01-18-2013, 04:00 PM
[quote The_Red_Leaker]
Unless there is conflicting information in your study, page 3 reads as follows.
"Only 13% of all anglers were targeting a
specific game fish while angling. Five percent were targeting rainbow trout, 1% lake trout, 1%
splake, 5% yellow perch, and 1% tiger muskie or brown trout (Salmo trutta)."
That means 87% were there to catch whatever species was willing to nibble and of the13% targeting a specific species, 38% were targeting perch while all other species each held 7% of that 13% pie. Hmmm....
As to my question of effectiveness of DNR methods to acquire input this article sums up the point I was trying to make.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/outdoors/52...s.html.csp
The article refers to a survey done in 2011 in which 1,100 anglers participated in the pole. That is .002% of the fishing/combination license holders in the state at the time. It also says that the DNR plans on making changes to waters due to the results of the survey. Making changes to waters from .002% input.....wow.
True, anglers need to more involved but the DNR should also look at methods of getting input that are more effective. I highly doubt creel surveys and RAC meetings will catch enough of the 514,438 licensed anglers (2010 number) to get accurate opinion of the majority.
Just to be clear I am not making the DNR out to be the bad guys, just trying to spark a thought.[/quote]
Yup...I screwed up my numbers. My point, though, was that the majority of anglers are targeting either any fish or trout...not perch. Yeah, of those that target a specific kind of fish, 38% target perch...but, all the trout species are separated. Many fishermen, like myself, target all trout at the same time. I am targeting rainbows, splake, lake trout, and brown trout.
The other thing you are missing is that the information was based on anglers who fish Fish Lake...these are the true stakeholders. What do those who utilize the fishery want done with it. True, only a small percentage of those anglers are surveyed...but like all surveys those surveys do help give a reflection of the bigger picture. The reality is that not every fishermen in the state or who fishes the state can or will be surveyed....the
truth is that most anglers keep quiet unless a change is made that they do not like or do not want. Otherwise, fishermen, in general, show a lot of apathy. I am not sure how you change that..or even if you want to.
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Unless there is conflicting information in your study, page 3 reads as follows.
"Only 13% of all anglers were targeting a
specific game fish while angling. Five percent were targeting rainbow trout, 1% lake trout, 1%
splake, 5% yellow perch, and 1% tiger muskie or brown trout (Salmo trutta)."
That means 87% were there to catch whatever species was willing to nibble and of the13% targeting a specific species, 38% were targeting perch while all other species each held 7% of that 13% pie. Hmmm....
As to my question of effectiveness of DNR methods to acquire input this article sums up the point I was trying to make.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/outdoors/52...s.html.csp
The article refers to a survey done in 2011 in which 1,100 anglers participated in the pole. That is .002% of the fishing/combination license holders in the state at the time. It also says that the DNR plans on making changes to waters due to the results of the survey. Making changes to waters from .002% input.....wow.
True, anglers need to more involved but the DNR should also look at methods of getting input that are more effective. I highly doubt creel surveys and RAC meetings will catch enough of the 514,438 licensed anglers (2010 number) to get accurate opinion of the majority.
Just to be clear I am not making the DNR out to be the bad guys, just trying to spark a thought.[/quote]
Yup...I screwed up my numbers. My point, though, was that the majority of anglers are targeting either any fish or trout...not perch. Yeah, of those that target a specific kind of fish, 38% target perch...but, all the trout species are separated. Many fishermen, like myself, target all trout at the same time. I am targeting rainbows, splake, lake trout, and brown trout.
The other thing you are missing is that the information was based on anglers who fish Fish Lake...these are the true stakeholders. What do those who utilize the fishery want done with it. True, only a small percentage of those anglers are surveyed...but like all surveys those surveys do help give a reflection of the bigger picture. The reality is that not every fishermen in the state or who fishes the state can or will be surveyed....the
truth is that most anglers keep quiet unless a change is made that they do not like or do not want. Otherwise, fishermen, in general, show a lot of apathy. I am not sure how you change that..or even if you want to.[signature]