09-25-2006, 10:11 PM
It's not as though the lake level is all that low. 37% isn't exactly full, but it's not bad, either. I've seen the lake when it was empty, and it's not even close to that.
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It's kinda funny, I showed this to my dad. He's been fishing down there for quite a while, and usually goes down in September or October for a couple trips. About the last 10 years, actually. And he has never seen fish dead and piled up like that. Seeing as how we can go down there and catch a bunch of Rainbows and Browns, too, I can't see how you wouldn't think it's a trout fishery. Even if it's just washout from Piute there are still large numbers of trout in large sizes; Exactly what I'd call a trout fishery.
We didn't happen to just drive through; my family were fishing. You didn't happen to notice the group of anglers spin fishing out of a 2005 F150, did you? That was us. I saw in one hole in Marysvale canyon easilly 200 fish, with a bunch of big brown mixed in with the suckers and other assorted bait fish. And already fish were starting to die. BTW, it was worth fishing. My dad nailed yet another 5 LB Brown, and 30 fish for the day.
The picture IS as bad as it seems. Tell me that spawning sized Small mouth bass are not a loss. If they could have stayed in there, they would have eaten the suckers and minnows, and all the other rough fish. I know what the diet is on large brown and rainbow trout, too. They turn picevacious(screwed that spelling) around 18", and the majority of them were above that size. Look at all the dead fish. It's senseless.
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It's kinda funny, I showed this to my dad. He's been fishing down there for quite a while, and usually goes down in September or October for a couple trips. About the last 10 years, actually. And he has never seen fish dead and piled up like that. Seeing as how we can go down there and catch a bunch of Rainbows and Browns, too, I can't see how you wouldn't think it's a trout fishery. Even if it's just washout from Piute there are still large numbers of trout in large sizes; Exactly what I'd call a trout fishery.
We didn't happen to just drive through; my family were fishing. You didn't happen to notice the group of anglers spin fishing out of a 2005 F150, did you? That was us. I saw in one hole in Marysvale canyon easilly 200 fish, with a bunch of big brown mixed in with the suckers and other assorted bait fish. And already fish were starting to die. BTW, it was worth fishing. My dad nailed yet another 5 LB Brown, and 30 fish for the day.
The picture IS as bad as it seems. Tell me that spawning sized Small mouth bass are not a loss. If they could have stayed in there, they would have eaten the suckers and minnows, and all the other rough fish. I know what the diet is on large brown and rainbow trout, too. They turn picevacious(screwed that spelling) around 18", and the majority of them were above that size. Look at all the dead fish. It's senseless.
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