12-13-2023, 12:13 AM
(12-11-2023, 08:30 PM)BYUHunter Wrote: King Salmon are the same way. Anderson Ranch and Coeur d'Alene Lake are a few Idaho lakes that have land locked kings starting to show some size, so it could be done at Strawberry as well.
I asked the lead biologist about planting Kings at Strawberry a couple of years ago, I believe the concern is how piscivorous Kings are, and that they would not only eat the chubs (the primary role of the Cutts), but also everything else. I also think there is a strong desire to keep Cutts as a prominent part of the fishery since they are "native".
Do Kings reproduce at Anderson Ranch and Coeur d'Alene, I heard they could not naturally reproduce or had been somehow changed so they couldn't reproduce. If that were the case then they would be no different than wipers or tiger muskie, where their numbers could be controlled. IMO, the cutts in the Berry could stand to be thinned out, so those that remain would get bigger.