06-14-2012, 02:06 AM
Unfortunately it isn't about which fish fight harder or are larger. It's about who will control the fishing in our part of the state. If the native fish numbers get too low, then they will be declared endangered, and the Feds will call the tunes on our waters. They could even completely close them to all recreational or agricultural use. That would be devastating!
I don't know about you, but I would do just about anything to keep the decision making on our waters local. The way to do that is to preserve the native cutthroats now. Thankfully F&G know this and are proactive in keeping a listing from happening. As long as we show the Feds that we are protecting and restoring the cutts and their habitat, then they probably won't be declared endangered, and we keep control.
F&G doesn't intend to completely remove the rainbows from the South Fork. That would be unrealistic as well as unnecessary. They just need to keep the rainbows' numbers in balance with the cutthroats, as well as keep them from cross breeding. The numbers of rainbows on the South Fork were going up very quickly for several years. I am not sure what the ratios are currently. Anyway the tags were just one way to try and balance the numbers out.
Do your part fishermen and keep the rainbows on the South Fork of the Snake.
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I don't know about you, but I would do just about anything to keep the decision making on our waters local. The way to do that is to preserve the native cutthroats now. Thankfully F&G know this and are proactive in keeping a listing from happening. As long as we show the Feds that we are protecting and restoring the cutts and their habitat, then they probably won't be declared endangered, and we keep control.
F&G doesn't intend to completely remove the rainbows from the South Fork. That would be unrealistic as well as unnecessary. They just need to keep the rainbows' numbers in balance with the cutthroats, as well as keep them from cross breeding. The numbers of rainbows on the South Fork were going up very quickly for several years. I am not sure what the ratios are currently. Anyway the tags were just one way to try and balance the numbers out.
Do your part fishermen and keep the rainbows on the South Fork of the Snake.
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