06-26-2015, 06:23 AM
[quote doggonefishin]Red Butte lake by the U was/is used as a reserve lake for June suckers. They had to gt the suckers out temporarily and drain the lake in an effort to remove the crayfish that invaded there. [/quote]
This is the exact kind of info I was interested in hearing. You're kinda blowing holes in my argument though, haha. [mad] I wouldn't think that Red Butte would be a particular danger because it is closed to fishing, but those critters got in there somehow, huh? It's especially strange because I thought that Red Butte was used as a "hatchery" to raise bonneville cutts. I'm surprised the cutts (and other predators) wouldn't keep the numbers of crawdads in check. But just the fact that something like this has happened in Utah is definitely food for thought. I'm still not convinced that the ecological threat of the invasive crawdads justifies such strict transportation regulations, but there are valid points on both side to consider.
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This is the exact kind of info I was interested in hearing. You're kinda blowing holes in my argument though, haha. [mad] I wouldn't think that Red Butte would be a particular danger because it is closed to fishing, but those critters got in there somehow, huh? It's especially strange because I thought that Red Butte was used as a "hatchery" to raise bonneville cutts. I'm surprised the cutts (and other predators) wouldn't keep the numbers of crawdads in check. But just the fact that something like this has happened in Utah is definitely food for thought. I'm still not convinced that the ecological threat of the invasive crawdads justifies such strict transportation regulations, but there are valid points on both side to consider.
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