08-21-2006, 07:58 PM
[cool][#0000ff]I was not living in Utah at the time of the shad introduction, but I have tried to maintain contact and stay in tune with what was going on. My reckymembry is that it was indeed the shad first and then the wipers.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Interesting note on the gizzard shad. Willard Bay is about the only place in Utah that can get federal approval for stocking them. All other watersheds drain into other waters in which the gizzard shad might pose a problem with native species...like the precious prehistoric suckers and chubs. If they managed to get out of Willard Bay (which they have) they cannot get beyond the salt marshes and then into salt lake...where they are doomed. No more downstreamers from there. There are lots of gizzard shad in the outlet and downstream. Some of them are huge and fight hard when you hook them. Too bad they can't be harvested for bait...but that is a no-no.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Interesting note on the gizzard shad. Willard Bay is about the only place in Utah that can get federal approval for stocking them. All other watersheds drain into other waters in which the gizzard shad might pose a problem with native species...like the precious prehistoric suckers and chubs. If they managed to get out of Willard Bay (which they have) they cannot get beyond the salt marshes and then into salt lake...where they are doomed. No more downstreamers from there. There are lots of gizzard shad in the outlet and downstream. Some of them are huge and fight hard when you hook them. Too bad they can't be harvested for bait...but that is a no-no.[/#0000ff]
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