03-02-2016, 05:40 AM
If you look at the stocking report, most of the Browns stocked are less than 4" and many in the 2" to 3" range. When the State plants 19,000 21/4" Browns in a reservoir like Starvation and they complain of low returns, what do you think is going to happen to those baby Browns in a lake full of Walleye ? Is that just so the DWR can say, Oh we have been putting Browns in places ?
And the problem with the stunted Browns on the lower Provo below Deer Creek was caused when they reduced the limit to 2 fish. when I was a teen I could go to the Provo, any day of the week and catch several Browns over 20". The stunted browns all started when the limits were changed about 25 years ago.
And I am not talking about putting Browns in places like the Weber or Provo where there is ton of Browns. But there are many reservoirs that could use a shot of nice sized (10" to 12 " ) Browns, like Flaming Gorge, Fish Lake, & Strawberry.
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And the problem with the stunted Browns on the lower Provo below Deer Creek was caused when they reduced the limit to 2 fish. when I was a teen I could go to the Provo, any day of the week and catch several Browns over 20". The stunted browns all started when the limits were changed about 25 years ago.
And I am not talking about putting Browns in places like the Weber or Provo where there is ton of Browns. But there are many reservoirs that could use a shot of nice sized (10" to 12 " ) Browns, like Flaming Gorge, Fish Lake, & Strawberry.
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