12-27-2020, 01:31 AM
Robert, I was checking out one of the links you posted and saw the DWR was starting a new fish tagging program, for those interested in earning a little cash for going fishing check it out below:
Our new high-reward tagging program
Our DWR fisheries team would like to have more angler experience data and has been looking at lower-cost, more rapid ways to collect information that is similar to what we collect during a traditional creel survey.
That's why we are starting a program this fall that will test another approach for collecting your fishing trip information. This program will provide random anglers a monetary reward of $40 for catching some tagged fish, and it is modeled after a program that Idaho Fish and Game has run successfully for the past 15 or so years.
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We are launching this tagged fish program as an experiment. If it's successful — and enough people share information about their fishing trips — we will expand this program to other waterbodies across the state.
For this program, 10% of the fish stocked into some waters will have a tag. If you break down the tagged fish further, 1% of the fish stocked will have a $40 reward and the other 9% won't have a reward. The tags will be easy to find because they are large, brightly colored and placed below the dorsal fin. The tag number and whether the fish has an accompanying cash reward is printed on the tag.
If you catch a tagged fish, please use scissors or nippers to carefully clip the tag (don't just pull the tag out of the fish). Then, visit our website (also printed on the tag) to enter your tag number and answer some questions about your fishing experience.
We ask all anglers who catch a tagged fish — regardless of whether it has a cash reward — to enter their information on the website. The information you report will be used to determine how many fish are being caught and whether anglers are satisfied.
This program will provide us with information that is similar to a creel survey, and even with the reward payments, this program will cost only about one-tenth as much as a traditional creel survey.
Because this is a more cost-effective method, we can collect angler experience information from more waters throughout the state. The information collected will help biologists adjust how many fish are stocked, how often waters are stocked and where fish are stocked.
In other words, the information you provide will help us make changes that will make fishing in Utah even better.
Our new high-reward tagging program
Our DWR fisheries team would like to have more angler experience data and has been looking at lower-cost, more rapid ways to collect information that is similar to what we collect during a traditional creel survey.
That's why we are starting a program this fall that will test another approach for collecting your fishing trip information. This program will provide random anglers a monetary reward of $40 for catching some tagged fish, and it is modeled after a program that Idaho Fish and Game has run successfully for the past 15 or so years.
We are launching this tagged fish program as an experiment. If it's successful — and enough people share information about their fishing trips — we will expand this program to other waterbodies across the state.
For this program, 10% of the fish stocked into some waters will have a tag. If you break down the tagged fish further, 1% of the fish stocked will have a $40 reward and the other 9% won't have a reward. The tags will be easy to find because they are large, brightly colored and placed below the dorsal fin. The tag number and whether the fish has an accompanying cash reward is printed on the tag.
If you catch a tagged fish, please use scissors or nippers to carefully clip the tag (don't just pull the tag out of the fish). Then, visit our website (also printed on the tag) to enter your tag number and answer some questions about your fishing experience.
We ask all anglers who catch a tagged fish — regardless of whether it has a cash reward — to enter their information on the website. The information you report will be used to determine how many fish are being caught and whether anglers are satisfied.
This program will provide us with information that is similar to a creel survey, and even with the reward payments, this program will cost only about one-tenth as much as a traditional creel survey.
Because this is a more cost-effective method, we can collect angler experience information from more waters throughout the state. The information collected will help biologists adjust how many fish are stocked, how often waters are stocked and where fish are stocked.
In other words, the information you provide will help us make changes that will make fishing in Utah even better.