06-26-2015, 02:43 PM
I will admit that i run with a small crowd of hard core fishermen. I wont typically fish for trout so the people i enjoy fishing with are the same. I understand the need for diversity. I have a degree in wildlife science. There are plenty of mountain lakes/rivers that thrive with trout and that is a good thing. Im not advocating buck biology. I also run successful business and understand that economics and customers keep it successful. The DWR is always crying about funding but they waist millions of dollars doing stupid things that dont bring fishermen into Utah. The june sucker has no economic benefit to the state yet millions of dollars are spent trying to save it. Utah has 3 lakes with Pike and the DWR are trying to kill them either with kill orders or extreme limits. We have some good walleye fishing but nothing like the midwest or canada and now the DWR want to remove them from some lakes and the green river to save more trash fish and/or trout. Utah has 1 lake that i would consider a great perch fishery and the DWR has a tournament to catch thousands of perch that were mostly just dumped in a dumpster just because the lake is historically a trout lovers lake. I understand the DWR's hands are tied sometimes by the feds but they could be much more efficient at spending their money. They would also have a much bigger budgets if they could bring in more out of state fishermen. Anybody in Utah that thinks that this state has good bass, walleye, panfish or pike fishing then you must not travel much. There are a few lakes were fishing for these species is ok but not good enough to bring in out of state fishermen.
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