Pruess lake question

[Mildog]

Lance, They are in Pyramid lake and can be caught there.
I have a buddy that went to Pruess to catch a Sacramento perch and mark it off his list a few years back. He seems to keep up with what’s happening out there, I’ll check and see if knows anything current and let you know.

[FishfulThinkin]

I have a little intel on Sacramento Perch although I’ve never targeted them or caught one. Kent and I discussed this a few years ago and have some ideas. I’m not sure Pruess is your best bet for finding one. PM me and I can tell you what I know.

[Kent]

I have fished Pruess twice for sacramento perch (also on my bucket list) and got skunked both times. I’m not sure that there are any left in that small reservoir. If you find them, somewhere in Utah, please send me a PM.

[Mildog]

I think there is another lake in Utah. I’ll ask my buddy who fished Pruess. I think he mentioned another
Lake as well.

[MrShane]

Well thanks to you guys I learned something new this morning!
I did not know the Sacramento Perch is not even a real Perch, it is the only native Sunfish in the Western United States.
You would think the DWR would put a little more effort in to keep it thriving?
Who doesn’t want delicious native sunfish in our waters that grow to 17”?
And, they taste much better than June suckers!!

[Mildog]

@MrShane

Well thanks to you guys I learned something new this morning!
I did not know the Sacramento Perch is not even a real Perch, it is the only native Sunfish in the Western United States.
You would think the DWR would put a little more effort in to keep it thriving?
Who doesn’t want delicious native sunfish in our waters that grow to 17”?
And, they taste much better than June suckers!!

I like the way you are thinking! ? lol

[Kent]

@MrShane

Well thanks to you guys I learned something new this morning!
I did not know the Sacramento Perch is not even a real Perch, it is the only native Sunfish in the Western United States.
You would think the DWR would put a little more effort in to keep it thriving?
Who doesn’t want delicious native sunfish in our waters that grow to 17”?
And, they taste much better than June suckers!!

Sounds like a great idea, please lead the charge.

[Mildog]

I Talked to my buddy who caught a Sacramento perch there (Pruess) it was more years in the past than I thought. Around 2010 , he’s not sure they are still in there? We both recalled hearing of a lake in that “area” that had them but can’t remember any other info as to where that would be?
Sorry for not any help!

[Cowboypirate]

@Kent

I have fished Pruess twice for sacramento perch (also on my bucket list) and got skunked both times.  I’m not sure that there are any left in that small reservoir.  If you find them, somewhere in Utah, please send me a PM.

I will let you know if I can find some

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@Mildog

I think there is another lake in Utah. I’ll ask my buddy who fished Pruess. I think he mentioned another
Lake as well.

txs for any info you can add

[Kent]

@Mildog

I Talked to my buddy who caught a Sacramento perch there (Pruess) it was more years in the past than I thought. Around 2010 , he’s not sure they are still in there? We both recalled hearing of a lake in that “area” that had them but can’t remember any other info as to where that would be?
Sorry for not any help!

There was a tiny irrigation reservoir, located many miles south of Pruess that had some Sacramento perch in it at one time.  A guy who caught some out of that tiny reservoir took me there about a year after he had caught them and we didn’t find any perch still in there.  I fished it again a year later with the same result.  A good portion of the dam had washed out and perhaps the perch got washed downstream.  The stream dead ends in some fields.

[FishfulThinkin]

I read somewhere that the first Sacramento Perch transplanted to Utah went to Cutler Reservoir and the Bear River in the 1880’s or 1890’s. Has anyone heard of any Sacramento Perch being caught in Cutler or the Bear in modern times, say after the 1960’s or 70’s?

[wormandbobber]

@MrShane

Well thanks to you guys I learned something new this morning!
I did not know the Sacramento Perch is not even a real Perch, it is the only native Sunfish in the Western United States.
You would think the DWR would put a little more effort in to keep it thriving?
Who doesn’t want delicious native sunfish in our waters that grow to 17”?
And, they taste much better than June suckers!!

The DWR would be more invested in them if they were native to Utah. But, they aren’t. I caught a couple a number of years ago in Minersville reservoir. They had been moved there from Pruess. Since that time, though, Minersville has been poisoned and drained.

My bet is that some sacramento perch still exist in the Pruess system and would return in larger numbers if we had more water…

[MrShane]

@wormandbobber

@MrShane

Well thanks to you guys I learned something new this morning!
I did not know the Sacramento Perch is not even a real Perch, it is the only native Sunfish in the Western United States.
You would think the DWR would put a little more effort in to keep it thriving?
Who doesn’t want delicious native sunfish in our waters that grow to 17”?
And, they taste much better than June suckers!!

The DWR would be more invested in them if they were native to Utah. But, they aren’t. I caught a couple a number of years ago in Minersville reservoir. They had been moved there from Pruess. Since that time, though, Minersville has been poisoned and drained.

My bet is that some sacramento perch still exist in the Pruess system and would return in larger numbers if we had more water…

Rainbow Trout are not native to Utah either but the DWR sure has a love affair with them going on.

[wormandbobber]

@MrShane

@wormandbobber

@MrShane

Well thanks to you guys I learned something new this morning!
I did not know the Sacramento Perch is not even a real Perch, it is the only native Sunfish in the Western United States.
You would think the DWR would put a little more effort in to keep it thriving?
Who doesn’t want delicious native sunfish in our waters that grow to 17”?
And, they taste much better than June suckers!!

The DWR would be more invested in them if they were native to Utah. But, they aren’t. I caught a couple a number of years ago in Minersville reservoir. They had been moved there from Pruess. Since that time, though, Minersville has been poisoned and drained.

My bet is that some sacramento perch still exist in the Pruess system and would return in larger numbers if we had more water…

Rainbow Trout are not native to Utah either but the DWR sure has a love affair with them going on.

True…but rainbow trout, typically, are not able to reproduce and destroy systems by stunting. Also, rainbow trout are well-suited to our relatively cold water reservoirs. Sacramento perch are not. To answer your question, I don’t want stunted sacramento perch in our waters. Just like I don’t want dinky stunted yellow perch in our waters. Personally, I would take a 17 inch rainbow trout every time over a 17 inch sacramento perch. And, FWIW, I would even take those June suckers over a sacramento perch in Utah. So, I’m thankful that the UDWR are not wasting time, money, resources, and water on sacramento perch. But, I am thankful that time, money, resources etc. are being used on June suckers…

[Cowboypirate]

Sacramento Perch is still on my “not caught” list. I remember some posts a bit back about someone running out to Pruess and it was low or empty or soething like that. I will go back into BFT history and see if I can find that post but anyone wandered that way with additional input or will i need to go to California to check that species off the list?