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[wormandbobber]

The reason Utah doesn't allow the use of live fish as bait is because of the problem Bassrods has already alluded to: the transport of live bait and the release of live bait into a lake/reservoir is what is ruining many of our waters. Scenario: fishermen wants to use gizzard shad as a bait fish at Deer Creek. He catches a bucket full of nice bait-sized shad takes them to Deer Creek and then releases the fish he doesn't use into the reservoir. 3 years later Deer Creek has a sizable population of shad, the Feds step in because of their possible detriment to endangered June Suckers, and call for the immediate poisoning of the whole reservoir.

The use of live bait fish should be disallowed. I agree with Bassrods and PBH. Walleye are a poor game fish for Utah because their population cannot be controlled and they hurt other great fishing options....in Jordanelle, walleye will drastically hurt the smallmouth. What a shame.
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