06-05-2012, 07:41 AM
"What would it hurt?" I am sure that is what those who illegally planted Lake Trout in Yellowstone Lake thought. The park service is gill netting close to 100,000 lake trout a year. An adult Lake trout will eat 50 cutthroat a year. Not minnows, catchable fish. Even Idaho Fish &Game thought the same thing when they put non-native rainbows in the South Fork. Rainbows have had a huge impact on cutthroats.
Walleye reproduce like bluegills, but have appetites like pike and can out compete most other game fish. There is a niche for every fish species and Idaho has a wide range of water environments. People travel from all over the world to catch trout in Idaho, not walleye because there are plenty of other places to do that.
Anyways, the walleye I caught fought as hard as the moss on my anchor.[
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Walleye reproduce like bluegills, but have appetites like pike and can out compete most other game fish. There is a niche for every fish species and Idaho has a wide range of water environments. People travel from all over the world to catch trout in Idaho, not walleye because there are plenty of other places to do that.
Anyways, the walleye I caught fought as hard as the moss on my anchor.[
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