jim in Vernal about Strawberry he was surprised that I had any knowlage of the lake being dead. He told that after the 1990 poisoning of the lake to remove unwanted non-game speices that was no longer the case. He also said the biologists in charge are guessing as to why the change. They suspect that combining the two lakes and allowing the Berry to be flushed (what ever that ment) allowed the removal of the chemicals that were leaching the oxygen from the lake. Thus the introduction of kokanee to the ecosystem. They are usually found between 20 and 40 feet. So you are correct that the lake is alive and well at all depths. Nice to have a place where you can learn about you favorite fishing hole. Thanks for the update Skeeter.
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I talked with Jim in Vernal about Strawberry he was surprised that I had any knowlage of the lake being dead. He told that after the 1990 poisoning of the lake to remove unwanted non-game speices that was no longer the case. He also said the biologists in charge are guessing as to why the change. They suspect that combining the two lakes and allowing the Berry to be flushed (what ever that ment) allowed the removal of the chemicals that were leaching the oxygen from the lake. Thus the introduction of kokanee to the ecosystem. They are usually found between 20 and 40 feet. So you are correct that the lake is alive and well at all depths. Nice to have a place where you can learn about you favorite fishing hole. Thanks for the update Skeeter.
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