(12-05-2020, 01:35 AM)dwayneb Wrote: Last year on Echo the perch bite was terrible compared to the previous year. That doesn't mean the numbers are down.
If limits are changed hopefully its done using real data
Bingo!
Anglers determining population size based on fishing success is never a good way to go. If you start lowering limits because anglers aren't catching as many fish, you may certainly exacerbate the problem.
What are the DWR sampling results showing? (numbers of fish per net, etc.)
What are growth rate trends showing?
What are the "k" factors showing?
Those are what you guys need to find out.
(12-05-2020, 01:50 AM)Springbuck1 Wrote: When the wind storm flattened half the tees in Bountiful, we should have lined the dikes of Willard with them, sunken whole....
Another way to look at this is: Maybe the DWR should utilize fish that require habitat that is already found in the fishery?
manipulating habitat is one of the harder tools (of the 4 already mentioned) to utilize.