Well then, drive by and don’t drag me along, will ya. I have been planning a run there this week, just taking longer to tile this shower than I figured. Maybe next week Any big cuts say hello or were you just bait fishing?
‘kentofnsl’ pid=‘1103859’ dateline=‘1596676820’ wrote:
I went to Lost Creek Reservoir today and in a couple hours I caught 43 chubs (after I figured out how to catch them) and Shane also caught a decent number. Brought them him, filleted and salted them, and then vacuum sealed and put them in the freezer. They don’t know it yet, but they will be invited along on some future fishing trips.
How are you catching them? I could use a bait run also!
I failed to mention, in the above posts, that we were fishing from the shore.
‘kentofnsl’ pid=‘1103951’ dateline=‘1596902389’ wrote:
I failed to mention, in the above posts, that we were fishing from the shore.
I’m guessing that would eliminate the need for downriggers.
‘kentofnsl’ pid=‘1103954’ dateline=‘1596904330’ wrote:
‘TubeDude’ pid=‘1103952’ dateline=‘1596903593’ wrote:
‘kentofnsl’ pid=‘1103951’ dateline=‘1596902389’ wrote:
I failed to mention, in the above posts, that we were fishing from the shore.
I’m guessing that would eliminate the need for downriggers.
Probably so. I made my post because I received a PM from a guy who thought I had taken my boat, up there, for the bait run. I sure didn’t want anyone to think that they needed to have a boat to catch chubs at Lost Creek. I’m sure the cutthroats and tiger trout are eating some of the chubs, but it is obvious it is still overrun by chubs and the anglers might as well catch some for bait.
**I think we have had it proven to us in Utah that trout alone cannot or will not eliminate chubs from the ecosystem. No matter how many species of trout are dumped in a chub pond they just won’t get rid of chubkind. On the other hand, smallmouth bass in the mix are an excellent chub eradicator. Starvation and Jordanelle are two examples that come to mind. Both used to be choked with chubs. But the smallies wiped them out within a few years.
Personally, I think some chubs and/or redside shiners in a trout habitat are good…in order to help take trout from small to medium size and then to extra grande. The big downside…especially where there are planter rainbows…is that the chubs usually outcompete the smaller trout for available food resources. And if they are detrimental to the hatchery pets we simply cain’t abide them.
And it’s good to have some optional sources of chub meat for those of us who fancy it for bait.**
‘TubeDude’ pid=‘1103956’ dateline=‘1596910272’ wrote:
**I think we have had it proven to us in Utah that trout alone cannot or will not eliminate chubs from the ecosystem. No matter how many species of trout are dumped in a chub pond they just won’t get rid of chubkind. **
You may be right and I have no problem with some chubs being in the fishery. When one can catch nothing except for chubs then the fishery ceases to be enjoyable for me to fish (Starvation and Koosharem Reservoirs come to mind, when I was a kid).
I am thinking that Strawberry may end up being the exception. It wasn’t that many years ago that I could catch all the chubs I wanted by using my casting net from any of the docks. The record was over 100 chubs and shiners in one cast of my casting net. Those were the days when Minnow Man had a license to collect chubs and shiners from Strawberry.
These days, I would be lucky to catch 10 chubs in 25 casts of my casting net (the red-sided shiners disappeared years ago). The cutthroat seem to be eating 100% (if not 100% it is darn close) of the newly hatched chubs. I wouldn’t be surprised if chubs become extinct in Strawberry. It may be proven if enough Bear Lake Cutthroat are planted in a fishery, over an extended period of time, combined with a slot limit, that it is possible for trout to eliminate the chubs from a fishery. Time will tell.