(09-02-2022, 08:17 AM)Therapist Wrote: Spottails have been stocked in Utah Lake, Yuba, Willard, and several other places. A great forage fish, but for some reason they don't thrive in Utah waters for some reason. In Utah Lake, there is a farmer with a ditch that connects to Utah Lake that he reported had a Huge population of Spottails, but they never took in the main lake. Same with Fathead minnows, small enclaves around the lake, but no widespread distribution !! VeryNot that I know of. I had never heard of them until Chris Penne (DWR) identified one posted by another angler from Willard. I have since seen a couple myself. Weird looking little guys.!!
The Log perch is a new one for me TD! Any where else they were planted??
I can contact Chris and ask if he knows of any other log perch plantings in Utah.
EDIT: Got this back pretty quickly from Chris. Thanks again, Chris.
I'm not aware of any other waters in Utah besides Willard that have logperch. To my knowledge, they are only in Willard Bay. We haven't done much sampling of small fish in the Bear River, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few pockets of them in the Lower Bear as a result of fish that have escaped Willard Bay during high water.
Chris