05-04-2012, 02:07 PM
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Q6: are surplus tiger trout currently dumped in Strawberry? Is there any return to creel (do anglers currently catch those that are stocked?). One concern could be that those fish stocked may never show up on an anglers line. Tiger trout can play magician, and perform a disappearing act when stocked in larger reservoirs (Otter Creek, Piute, Minersville, Panguitch Lake, etc...). So, is there a real return-to-creel benefit?
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[quote duckdog1us]i have caught a dozen or so out of the berry in the last year and only kept one for the ice fishing challenge just like to see them in better numbers[/quote]
so, it appears that surplus tigers are already being stocked in Strawberry. So, now you need to find out what kind of return-to-creel they get out of those fish. Further, you need to find out if our hatchery production could produce enough tiger trout to consistently stock Strawberry with them.
You may find out that the DWR has already looked into this, and found that tiger trout are not a good option for Strawberry -- unless you start stealing tiger trout for other lakes.
It sounds as if the surplus stocking is giving people a few tiger trout anyway. So, I guess the real question is: why change anything?
Fshrmn -- you can give all the evidence in the world that Kamloops are nothing more than an over-hyped rainbow -- but people won't listen to you. Interestingly enough, British Columbia, home to the Kamloops region, doesn't even use "kamloops" rainbows in their stocking plans (http://www.gofishbc.com/documents/pdf/RA...TRAINS.pdf). They use Pennask in most of the waters in the Kamloops area.
People place too much emphasis on strain, when it isn't strain that typically limits the rainbow trout growth.
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Q6: are surplus tiger trout currently dumped in Strawberry? Is there any return to creel (do anglers currently catch those that are stocked?). One concern could be that those fish stocked may never show up on an anglers line. Tiger trout can play magician, and perform a disappearing act when stocked in larger reservoirs (Otter Creek, Piute, Minersville, Panguitch Lake, etc...). So, is there a real return-to-creel benefit?
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[quote duckdog1us]i have caught a dozen or so out of the berry in the last year and only kept one for the ice fishing challenge just like to see them in better numbers[/quote]
so, it appears that surplus tigers are already being stocked in Strawberry. So, now you need to find out what kind of return-to-creel they get out of those fish. Further, you need to find out if our hatchery production could produce enough tiger trout to consistently stock Strawberry with them.
You may find out that the DWR has already looked into this, and found that tiger trout are not a good option for Strawberry -- unless you start stealing tiger trout for other lakes.
It sounds as if the surplus stocking is giving people a few tiger trout anyway. So, I guess the real question is: why change anything?
Fshrmn -- you can give all the evidence in the world that Kamloops are nothing more than an over-hyped rainbow -- but people won't listen to you. Interestingly enough, British Columbia, home to the Kamloops region, doesn't even use "kamloops" rainbows in their stocking plans (http://www.gofishbc.com/documents/pdf/RA...TRAINS.pdf). They use Pennask in most of the waters in the Kamloops area.
People place too much emphasis on strain, when it isn't strain that typically limits the rainbow trout growth.
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