The New Hatchury

[bassrods]

Well they are turning on the water on the 18th and if you want to see it you can just go to the Lee Kay center and ask where to go, or go past the trap range and through the other gate to the pond...It will be turned on at 9:00...
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[MisterCompletely]

That's good news. Do you know what kind of fish they'll be raising there?
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[lunkerhunter2]

Tigers and wipers i am pretty sure amongst possible others. I am sure Cliff knows exactly.[cool]
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[bassrods]

I haven't heard for sure, but if you go ask them and tell us what they say...
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[Kent]

[quote MisterCompletely]Do you know what kind of fish they'll be raising there?[/quote]

I stopped by during my lunch hour today and spoke to the guy who is supposed to in charge of it. He said that they would first raise muskellunge, northern pike and chubs. They need these so that they can raise the tiger muskellunge (musky).
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[MisterCompletely]

Fantastic. It would be worth going out there and doing some shooting and checking out those fish when there's something to see. I had to laugh out loud when I read that they're going to raise chubs in the hatchery, but I guess they have to feed those hungry muthas something substantial. Thanks for the info ya'all.
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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]I guess they figured that chubs would be better feeders than June suckers.
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[waljustia]

LOL.. That's funny..
So, I wonder what they would think if you showed up on their ponds with the big ol' casting net of yours.. going after their chubs
"What do you mean leave... their not protected.. what's the problem?"
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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]They have a bigger potential problem than ME with my cast net...CORMORANTS. Once the word gets out on the cormorant hotline that there are free fish dinners at the new hatchery it will become a popular "DIVE" for the feathery hordes. Hopefully they can install some netting over the brood ponds.[/#0000ff]
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[humpy]

it is a gun range. [] Just thinking.
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[Old462]

Now THAT'S funny!!!
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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]I'd be first on the firing line...if it was legal. But, I think cormorants are like seagulls...filthy, worthless birds...but protected.[/#0000ff]
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[Therapist]

Drew was at the meeting last night. If the northerns on Recapture pass the final test, they will be bringing them up next week. Following that, they will be getting the musky from somewhere in the midwest, one of the Dakotas. Some of his next projects will be to certify channel cats from Powell so that they don't have to buy stock elsewhere. He has ponds at Wahweep that he can use for those. Chubs are for fish food. This has been 30 years in the making.

[Leaky33]

Man, I just hope i can live long enough to see some bass planting from the bass they will eventually raise. Sure would like to know when they are going to raise some bassies and when they might be able to plant some in out local fisheries.[fishin]
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[humpy]

That is great news. For people like myself, over 50. I keep pounding money into the system. Should i wait another 30 years to see some results? Get real! If they want to keep or sustain a fishery. Put some money into it. Get the public involved. If you want my money tomorrow, show me something today. I am not going to fund something my children won't see.

just a rant.
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[bassrods]

If this state goes like it has we will both be gone long before they plant bass...[:/]

People keep saying give them a chance well how long do they want????
Another 30 years...
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[Henries8]

Amen brother!! What about Bass?? Is there more money in Musky or Bass. Just look around and you can answer that question pretty easy.

It's a great start but it's leaning in the wrong direction.
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[lunkerhunter2]

Typical mentality for a bass hugger. They can harvest and plant bass from numerous lakes and reservoirs of the state that are self-sustaining. They can't just go and catch tigers from pineview and start a new population somewhere else. I hope they put tigers in another dozen waters in UT so it cuts down on the bass populations in some of these waters.
When i look around i see tiger muskies bringing in more revenue in n. utah than bass. You can catch bass anywhere but thousands of people from around the WORLD come to UT and especially pineview to catch tigers. Now which one is bringing in more money??[]
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[Henries8]

Thousands are coming into Utah to fish for tigers? Where did you get that number from? Bass fishing drives the fresh water tackle industry in this country. There's nothing even close to the money that bass fishing brings in. That is why this morning on ESPN I watched the Bass Masters not the Tiger Masters.

With that said I am off to hug my bass!!!!
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[k2muskie]

lunkerhunter2 wrote:[/quote]
Typical mentality for a bass hugger. . You can catch bass anywhere...but thousands of people from around the WORLD come to UT and especially pineview to catch tigers. Now which one is bringing in more money??[][/quote]

Agreed to a point. We are avid anglers for Tiger Muskies and have C&R some real monsters other anglers would've easily kept.

We're very excited about the Lee Kay hatchery as it will be nice that the state of Utah has it's own resource for TM stocking.

Utah isn't the land of 10,000 lakes (maybe 10,000 trickle streams to wade in). Only PV gives an avid Musky angler a potential trophy catch. So I personally hope "[/b]thousands[/b]" [/b]of anglers "don't come[/b]" to PV to fish for TMs. I don't care about the $$$ they'd bring but instead the fish'n resource they'd potentially disseminate. Not worth it...come and Ski and play in Utah's winter wonderland that's what Utah is really known for anyway.

Face it, PV when at capacity is only close to 2900 surface acres with maybe 9 miles of shoreline. Compare that with MN, WI, Canada waters with thousands of surface acres and miles-upon-miles of shorelines.

With Newton and the other bodies of water having TMs it will be several years before anything of brag'n rights comes out. And I'm talk'n a 45 plus inch fish.

So IMHO I wouldn't want every TD&H flying out to Utah solely fish'n PV. Fish WI, MN, Canada. Call me selfish...but face it we don't have grundles of waterways, thousands of surface acres and miles of shorelines with TMs.

I just hope the DWR keeps PV closed to keeping TMs for a few more years. Based on the year groups we've caught these year group fish are very healthy and helping with controlling the pan fish populations.

Utah has plenty of waters including PV holding Bass. Also this is dominate Trout state and I for one enjoy fishing for a fish at the "top" of the "inland fish food chain" where all other fish are just bait IMHO. [][]
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