11-30-2012, 06:34 PM
I lived in Nebraska for ten years and am a big warmwater fishing enthusiast. I love walleye...and frankly I don't see any impending disaster by having them there...unless they kill the lake. The truth is more than fishermen target fish...a lake kill would impact a lot of creatures which would be more detrimental to the environment than having walleye swim around Ririe eating kokanee...(they would also eat perch, bass, trout and chubs.....some of which are a bit over populated)....and in truth, as good as kokanee are to eat, walleye are better.
My big question to the Gov't is: why is it OK for non native wolves (wolves from canada) to run around in Idaho forests eating native elk, moose and deer but it is not OK for for non native walleye to swim in Ririe and eat non native perch, chubs and kokanee?
We have plenty of opportunity to fish for trout in eastern Idaho. Personally, I would love a close opportunity to catch walleye. Finally, if God forbid, they get into the South Fork, the State's precious cutthroat trout are mostly safe....walleye will not hang out in the cold river for long before seeking warmer water downstream. This was exactly the habits of walleye in Nerbaska. The North Platte River below Lake McConaughy in western Nerbaska is among the finest of all tailwaters for trout....and the lake above is one of the finest walleye fisheries in the US....yet the two are close.
At the last TU meeting I attended (I still support the org.), I made it clear to them I live 10 miles from Ririe and I fish it alot. One day, it is just a matter of time, I will hook and land a walleye with my fly rod...I will photograph the fish so all will know where I caught it and then I will photograph me releasing it and submit the photos to all anyone who will publish them. I feel that strongly about walleye...especially in a lake where none of the fish that swim there are native (even the fine spotted cutthroat are not native...they just are close).
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My big question to the Gov't is: why is it OK for non native wolves (wolves from canada) to run around in Idaho forests eating native elk, moose and deer but it is not OK for for non native walleye to swim in Ririe and eat non native perch, chubs and kokanee?
We have plenty of opportunity to fish for trout in eastern Idaho. Personally, I would love a close opportunity to catch walleye. Finally, if God forbid, they get into the South Fork, the State's precious cutthroat trout are mostly safe....walleye will not hang out in the cold river for long before seeking warmer water downstream. This was exactly the habits of walleye in Nerbaska. The North Platte River below Lake McConaughy in western Nerbaska is among the finest of all tailwaters for trout....and the lake above is one of the finest walleye fisheries in the US....yet the two are close.
At the last TU meeting I attended (I still support the org.), I made it clear to them I live 10 miles from Ririe and I fish it alot. One day, it is just a matter of time, I will hook and land a walleye with my fly rod...I will photograph the fish so all will know where I caught it and then I will photograph me releasing it and submit the photos to all anyone who will publish them. I feel that strongly about walleye...especially in a lake where none of the fish that swim there are native (even the fine spotted cutthroat are not native...they just are close).
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