Discussion about perch in Fish Lake

[The_Red_Leaker]

[quote ColdWaterCoord]I believe that the addition of the online and email surveys that we have done over the last few years have provided valuable information that we would not have gotten otherwise. One of the drawbacks to using online surveys is that they are not statistically valid because everyone has the opportunity to respond, and therefore we do not have a good idea of the base population that we are surveying. However, input at public meetings falls into this same category, so just the increased numbers of respondents is a good thing.

We will continue to let everyone know when these surveys are open through posts here, media stories and other venues. We really do want to hear what people think/want in our fisheries.

Paul Birdsey
Coldwater Sportfish Coordinator
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources[/quote]

Just a thought and the reason I asked earlier in the thread about the percentage of fishing licenses purchased on-line vs over the counter; would it be feasible to require or to ask anglers purchasing licenses on-line to fill out a survey before they are eligible to make the purchase? Similar to the harvest surveys for big game only on the front end.

There could be different surveys for the different licenses - annual, 3 day, 2nd pole etc.

This thread has taken me down some interesting paths and this is one thought I had; again, have no idea of its feasibility but thought I'd throw it out there.

Thanks for listening and coming onto the site to see a bunch of overly opinionated anglers banter.......
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