07-24-2008, 07:49 AM
Ah.. the 3/18 june sucker discussion.. Now that was a good thread! It prompted me to do some additional research on my own and I found out a lot about Utah Lake because of it... Got a book and DVD, and found out stuff that I never would have otherwise!
Now, instead of scoff at the releasing of the Junies.. I wish them Luck.. A LOT OF LUCK! (they're going to need it) Hopefully they can/will find a spot on the lake where there isn't a lot of walleye/catfish structure.. but they are all over the lake and the areas they need to live.. they share with their predators.. at least they are kept alive over in Mona.. They'll never get the carp out.. and the Junies will never make a recovery because of it(and many other "Trials").. I wonder if they have considered making a holding bin for the junies a little nursery in the lake.. No carp.. no walleye or cats or whites.. just a marked off area for them to grow up big enough in.. but even then.. they won't be able to make it .. Amazing that they used to be so prolific in that lake in the early 1900's ... Couple drought years.. and that's all she wrote..
they went from king of the lake to barely alive. Kind of hard for any fish to survive in a lake that has an average depth of 1 foot! (Except Carp) It's amazing that they survived at all.
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Now, instead of scoff at the releasing of the Junies.. I wish them Luck.. A LOT OF LUCK! (they're going to need it) Hopefully they can/will find a spot on the lake where there isn't a lot of walleye/catfish structure.. but they are all over the lake and the areas they need to live.. they share with their predators.. at least they are kept alive over in Mona.. They'll never get the carp out.. and the Junies will never make a recovery because of it(and many other "Trials").. I wonder if they have considered making a holding bin for the junies a little nursery in the lake.. No carp.. no walleye or cats or whites.. just a marked off area for them to grow up big enough in.. but even then.. they won't be able to make it .. Amazing that they used to be so prolific in that lake in the early 1900's ... Couple drought years.. and that's all she wrote..
they went from king of the lake to barely alive. Kind of hard for any fish to survive in a lake that has an average depth of 1 foot! (Except Carp) It's amazing that they survived at all.
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