05-03-2018, 06:53 PM
"Would the DWR share June Sucker stocking information."
[#0000FF]Not likely.
The release of fingerling size Junies is a much different proposition than for most species. They require thick vegetation for protection against predators...finny or feathery. Not much of that in Utah Lake...a big reason for them wanting to change the river outlet to a shallow meandering delta with more shelter.
DWR is kinda secretive about their Junie plantings but somehow the pelicans, walleyes and other predators seem to get the word pretty fast. I was told that every walleye taken within a mile of the lower Provo River inlet usually has multiple suckerettes in their tummies...after the young Junies are released.
It's gotta be frustrating to DWR to go through all the effort to spawn the adult suckers, hatch and rear the young to release size and then to watch their work
disappear down the gullets of the hungry hordes.
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[#0000FF]Not likely.
The release of fingerling size Junies is a much different proposition than for most species. They require thick vegetation for protection against predators...finny or feathery. Not much of that in Utah Lake...a big reason for them wanting to change the river outlet to a shallow meandering delta with more shelter.
DWR is kinda secretive about their Junie plantings but somehow the pelicans, walleyes and other predators seem to get the word pretty fast. I was told that every walleye taken within a mile of the lower Provo River inlet usually has multiple suckerettes in their tummies...after the young Junies are released.
It's gotta be frustrating to DWR to go through all the effort to spawn the adult suckers, hatch and rear the young to release size and then to watch their work
disappear down the gullets of the hungry hordes.
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