09-16-2007, 11:03 PM
trout slayer,
I'm surprised you have only been check once for a license. I get checked all the time. Maybe I just fish more than you do. [
] I was check at one of the Preston Lakes just a few months ago. This year I have also been checked while fishing the Portneuf. A couple years ago I was checked by a F&G officer while fishing the Bear River. I was surprised to be checked that day because he had to walk a considerable distance from the road to check me. I would guess you have had F&G watching you while you have fished on a number of occasions and just didn't know it. The F&G probably check me every time they see me just because I look guilty. [blush]Or they just want to talk to the guy they see catching all the fish. []
Leaky,
I'm going to the open house at the SE region office in a couple days. I'll post anything I find significant. Post here or send me a PM if you have some questions you would like to address. The guys who manage the SE region fisheries (Dick Scully and David T.) have been helpful and knowledgeable every time I've talked with them. I’m not saying all F&G employees are great. There are some people who work for the F&G that are lazy and are just wasting our money. Too bad all of the politics make it difficult to fire some of them.
BMURR,
The 20" slot won't hurt Treasureton but probably won't help a lot either. The F&G have compared Treasureton to Daniels. Both produce a similar average size of fish even though the slot at Daniels is 4" higher. The F&G is considering increasing the slot at Treasureton because of pressure from fishermen not because they think it will significantly increase the number of large fish in the reservoir. IMO snow pack and poaching are going to have a much greater impact than an increase in the slot. Like you said most of the fishermen at "no bait, single barbless waters" are going to release almost all of the fish they catch regardless of the slot. Anyway that is just my opinion on it. I'm not going to discourage the slot from increasing because I have no intentions of keeping any fish I catch at Treasureton.
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I'm surprised you have only been check once for a license. I get checked all the time. Maybe I just fish more than you do. [
] I was check at one of the Preston Lakes just a few months ago. This year I have also been checked while fishing the Portneuf. A couple years ago I was checked by a F&G officer while fishing the Bear River. I was surprised to be checked that day because he had to walk a considerable distance from the road to check me. I would guess you have had F&G watching you while you have fished on a number of occasions and just didn't know it. The F&G probably check me every time they see me just because I look guilty. [blush]Or they just want to talk to the guy they see catching all the fish. [] Leaky,
I'm going to the open house at the SE region office in a couple days. I'll post anything I find significant. Post here or send me a PM if you have some questions you would like to address. The guys who manage the SE region fisheries (Dick Scully and David T.) have been helpful and knowledgeable every time I've talked with them. I’m not saying all F&G employees are great. There are some people who work for the F&G that are lazy and are just wasting our money. Too bad all of the politics make it difficult to fire some of them.
BMURR,
The 20" slot won't hurt Treasureton but probably won't help a lot either. The F&G have compared Treasureton to Daniels. Both produce a similar average size of fish even though the slot at Daniels is 4" higher. The F&G is considering increasing the slot at Treasureton because of pressure from fishermen not because they think it will significantly increase the number of large fish in the reservoir. IMO snow pack and poaching are going to have a much greater impact than an increase in the slot. Like you said most of the fishermen at "no bait, single barbless waters" are going to release almost all of the fish they catch regardless of the slot. Anyway that is just my opinion on it. I'm not going to discourage the slot from increasing because I have no intentions of keeping any fish I catch at Treasureton.
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