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I still hear guys actively support bucket biology...
So Swan lake... do I need to go there. FWP has been netting and slaughtering the fish in this lake for many years.
The numbers are amazing. Also there is an exact money amount of what one planted bull trout or salmon is worth, why does no one care about the money being spent on the rehabilitation of bull trout and then the same people who planted them are catching them in nets?
this might be way of topic but it just kills me. So in the greater flathead (region 1) name two lakes you can go to and catch a nice size NATIVE species.
If I want to catch a trout I have to buy a very expensive reservation license and drive over 200 miles round trip to maybe not be blown off the lake! It makes no sense.
What if they made it free to fish for non-native fish?
What about the walleye that are netted yearly in the flathead river sloughs, like fennon, church and half moon? Or maybe lake 5 for that matter ive even heard claims of them coming out of the Stillwater river as well as tally lake.
Moral of this rant, there are more little bachelor groups of walleye in local waters then most would ever admit. Also there are plenty of people who catch these fish and release them nice and quietly. Its hard for sportsman to trust the FWP and do what ever they ask (turn in walleye caught) I would bet money that if and I emphasize they word "if" someone caught a walleye out of swan lake they would either eat the fish or release it in hopes of one more fish that may spawn and hopefully someday put another bend in their rod!
Here is what I am going to tell you about illegal walleyes. They are there to stay and the only way to get rid of them is to kill the whole lake and start over. Don't think that's going to happen so now you have another species to fish for. Just saying! It happens all over the country and hasn't ruined a lake yet.....
So its ok when the Montana Fish and Game transplant the species and completely ruins the fishery but when somebody else does it it's unacceptable?
it wasn't bucket biologist that put Mysis shrimp in Flathead or stocked Rainbows, lake trout, brown trout, brook trout ,golden trout, lake whitefish, kokanee, large and small mouth bass, northern pike, black bullheads and walleyes throughout the state. Just because you can name genus and species for a million plants and animals doesn't mean you are going to make smart decisions on application, only that you can identify 9 out of 10 species.
Why would the FWP ever release the information about these 2 walleye ever being netted? There is no reason to except for the fact that it is considered bucket biology and can be used to access funds need to continue to net the lake.