03-02-2014, 08:23 PM
[quote Fishrmn]Just like someone caught nearly all of the true Muskellunge out at the Lee Kay Hatchery last year, someone destroyed the UDWR's holding trap that had their male White Bass that were going to be the 'donors' for the Wiper program. Murphy seems to have it in for the hybrid programs of the DWR. [red]⫸[/red][orange]<{[/orange][yellow]{{[/yellow][green]{[/green][size 4][green]⦇[/green][/size][blue]°>[/blue][/quote]
[#0000FF]I doubt that any of the "happy harvesters" were named Murphy.
DWR "assumed" that their pets would be okay in the facilities designated. But without posting big bold warning signs...and maintaining guards with machine guns...those unprotected fish were doomed. Sad...but a condition not unique to Utah. Happens wherever fish are penned up and vulnerable to wackos that just gotta catch some fish...no matter how...and how illegal.
When I lived in Sacramento I often watched wild crazy-eyed folks chasing spawning salmon up and down the shallows in the American River when they were trying to spawn. They had clubs, pitch forks and even claw hammers...trying to kill those fish. And when apprehended by fish and game officers they were more upset by losing their fish than the fines they had to pay.
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[#0000FF]I doubt that any of the "happy harvesters" were named Murphy.
DWR "assumed" that their pets would be okay in the facilities designated. But without posting big bold warning signs...and maintaining guards with machine guns...those unprotected fish were doomed. Sad...but a condition not unique to Utah. Happens wherever fish are penned up and vulnerable to wackos that just gotta catch some fish...no matter how...and how illegal.
When I lived in Sacramento I often watched wild crazy-eyed folks chasing spawning salmon up and down the shallows in the American River when they were trying to spawn. They had clubs, pitch forks and even claw hammers...trying to kill those fish. And when apprehended by fish and game officers they were more upset by losing their fish than the fines they had to pay.
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