03-01-2016, 06:16 PM
[quote Therapist]Utah has not stocked a brown in decades. All the browns in the state are natural reproduction, including the Green, Weber, and Provo. I doubt that you will see any stocking of browns in the future as they are very predatory and the move now for most streams is native fish, which the browns love to munch !![/quote]
Just a clarification...browns are stocked in Utah, but the preference is for wild fish. So, in stream systems where browns naturally reproduce, not stocking is needed or warranted. However, in some stream systems--the Fremont River, the Sevier River, Otter Creek etc--natural reproduction is minimal or none at all, so some stocking is warranted. Also, brown trout are not stocked in many lakes and are not stocked with the same abundance as other trout species because their return to the creel is much lower. In other words, the return investment on the cost of raising and stocking them is not returned in fishermen's catch. Like that idea or not, it is what it is...
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Just a clarification...browns are stocked in Utah, but the preference is for wild fish. So, in stream systems where browns naturally reproduce, not stocking is needed or warranted. However, in some stream systems--the Fremont River, the Sevier River, Otter Creek etc--natural reproduction is minimal or none at all, so some stocking is warranted. Also, brown trout are not stocked in many lakes and are not stocked with the same abundance as other trout species because their return to the creel is much lower. In other words, the return investment on the cost of raising and stocking them is not returned in fishermen's catch. Like that idea or not, it is what it is...
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