Utah Lake Pike Survey - youtube

[Therapist]

So for those of you who have not been around for the "June Sucker fiasco ?? " here is a bit more information. When the sucker was first listed, one of the proposed "solutions" was to poison the whole lake and restock with just "JUnies". US Fish and Wildlife were really pushing that and were threatening to carry it out if the other projects to "recover" the sucker did not pan out. Why do you think they have spent 10's of millions of dollars on things like netting carp, diverting the Provo River, establishing a "June Sucker Hatchery" !! All those efforts were to try and ward off eliminating all the other fish in the pond. When the Northern's were first discovered, there were calls to do the drastic deed, and I would bet that there are still some at USFWS that still have that mindset. So don't get to smug and clap each other on the back, because USFWS still has the final say on the outcome on the lake and things can still go in the toilet !!! The introduction of Northern's into Utah Lake was and is a DISASTER that has yet to be dealt with !!!

By the way, TD's take on the Junies is by far the correct one !! They have not been and will not be worth the money spent on them. The only good that has come from that program has been to "slightly" improve the habitat in Utah Lake. The carp effort did some good, but was abandoned before it could really do any permeant damage to the carp population. The effort on the Provo River has yet to be fully evaluated, so unless the Hatchery program is a roaring success, you may still see calls to eliminate everything and start over !! Glad I won't be around to see the disaster carried out !! Where oh where is Elon Musk !!!