05-01-2003, 03:49 AM
[cool]In days of old, walleyes were simply called "pike" by the Utah trout fishermen who discovered they could snag these tasty non-trout species in the lower Provo. The term "Warm water" fishes is just another manifestation of folks finding it easier to pick up something somebody else has said or written on some forum.
Most fisheries biologists use the term "spiny-rayed" fishes to generically distinguish between their "hatchery pet" trout and all the basses, walleyes, sunfish and such.
Warm water is a relative term. What one state considers cold water, another state would classify as warm. For example, Utah's "warm water" walleyes cannot spawn in the waters around Phoenix because the temps never get cold enough for them. They are all planted, and they survive well, but they just reabsorb their eggs after the spawning time passes.
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Most fisheries biologists use the term "spiny-rayed" fishes to generically distinguish between their "hatchery pet" trout and all the basses, walleyes, sunfish and such.
Warm water is a relative term. What one state considers cold water, another state would classify as warm. For example, Utah's "warm water" walleyes cannot spawn in the waters around Phoenix because the temps never get cold enough for them. They are all planted, and they survive well, but they just reabsorb their eggs after the spawning time passes.
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