04-22-2019, 07:26 PM
I love fishing Bear Lake.
I have never really understood why they would harvest eggs out of cutts spawning on Swan Creek only to plant cutts from somewhere else out of a hatchery.
Are these hatchery fish from the eggs harvested at Swan Creek, and if so is it not feasible to just let these fish spawn naturally? To me it feels a bit like daylight savings time.
I get that other fisheries need cutthroat stock in order to plant in other waters, but at what cost?
I am not trying to stir the pot, just very curious regarding the plan for Bear Lake.
Maybe Scott can chime in.
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I have never really understood why they would harvest eggs out of cutts spawning on Swan Creek only to plant cutts from somewhere else out of a hatchery.
Are these hatchery fish from the eggs harvested at Swan Creek, and if so is it not feasible to just let these fish spawn naturally? To me it feels a bit like daylight savings time.
I get that other fisheries need cutthroat stock in order to plant in other waters, but at what cost?
I am not trying to stir the pot, just very curious regarding the plan for Bear Lake.
Maybe Scott can chime in.
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