04-06-2015, 04:53 PM
Interesting how you read the survey. It's pretty obvious you have an opinion and you're sticking to it, which is fine since we still sort of have that right in this country[crazy]. Do you really think the DWR can or should implement 100% of this surveys responses? It's not even possible. Or just 100% of the part you want them to? Again not possible because of the stuff you are demanding there are plenty of others who will disagree. At what percentage does it get right with you and when did you become the arbiter of "fairness," "correctness," "what's right with America?" When did the general angling public become the final say in scientific fishery management?
As I said before I don't work for the Fed or the DWR and I'm not a statistician, but after reading through the survey several times, I think the anglers who actually use the lake are getting a fairly good deal.
Maximum respondents was 329 of any question, a pretty poor response in my opinion.
Ok so most people who responded, a whopping 205 out of 329, rarely or ever fish Red Fleet. How much weight should the committee give to those who don't even fish the lake?
Most anglers target and prefer LMB and walleye with the least going for rainbows. The committee decided to hold off on LMB for now given the opportunity already out this way, eliminate the rainbow fishery and add sterile walleye, wiper and tiger trout for the main sport fishery. Like it or not the Feds have a pretty substantial say in the management of fisheries in this drainage and they don't want fertile walleye and SM bass to remain in Red Fleet to continue to wreck havoc with the endangered species.
I've spoken with lots of anglers who have similar response as albinotrout had, "I've never fished red fleet but with those species in there I might make a trip out there." That's a large objective of the rebuild. I['ve never spoken to or heard of anyone who said they'd never fish there again if it was poisoned and restocked with certain species.
After reading some of the other survey comments concerning options, well... [crazy]
As I read it, a pretty good percentage of anglers who actually fish the lake should be fairly happy with at least some of the rebuild. Nobody gets everything they want. I didn't get everything I wanted, but I'm pretty excited about the new opportunities. The fishery should be up and running again in 2016 and going strong by 2017.
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As I said before I don't work for the Fed or the DWR and I'm not a statistician, but after reading through the survey several times, I think the anglers who actually use the lake are getting a fairly good deal.
Maximum respondents was 329 of any question, a pretty poor response in my opinion.
Ok so most people who responded, a whopping 205 out of 329, rarely or ever fish Red Fleet. How much weight should the committee give to those who don't even fish the lake?
Most anglers target and prefer LMB and walleye with the least going for rainbows. The committee decided to hold off on LMB for now given the opportunity already out this way, eliminate the rainbow fishery and add sterile walleye, wiper and tiger trout for the main sport fishery. Like it or not the Feds have a pretty substantial say in the management of fisheries in this drainage and they don't want fertile walleye and SM bass to remain in Red Fleet to continue to wreck havoc with the endangered species.
I've spoken with lots of anglers who have similar response as albinotrout had, "I've never fished red fleet but with those species in there I might make a trip out there." That's a large objective of the rebuild. I['ve never spoken to or heard of anyone who said they'd never fish there again if it was poisoned and restocked with certain species.
After reading some of the other survey comments concerning options, well... [crazy]
As I read it, a pretty good percentage of anglers who actually fish the lake should be fairly happy with at least some of the rebuild. Nobody gets everything they want. I didn't get everything I wanted, but I'm pretty excited about the new opportunities. The fishery should be up and running again in 2016 and going strong by 2017.
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