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[cool]Found this article very interesting in Thursday's paper. There is also two other related articles if you look over to the left on the "related content" icon. What really shocked me about the article was this line: "In 2001, anglers took home 274 TONS of fish from strawberry." There's nothing wrong with taking a couple home for dinner, but there obviously more than just that going on![pirate]
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Thanks for the link. It is really a good read. Interesting info about the berry.
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In the article it says they plant sterile rainbows. Why sterile? How does them being sterile affect the fishery? Just curious.
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good article, thanks for the heads up. Living in Roy - I don't see much of the salt lake paPers, just the Ogden Standard.
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They plant sterile Rainbows because they do not want them interbreeding with the cutthroats as is known to happen on occasion in the wild. They want the cutthroat strain to be pure for a couple of different reasons.
#1: When they interbreed, the "cutbows" have a tendency to relax their predation on the chubs. Pure cutthroats feed heavily on the chubs.
#2: The native cutthroat is a sensitive species and the rainbows are introduced and not native to Utah. They want to keep a healthy population of native cutthroats that are genetically stable.
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The bows are sterile so they will not interbreed with the Bear Lake cutts. Being sterile is felt to increase the size of the bows slightly, but has no other effects that have been noted.
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