06-12-2012, 12:36 PM
I am not going to argue this one way or the other. I have an opinion, and it is just that ..... an opinion. I love catching fish.....of all kinds in many different places.
What I do want to say is how much I enjoy Idaho fishing. How many other places can you live and fish for the species we have within an easy day's drive. We have it great! So many states only have just warm water fish or just cold water fish. We have a great mix of species available to us over a vast area.
In a relatively short drive from my house, I can fish for sturgeon, salmon, steelhead, tiger muskie, kokanee, bass, walleye, crappy, perch, catfish, bluegill, grayling, trout (imported or native), and so many others I can't list them all. I even enjoy catching what others would consider trash fish.
Not all of them are in the same body of water, but that is a good thing. I like the variety of going different places and using different techniques. Plus some waters work better for some fish than others.
Choosing the species to use in a lake is a complicated process that involves a very delicate balance. For whatever reason, it doesn't always work out. There are a lot of failures along with the successes.
Lakes and waters that connect to others, such as a whole river system are even harder. Would it be a good thing for the whole system? Will it crash another population of fish that are doing well? For one species to do well, it frequently means that another, that is also important, will decline.
Now I've done it! I want to go fishing, and I don't have time today!!!!! [crazy][crazy]
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What I do want to say is how much I enjoy Idaho fishing. How many other places can you live and fish for the species we have within an easy day's drive. We have it great! So many states only have just warm water fish or just cold water fish. We have a great mix of species available to us over a vast area.
In a relatively short drive from my house, I can fish for sturgeon, salmon, steelhead, tiger muskie, kokanee, bass, walleye, crappy, perch, catfish, bluegill, grayling, trout (imported or native), and so many others I can't list them all. I even enjoy catching what others would consider trash fish.
Not all of them are in the same body of water, but that is a good thing. I like the variety of going different places and using different techniques. Plus some waters work better for some fish than others.
Choosing the species to use in a lake is a complicated process that involves a very delicate balance. For whatever reason, it doesn't always work out. There are a lot of failures along with the successes.
Lakes and waters that connect to others, such as a whole river system are even harder. Would it be a good thing for the whole system? Will it crash another population of fish that are doing well? For one species to do well, it frequently means that another, that is also important, will decline.
Now I've done it! I want to go fishing, and I don't have time today!!!!! [crazy][crazy]
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