05-13-2012, 06:23 PM
It’s very obvious that this is based on your opinion and not fact, but lets back it down a little bit shall we? I will not talk about what the DNR does in other lakes in Utah other then the gorge. I don’t fish any other Utah waters.
[quote one8sevenn]You may not agree with what I am about to write. It's ok, it's my opinion.
Secondly Kokanee start spawning in august and in the summer months the Burbot are down deep in the cold water and don't come up from the deep until the water gets colder. Kokanee spawn in tributaries high above the lake
. If you would have done your research, you would know that there are two different stains of Kokanee in the gorge. One strain is early spawners. They will start heading back to the rivers where they were spawned from in late august early Sept. You seem to think that these are the only spawning kokanee in the gorge. Then we have the late spawners. These are the fish that will spawn naturally within the lake it’s self. This is where the burbot, make the most impact in the kokanee population. Burbot get into these kokanee spawning beds, and are wrecking havoc on the eggs.
If the burbot are staying in the deeper colder water, then why are fishermen catching burbot while trolling at 50ft or less?? It’s obvious that not ALL burbot are doing what you think they are doing.
It is hard to for me to think that the egg would travel all the way down stream and into the lake without hatching or being eaten by anything else before the Burbot could get to them.
Again you show that you don’t really understand burbot. You would realize that as these spawning fish are headed back up the Green River to spawn, that there are still burbot in the river. This hurts the kokanee population. Just how do YOU think the burbot got into the gorge in the first place?
Also using the word 'Native' to describe the Kokanee is either a poor choice of words or a ploy to get people to react emotionally.
I have never heard any official from the Wyoming Game and Fish, or the DNR claim that kokanee were native to the gorge. Have you ever heard this from anyone in a official capacity?
Don't get me wrong the Kokanee is great fish, seeing them red in the fall running up river is a joy.
I think the Burbot gets a bad reputation from the DNR and I would love to see it introduced to another lake closer to home.Burbot are basically a cold water catfish-like that can keep my occupied during cold winter nights until the kitty waters warm.
So, your reasons for wanting burbot in the gorge, are for your selfish reasons only?
Reason's why I think the DNR hates on the Burbot :
1- they are ugly, they look like a mutated monkey-fish-frog
2-It wasn't their idea[img]file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CJTANSO%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif[/img]... ok.. no.. that's mean to say... actually it is because they cannot control them.
You are right about this; it was not either the Wyo G&F or the DNR idea to put burbot in the gorge. If you think otherwise, show me the proof.
3-Money- Kokanee are not cheap and kokanee bring the angular and his wallet to the Gorge
4-They are not as popular as the Kokanee and the DNR loves to please its followers
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[quote one8sevenn]You may not agree with what I am about to write. It's ok, it's my opinion.
Secondly Kokanee start spawning in august and in the summer months the Burbot are down deep in the cold water and don't come up from the deep until the water gets colder. Kokanee spawn in tributaries high above the lake
. If you would have done your research, you would know that there are two different stains of Kokanee in the gorge. One strain is early spawners. They will start heading back to the rivers where they were spawned from in late august early Sept. You seem to think that these are the only spawning kokanee in the gorge. Then we have the late spawners. These are the fish that will spawn naturally within the lake it’s self. This is where the burbot, make the most impact in the kokanee population. Burbot get into these kokanee spawning beds, and are wrecking havoc on the eggs.
If the burbot are staying in the deeper colder water, then why are fishermen catching burbot while trolling at 50ft or less?? It’s obvious that not ALL burbot are doing what you think they are doing.
It is hard to for me to think that the egg would travel all the way down stream and into the lake without hatching or being eaten by anything else before the Burbot could get to them.
Again you show that you don’t really understand burbot. You would realize that as these spawning fish are headed back up the Green River to spawn, that there are still burbot in the river. This hurts the kokanee population. Just how do YOU think the burbot got into the gorge in the first place?
Also using the word 'Native' to describe the Kokanee is either a poor choice of words or a ploy to get people to react emotionally.
I have never heard any official from the Wyoming Game and Fish, or the DNR claim that kokanee were native to the gorge. Have you ever heard this from anyone in a official capacity?
Don't get me wrong the Kokanee is great fish, seeing them red in the fall running up river is a joy.
I think the Burbot gets a bad reputation from the DNR and I would love to see it introduced to another lake closer to home.Burbot are basically a cold water catfish-like that can keep my occupied during cold winter nights until the kitty waters warm.
So, your reasons for wanting burbot in the gorge, are for your selfish reasons only?
Reason's why I think the DNR hates on the Burbot :
1- they are ugly, they look like a mutated monkey-fish-frog
2-It wasn't their idea[img]file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CJTANSO%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif[/img]... ok.. no.. that's mean to say... actually it is because they cannot control them.
You are right about this; it was not either the Wyo G&F or the DNR idea to put burbot in the gorge. If you think otherwise, show me the proof.
3-Money- Kokanee are not cheap and kokanee bring the angular and his wallet to the Gorge
4-They are not as popular as the Kokanee and the DNR loves to please its followers
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