07-11-2009, 04:26 PM
[quote MacFisher]I am all for any attempt to get rid of trash fish but the 
thing is that once we do get rid of them someone is going to plant them right back in.[/quote]
[cool][#0000ff]Nobody expects to completely eliminate carp from Utah Lake. The goal is to reduce their numbers to the point that predators and natural mortality will keep them in check. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There is essentially no way to completely eliminate carp...short of nuking the lake and letting it and all of its tributaries remain dry for a couple of years.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Carp are not something planted by bucket biologists. Our pioneer forebearers did that for us. [/#0000ff]
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thing is that once we do get rid of them someone is going to plant them right back in.[/quote][cool][#0000ff]Nobody expects to completely eliminate carp from Utah Lake. The goal is to reduce their numbers to the point that predators and natural mortality will keep them in check. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There is essentially no way to completely eliminate carp...short of nuking the lake and letting it and all of its tributaries remain dry for a couple of years.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Carp are not something planted by bucket biologists. Our pioneer forebearers did that for us. [/#0000ff]
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