09-28-2010, 05:23 PM
RE:
"Perch bass ... can and have been fished out of many lakes in Utah..."
and
"we'll see,and I promise you the days of going to Jordanelle, Quali Creek, Sand Hollow, or any other Utah lakes and catching fish over 9" are coming to an end."
Good grief, fished out? Are you guys serious? The regulations for fish under 12 inches are not changing! The exact same amount of harvest will likely occur with these fish in the future as what takes place now. And guess what, most of our smallie lakes are already overrun with these dinks, so the odds of them getting "fished out" is about nil.[crazy]
Sadly, what I read here discourages me a little about the future. Why? people still seem to be in 2 unproductive camps;
1. We have the 100% C&R all of the time, 'the lake will get fished out" crowd like bassrods.
2. And we have a bunch of anglers that are excited to prove what bada** anglers they are by whacking a 16 inch smallie out of lake X.
Neither camp seems too interested in addressing the real issue, too many small bass for the forage causing a bottleneck in growth. DC will be the same old lake it always was and the X will be unchanged in numbers, with ridiculous numbers of 10 inchers but with fewer big ones to brighten up ones day. Wahoo.[frown]
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"Perch bass ... can and have been fished out of many lakes in Utah..."
and
"we'll see,and I promise you the days of going to Jordanelle, Quali Creek, Sand Hollow, or any other Utah lakes and catching fish over 9" are coming to an end."
Good grief, fished out? Are you guys serious? The regulations for fish under 12 inches are not changing! The exact same amount of harvest will likely occur with these fish in the future as what takes place now. And guess what, most of our smallie lakes are already overrun with these dinks, so the odds of them getting "fished out" is about nil.[crazy]
Sadly, what I read here discourages me a little about the future. Why? people still seem to be in 2 unproductive camps;
1. We have the 100% C&R all of the time, 'the lake will get fished out" crowd like bassrods.
2. And we have a bunch of anglers that are excited to prove what bada** anglers they are by whacking a 16 inch smallie out of lake X.
Neither camp seems too interested in addressing the real issue, too many small bass for the forage causing a bottleneck in growth. DC will be the same old lake it always was and the X will be unchanged in numbers, with ridiculous numbers of 10 inchers but with fewer big ones to brighten up ones day. Wahoo.[frown]
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