05-20-2019, 04:53 PM
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So what are they eating? I don't know a lot, evidently, about the lake's ecology and the food chains.
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I am not a biologist, but I'm confident the fish in Scofield have the usual insects that are available in all of the other mature reservoirs in Utah. Trout eat the same food that the chubs eat, and if and when the chubs are removed the food that the chubs are currently eating will be available for the trout. I have fished Scofield for well over 50 years and every time the non-game fish have been removed the trout have grown fast, fat and large. I am also a fan of multi-species and I'm happy to see other species, in addition to trout, being planted, in Scofield, and many other Utah waters.
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So what are they eating? I don't know a lot, evidently, about the lake's ecology and the food chains.
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I am not a biologist, but I'm confident the fish in Scofield have the usual insects that are available in all of the other mature reservoirs in Utah. Trout eat the same food that the chubs eat, and if and when the chubs are removed the food that the chubs are currently eating will be available for the trout. I have fished Scofield for well over 50 years and every time the non-game fish have been removed the trout have grown fast, fat and large. I am also a fan of multi-species and I'm happy to see other species, in addition to trout, being planted, in Scofield, and many other Utah waters.
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