12-30-2009, 07:24 PM
Amen on the post! I LOVE YELLOWSTONE AND WE MUST KILL EVERY MACK IN THAT PRISTINE LAKE! I agree with everything said about fishing, but I want to point out two other consequences that will happen if the macks are not eliminated, those being the effect on grizzlies and otters. I love grizzlies and I spend a great deal of time in the spring observing them; without the cutts spawning in large numbers this will have a dramatic effect on the grizzly and otter populations as well. If you know anything about grizzly dynamics they depend heavily on carcasses in March, April, May, cutts while spawning in June, July, army cuttworm moths in July, August, Sept, and Whitebark Pine Nuts in Sept, Oct.. eliminate one of these food groups from grizzlies and they will just find a way to be in trouble and get into trouble. I just wanted to point out this perspective as well, due to the many consequences this stupid Macks have on the entire ecosystem.
I did want to give some good news since the start of gill netting they have destroyed 350,000 macks and in addition fisherman knock out 9,000 annually. The park service have found spawning areas and will gladly point out these areas to fisherman. Here is a link if you want to read more about it from the YNP website: [url "http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/upload/300laketrout09.pdf"][/url]http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/upload/300laketrout09.pdf[/url]
Finally I believe it is OK to charge to fish in YNP, but it should be free to fish in Yellowstone Lake. I love the dog food idea, but if that would not work how about fertilizer. I believe they are doing this at Utah Lake with carp. With all the stimulus money floating around how about a few million pumped into Yellowstone Lake; for increased gill netting operations, or research. How about putting a bounty on the buggers at $5 a pop; they do this in Northern Idaho. This is not just our back yard; this is one of the crown jewels of the planet. I agree save this lake at all costs!
OvidCreek
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I did want to give some good news since the start of gill netting they have destroyed 350,000 macks and in addition fisherman knock out 9,000 annually. The park service have found spawning areas and will gladly point out these areas to fisherman. Here is a link if you want to read more about it from the YNP website: [url "http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/upload/300laketrout09.pdf"][/url]http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/upload/300laketrout09.pdf[/url]
Finally I believe it is OK to charge to fish in YNP, but it should be free to fish in Yellowstone Lake. I love the dog food idea, but if that would not work how about fertilizer. I believe they are doing this at Utah Lake with carp. With all the stimulus money floating around how about a few million pumped into Yellowstone Lake; for increased gill netting operations, or research. How about putting a bounty on the buggers at $5 a pop; they do this in Northern Idaho. This is not just our back yard; this is one of the crown jewels of the planet. I agree save this lake at all costs!
OvidCreek
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