09-04-2014, 08:13 PM
Drew,
Thank you for the clear explanation. I was personally very glad to see this KSL article come out, since many people, including fishermen, need an education on why harvesting fish is good for the overall fishery.
I remember, as a youth, in the 70's when the Provo River produced some really nice fish. I haven't fished it for a long time.
I was really surprised at the quantity of small fish at Scofield this year. On one trip we landed 55 cut throat. 3 in the slot and the rest less than 15 inches. No other species were caught except chubs. We took our limit home. A fellow fisherman and his party caught over 100 cuts with only a handful in the slot. Nothing over the slot.
I just wonder if there were less of these cuts in there if there would be more big ones.
I have also observed that some streams have long skinny stunted mature fish. Big heads and long skinny bodies.
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Thank you for the clear explanation. I was personally very glad to see this KSL article come out, since many people, including fishermen, need an education on why harvesting fish is good for the overall fishery.
I remember, as a youth, in the 70's when the Provo River produced some really nice fish. I haven't fished it for a long time.
I was really surprised at the quantity of small fish at Scofield this year. On one trip we landed 55 cut throat. 3 in the slot and the rest less than 15 inches. No other species were caught except chubs. We took our limit home. A fellow fisherman and his party caught over 100 cuts with only a handful in the slot. Nothing over the slot.
I just wonder if there were less of these cuts in there if there would be more big ones.
I have also observed that some streams have long skinny stunted mature fish. Big heads and long skinny bodies.
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