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There is no restriction on who can fish in Yesness Pond. It is open to everyone, although it tends to be used more as a children's fishing area. To my knowledge there is only one place in WY with an age restriction and that is Huck Finn Pond in Laramie. If you are wondering about other restrictions on waterbodies, take a look at the regulations. All exceptions to the "Statewide" regulations are explained within each area. If that waterbody in question is not listed in the exceptions, it follows the Statewide regulations which are detailed in pages 3-11 of the regulation booklet.Hope this helps.
Just a quick Question for the biologists in Lander. In lake Camewait I know why the length limit of the bass has been implemented and trying to reduce the number of perch and to try and get larger perch in the lake, but i was wondering if it would be possible to maybe have blue gill or crappie introduced into the lake for another fish to catch in the lake. Since boysen all ready has these species there is no possible way to introduce another fish into this system. I think that it would be great to have a good panfish lake to take the kids to and to have another option to catch blue gills since sand mesa #1 and #2 where drained and that we lost a great panfish spot to go and fish. So how can we go about trying to see if the Game and Fish would introduce another fish to a lake. Plus it would give the bass another food source. Thanks again for joining the site and helping answer the questions that we all have.
Hope I understand your question. The creel limits for waters that follow the Statewide regulations are on page 3 of the regulation booklet. The tricky thing, and sometimes overlooked by anglers, is the exceptions page for each area. Creel limits can be different for different waters, so you have to be careful. The rule of thumb that I tell anglers is; once you know the water that you are going to be fishing, look up that water in the exceptions page, if it is listed as an exception then follow those regulations. If that water is not listed in the exceptions page, then follow the Statewide regulations on page 3. Hope this helps
I meant like if Im at Alcova can I keep 6 walleyes and 6 trout or is it 6 combined.
In that situation, since they are two seperate species, you could keep 6 of each. But there are situations where there is a combination limit. An example is the trout and panfish. You could not keep 6 rainbows, 6 browns, and 6 cutthroat, the limit is 6 trout in combination (despite the species). An exception to this is the bonus brook trout limit. You could keep 6 trout of various species (brown, rainbow etc.) plus an additional 16 brook trout. Panfish are similar. Perch, bluegill, crappie are all lumped into the combination. So you couldn't keep 50 of each, but you could keep a total of 50 in combination.All of this can be found on page three of the fishing regulations. Also, keep in mind, there may be exceptions, depending on the water and those can be found within the exception pages for each area.
Fish population fluctuationsThe fish populations seem to cycle a lot in the Wyoming waters I fish.. An example of my personal experience was during the low water years we caught walleyes and trout as fast as we could get crank baits in the water. Then we had one good water year and for the next few years we had great perch fishing and we also started catching bull heads every trip. Then last year the perch and trout numbers dropped off and I have not caught a bull head in two years. We have caught walleyes every year we just have to adjust our methods. So does the G&F have any idea why the perch and trout fishing has declined in Boysen so much? Also why did we have the big jump in bullhead numbers and then have them just seem like they vanished?
What kind of trout do you guy's stock? Trying to find goldens?
Yes, anybody, child or adult, has to reside in the State of Wyoming for 10 consecutive years before buying a lifetime license. So the soonest that you could purchase a license for your child is at age 10 (if born in WY). Although technically a child doesn't need a license until the age of 14 (Youth license), it may be wise to purchase the lifetime license when first allowed as license fees may increase between the child's 14th and 18th birthdays.Hope this helps
Our creel survey information supports your observations that walleye fishing was good in 2002 and 2003 when Boysen Reservoir was very low. The drought began in 2000 and within a few years, the receding shoreline suppressed the forage base. The mean relative weight of walleye decreased during this time which was noticed by many anglers that voiced concerned for skinny walleye they were catching. Even though walleye abundance was decreasing, angler success remained high suggesting walleye were easier to catch and probably foraging longer each day. The filling of Boysen Reservoir in 2004, with the reduction in walleye, led to favorable conditions for yellow perch, black crappie and black bull head recruitment. Survival of stocked rainbow trout also increased. Between 2000 and 2002, yellow perch were virtually absent from our netting (averaging less than 1 fish per net). Yellow perch abundance in nets averaged near or above 40 per net from 2004 through 2007 (peak was 83 yellow perch per net in 2006). Walleye recruitment began increasing in 2005 and by 2007 there was a fairly high abundance of large walleye. By 2008, walleye abundance and mean sized peaked and yellow perch abundance crashed. Average yellow perch abundance in nets decreased from 39 in 2007 to only 7.2 in 2008. In 2010, netting abundance was less than 2 yellow perch per net. The high abundance of large walleye appeared to coincide with the crash in the yellow perch fishery, especially the smaller and juvenile sized yellow perch that anglers don’t harvest. We don’t monitor black bullhead but I suspect they are influenced by reservoir fluctuations and predators such as yellow perch. We are still stocking 50 thousand catchable sized rainbow trout per year. The survival of rainbow trout and yellow perch has been low the past few years and is likely the result of the good, but declining walleye population. As the walleye fishery declines yellow perch and rainbow trout fishing will improve.
thank you for your anwer. not such a dumb question after all was it wyofarmer?
I didn't think it was a dumb question, i just never thought of it that way.....
understand wyofarmer. common sense should apply but rarely does with legislative mumbo jumbo. lets go have a drink at the white house. tight lines, Joe
what time of the year do perch spawn
Yellow Perch reach sexual maturity at one to three years of age for males and two to three years of age for females. Spawning occurs at the end of April or beginning of May, depositing 10,000 to 40,000 eggs upon weeds, or the branches of trees or shrubs that have become immersed in the water. After fertilization the eggs hatch in 11 to 27 days depending on temperature and other weather conditions.
Do you think all the summer flooding is the reason for the huge boysen algae bloom? Have you ever seen this before? It is solid green in places. Do you think it could cause a winter die off?
How about introducing more smallmouth bass into Glendo? As I have heard there are some, but far and few in between.I don't think I have been to a more appropriate reservoir in this part of the country that would suit them. And why not better utilize that over abundance of food? The shad, crayfish, and carp minnows are in a population to support allot more predatory fish that what Glendo has now. With no real threat of swimming up stream and affecting the trout fishing 60mi up the Platte. With adding a fish more willing to bite on more occasion's it would give anglers something else to catch besides walleye. I understand the G&F stocked some in years past, but it does not seem they found each other, and were able to establish a population.And has the G&F ever considered hybrid bass (wipers)?Again ,THANK YOU GUYS SOO MUCH! THIS IS BECOMING THE BEST PART OF THIS SITE!
To the Laramie crew, what is wrong with Lake Hattie? No one is catching much of anything out there and the contest in January sort of proved that. It would appear stocking needs to be a priority there as catch rates are dismal to the extreme. Thanks
Hawk Springs question:I remember Hawk Springs being a very good walleye fishery. With many years of low water hopefully behind us, what are your thoughts on the walleye fishery rebounding? Is there much structure in this lake that the fish can relate to? Also, do these fish naturaly reproduce or are they all stocked?Thanks for your time and help
Sportsman234,Sorry for the delayed response I have been on leave. We stock Lake Hattie every year; we try to stock Lake Hattie at a rate of about 82 trout per surface acre of water. On top of that we stock 50,000 kokanee every year regardless of the amount of water in the lake. We have to plan stocking numbers 3 years in advance in order for the WGFD fish culture facilities to plan accordingly in terms of the number of fish they can grow and hold. This puts us in a little bit of a guessing game in terms of planning how many trout to stock in Lake Hattie to maintain our 82 trout per surface acre since the lake level fluctuates. So basically over the last decade or so sometimes we have stocked over 82 trout per surface acre and sometimes we have been under that mark. We are also concerned about the low catch rates over the last couple of years and we are going to increase the number of trout stocked in 2013 and if any extra fish become available from our fish culture section we will request those be stocked into Lake Hattie in 2011 and 2012. We appreciate your concern and we will continue to work hard to increase catch rates at Lake Hattie. Any further questions or clarifications just post and I will get them anserwed.
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