Jordanelle yesterday

[MrShane]

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If you are harkening back to Yuba...the problem there was no spawning cover and low water during spawns.  So the few baby perch that did get spawned got munched and the bigguns had no groceries.  But it all the ponds with good spawning conditions, the more the merrier.

I agree mostly with you Pat.
But, I would rather see an increased harvest in fall on adults just in case we have a drought winter and Jordy gets drawn down in late spring and the spawn is a bust.
Don’t wanna see Jordanelle have too few of Perch like Yuba Or too many Perch like Fishlake that has perfect spawning conditions every year.
It is definitely a tricky balancing act our beloved Perch go through every year in Utah.

Agreed...mostly.  The one big thing we Utah tanglers always gotta deal with is Mama Nature.  How she plays her hand can make a big difference in what is left in the water for us to play with.  And if it ain't too much of one thing it's too much of another.

Makes ya a bit more sympathetic for the DWR folks.  They gotta second guess all the potential variables a couple of years in advance in order to make plans and get budgeting.  And flipping coins don't usually work.  Hard to manage the unmanageable.
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Amen to that Pat!
I will tell you that one of your fligs 1’ above one of my 1/4 oz short shanked lead heads gave a LOT of those Jordy Perch an “Out of This Water” experience last week!!
Thanks again Pat!