03-01-2016, 02:03 PM
[quote FlashyFish][url "https://dwrapps.utah.gov/fishstocking/Fish?y=2015"][/url]
This is why the State of Utah needs to Stock more Brown Trout !
Note these big Browns are from States were they are appreciated !
State of Utah 2015 Stocking report [url "https://dwrapps.utah.gov/fishstocking/Fish?y=2015"]https://dwrapps.utah.gov/...stocking/Fish?y=2015[/url]
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First of all, most of the fish in the photos you posted are from great lakes tribs. The great lakes are nearly half the size of the entire state of Utah. No other place in the world grows big browns like the great lakes, so it's a little bit unrealistic to use those pictures to compare to Utah.
Second, if you're not finding browns, then you're not looking hard enough. There are LOTS of browns in Utah, in fact sometimes there are too many of them.
Stocking fish that already exist doesn't all of a suddenly make anglers catch 20 pound browns. No amount of stocking them will affect anybodies catch rate of trophy fish. In order to catch fish you have to be on the water, not waiting for the fish and game to stock fish.
By the way, I see pictures of trophy size browns being caught out of Utah on a yearly basis, some in the 30 inch or bigger class. The people who catch those fish don't just sit around waiting for the DWR to stock fish...Otherwise they wouldn't catch them right?
I say NO TO STOCKING. Wouldn't you rather catch a wild fish than a pellet head from the hatchery? There are plenty of wild browns in Utah..Stocking them would make them no different than rainbows..
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This is why the State of Utah needs to Stock more Brown Trout !
Note these big Browns are from States were they are appreciated !
State of Utah 2015 Stocking report [url "https://dwrapps.utah.gov/fishstocking/Fish?y=2015"]https://dwrapps.utah.gov/...stocking/Fish?y=2015[/url]
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First of all, most of the fish in the photos you posted are from great lakes tribs. The great lakes are nearly half the size of the entire state of Utah. No other place in the world grows big browns like the great lakes, so it's a little bit unrealistic to use those pictures to compare to Utah.
Second, if you're not finding browns, then you're not looking hard enough. There are LOTS of browns in Utah, in fact sometimes there are too many of them.
Stocking fish that already exist doesn't all of a suddenly make anglers catch 20 pound browns. No amount of stocking them will affect anybodies catch rate of trophy fish. In order to catch fish you have to be on the water, not waiting for the fish and game to stock fish.
By the way, I see pictures of trophy size browns being caught out of Utah on a yearly basis, some in the 30 inch or bigger class. The people who catch those fish don't just sit around waiting for the DWR to stock fish...Otherwise they wouldn't catch them right?
I say NO TO STOCKING. Wouldn't you rather catch a wild fish than a pellet head from the hatchery? There are plenty of wild browns in Utah..Stocking them would make them no different than rainbows..
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