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Show 7 Sun Advocate Price, Utah Thursday July 5, 2001 V "'miii8dliL-r- ' ':7 '7 ' pulling boats pulled onto the Joes ivhllw Reservoir boat ramp. : ningta large splake was lodged. , AQinalLfivenetswereretrieved that morningsporting dozens of, ' - .f . fjnhi mntiy fhnb8. headed to back then Theboats the boatramp where thetubs hold-- " ing the net vimre unloaded and strewed out onthe ramp, x The firii were then plucked by 1 TTie Division of Wildlife person- joel riin wbtb present pniftaiiHii the ; boats and got them ready to go out on the lake to pickup a deposit they had made the day before; fishing 'nets, : ; ; : ! v'V- Theboatsthenset out on water, lnntBd wire giBB anri topqi tn approach the bets. As the boats 'a- .. pyyft por-Bnn- afAarmfaiifiMiatorwhiwthww wwic hppiii wptphfofr mflAwiring (hat thewaterupandthenthenetswere- . : fish ' niMrifyingitnit ewnninfagthe v ? . nearivisAiea tlie nete wenepmrt onthe boat dockwwraUBnoed by - them.-- - . ? ar . , after Just remember that they are con- sidered thesame as fish and anglers needafishing license to catch them and they also can't be transported hve." . iEron VaiLDyke, DWR Employee starts, to drag in net survey of fist) and habitat ih Joes Valley iteservoir. A l week for the gif , waah ra : outrrf-state- rs . . v hold. The larger spiake (hat were opened up all had fish remainsin them..The bigsplake areeatingthe chubbs;: but the numbers are so great theycannoi control the chubb populationalone. The ptudy will Also give some . the second of five nets sel - a: oftheweighingtableMdMFauver cutthemopenimexamlned tbepon-- ; ; tents oftheir stomachs. Some of the chubbs were full of vegetable mat-to; otherewpteeatiog tots of plank tonandstfllothers have insects and other animalmatter in thgm There ire a number ondeaaof thediubbscamefrom,but most oqjols believe that they were imported to the lake by those axi--;; glers who use live b&it Live bait is .r illegal in Utah, but some and fiiany dont know thatWhentheyaredoneflshingthey just dump their bait buckets in the reservoir ami It doesnt takb long forsomething like chubbs to take : - lv- fishareeatin&Beistoodatend bio-mas- . V . v One of the most Interesting : pects of the study is tosee what the . .. v; . We want to enoouragBaiers - ; : TiHjMitinpnftHifl coolemvdieretheywreheM until pnipnwKpiwiiAiipp lift the sinkers held the nets in oort mdd stkO btf quite srasi andthe way chubhs can reproduce would render any action such as that ineffective in just a couple of years. y"- year, putting gill nets In overnight every month and a half for a year, of then classified as to the type fish. By the time the basic research and it is; chubb.splake, rainbow trout, analysis is thAugh they will have So instead of lookiiigto IdUall eta Hien it is measured in metric the information they need to help dimensions, put on the scale and them to researcha solution tothothe fish In the reservoirand replant, DWR, once the research on (M and chubb problem in the lake. 'weighed. : v.' fish health are done, will start to fish almost are that a on Chubbs which it After that depends . look for another species oftrout to are no one Is likes," offish says Berg,n)ey type being processedHiis gill netting is a sampling and since bony andnot very good for eating." put in the reservoir that will be able the yaat. majority ef fish, were V' 'The team to pujl. the nets and. tocoesdstwiththediubbyetwiBimt analyze theeontents that daycop- -' beharmfifl toottiertypesxrf fish chubbs, onthefirstfew , ekch net cut opened and examined sisted of twptegular DWR employ-- downstream. ; tor their diet. Other fishsucbae the ees,BergandBrentStettfer,twoin- .By. the middle of next year the Splake,Which were few and far be--, terim summer employees, EronVfcn dhdsion willhave a good idea of; tween on this outlngWBrtrtmt open Dykennd Todd Lauritsen and two whatthey can do to start to solve the problem. designated hunter meinbers,Jiiii amigivenatotal&utppsv "WbatwenBedtodoisfindaspe- .. "The purpose of this research FfcuverandHappyRiche, .: ' cies of that wifl.useadifferentfood examination the initial The study! to finda good rdaceirient for rain-1- : fish showed what DWR officials ' source than thechubbs do jswell bowtroutabidiusedto have suspected; the chubbs which as be more efficient with how they " be the main population reproduce in great numbers are ' utilize it, says Berg. ; But with the chubbs in'the even food. ; for the trout with said In this reservoir," competing Lewis Berg, southeast- - Their aggressiveness and sheer vol- - lake the splake are doing well, de- ern Utah aqiiatics maih ume are probably driving the de-- spite the fact that the first ndts for the DWR. "It Is sired Bpes out of the lake. pufied bn the first gill netting rethat this think Many panplii pndv suited in onyalewsplake showing pretty obvious which ' ; fish is most prolific in loncanbe stdvedbykilllngthelake, up. . "Vyfe will otmtinue to stock splake this water hole," aS he likewhat was doneto Soofieldabmit '' .'J! in Joes Valley" said Berg. "From looked at the net filled ten years ago, It could be done," says Berg, what we have beenseeingfrom ap-With chubbs, , But the cost would be enormous glers, I believe there could be Borne Gill netting Is a world record Bplake living In these way fbr aquatic biolo- -' because this reservoir is so deep, 160 - waters, Firiierman are catchlng a to is to ; Reservoir a determine loesVblley up gists feet deep near.the dam, which lot of Bplake out ol this waterhole" munbwofthfags.Inthis s not .'study it only tells' makra it too deep tb economically ; But with an estimated of 90 percent (rf the lakes fish being which fish has the Ierg useRotonone When Rotonone heeds to be chubbs those catch rates are not as est numbers in the res-ervoirtbutalsogivesUie used that deep it takes so much it high as DWR officials would Iiketb biologists infbrmatibn: becomes oo'sf prohibitive, said see. Anothm thing that showedup in onbowthefi8hnve,wliatBerg: the initialnet pull was a large num- not have kinds Others of what eat, doing suggested they oondtkHwthOTfhceand;,atbtallonthelakebutJu8twip-- : ber of cray fish. They were craw- V ingout most Of the chubbs. But tUs tjiBjr overall health. ing all over Die nets. In fact some ibeDWR plans to Is not effective either, because the littlekidsUndtheirdog thatwere Each fish, regardless of species la fiwrt talmn from the cooler. It is. ,!; It was a Warm and quiet morn-' tag as the caravan of state trucks;, atalluntilthclaatiewfeetadierear ' ; began. ; In one pet it BeemedUke hundreds nut nf fiah iwy trapped s of the water. Another showedno fish , fishery .duraastothewqualitiesoft&e reservoirandhowitaffectstheflsh populatlcmshealth.; .. Every splake and trout that came' out of the lakewas given a full au : topsy Records were madeabout the condition of the gills, kidneys, liver .and other: important Internal or gans. Most of the fish were in good health; although a Jew were . When we get through with this study and start to correct the prob-lefishing in this reservoir will " improve, said Berg. Meanwhile we will continue to stock splake in ' the reservoir slid heavily stock all :: the small lakes and reservoirs in ; the immediate area so fishermen ii can go to those waterholes for suo- - it. : V- n 7-: Vi & ft " - fS. : W-- v ' M : ? i--f . iOk. ; the weight size, and conditioii of the fish netted is noted on forms that will be used to study the Jim Fauver holds out a era wdad for V,. : .C Conner Skehart to touch arid examine. habitat in. the reseivoic This information coufd lead to new' species of taut being introduced. f . Jim auyer holds up the net while Brent StetUer, Todd iaiiritsen and Eron Van Dyke remove fish ifironi the net after, it .was laid upon thd boat ramp. Fish were then place in 1 cooler for latet study. 57 fm-'1 Every detail about . pwr .rJ V- - ' v. .ft'' , . : , ; ' ' v. , th , . O-v,- , ; rt . -- .rr5;v - i The fRpiilyjf Thomas Mer Pany deeply appreciates all the love apd support givea tp us .r J v ' ' V'fA'--' ' fTfy Vvtv iTkii'' :A' v35 ? 7 i and Mitchells Funeral Home: Rhea Pany and Family rift J. - AS. ... ' vir v- -. We would also like to thank Helper Rescue 3, Carbon County Ambulance, Dr. Nichols, Dr. Poitras,thenurses at CastlevieW Hoispital; V1!' . ? The study process involves measuring and weighing the fish, then doing an autopsy on them. f, V ' 's ' r '.ry' , T K ' J V.- - . ' J ,; . ' " -- :r : Louis Beig examined the contents of the tea fish stomafts to see what they have been eating. Here he finds mostly vegetable matter - complete Buiidino Hits! 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