08-25-2006, 01:24 AM
Tuber -- my "elitist" rebuttle should have been directed to flycaster. Apologies.
flycaster -- stereotyping is easy. You may call W&B an elitist because his opinion of walleye overpopulating nearly every lake they inhabit (in Utah) is fact, while he (or me) can call you ignorant for assuming the lake is doing well, when in fact it is in a vicious cycle that the UDWR will have a hard time correcting.
Again, enjoy it while it lasts. Like most boom and bust cycles, fishermen will typically remember the few good years, and forget about the many, many bad years. Do you all remember when Yuba was a world class Walleye fishery? How many years did that last? Compare that to how many years Yuba just plain sucked. Now, think about how fantastic Yuba has been for the last two years - without the Walleye... ...but that should change soon, as well.
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flycaster -- stereotyping is easy. You may call W&B an elitist because his opinion of walleye overpopulating nearly every lake they inhabit (in Utah) is fact, while he (or me) can call you ignorant for assuming the lake is doing well, when in fact it is in a vicious cycle that the UDWR will have a hard time correcting.
Again, enjoy it while it lasts. Like most boom and bust cycles, fishermen will typically remember the few good years, and forget about the many, many bad years. Do you all remember when Yuba was a world class Walleye fishery? How many years did that last? Compare that to how many years Yuba just plain sucked. Now, think about how fantastic Yuba has been for the last two years - without the Walleye... ...but that should change soon, as well.
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