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For folks concerned about the tragedy or incompetent Fish and Game, we’re just running out of water and good snow pack. These are typically man-made reservoirs in UT made for agriculture and flood control then loaded with hatchery game fish. Nothing really natural is being lost and their purpose is being served but it is sad. Until we give up Alfalfa, green lawns, and refill Powell(ha) etc etc buckle up for more my fellow Utahns. Always fascinating to see the fish we missed hooking!
If those are stocked fish, it brings into question the management of that resource. If I was an investor or philanthropist involved in something like a conservation program that stocks fish, I would likely step out after seeing this.
@@__-zn3gh Not to mention the fact that we can feel pretty confident this wasn't a decision made sparingly. You don't stock a lake this well with the intent of draining it on a whim.
It's pretty crazy man. I have never seen that lake that low in my life. We found a huge musky that someone put on the road above last week. Atleast 40+ inches. It sucks to not be able to catch them.
It doesn't just suck to not catch them. It sucks that they lived such a useless life compared to others. I'd get it if they were an aggressively invasive species but fvck man that's a lot of death.
Man that's sad. Man-made Reservoir and Hatchery fish or not, it's hard to see. I know it would take a lot of resources, but it's too bad that the conservation authorities couldn't have relocated some of those fish as the lake was being drained or something.
I saw the same thing at Silverwood Lake in Southern California in the early 80s. There wasn't as many fish as in this video, but it was close to the numbers.
@@runkorko - Bears definitely eat rotten fish. These fish aren’t rotten they are essentially decomposed by this point. There’s nothing really left of them to eat.
Bro those fish COULDA fed a lot of people, it's crazy how people screw up , just like how people killed off roaming bison . Instead of restoring we usually just destroy
Besides the suckers they were all ok introduced, non native fish. I say good riddance. Give it time and the return of good winter storms, we can reintroduce our natives and restore our watersheds to the natural state.
Now I know our Fisheries board is shocking over here in ireland but this shows it's not just here that the fisheries are plain crazy and ultimately useless....sad really
these reservoirs are primarily used for water for the nearby towns (e.g. yuba reservoir supplies Delta). So the fish that are there are second priority. the thing that pisses me off is the money wasted by fish and game stocking these fish and letting them die. that's years of work to ge those numbers and size, over a decade. this sucks.
Unpopular opinion. This is a Good given blessing. It's a chance to slowly but surely restore native fish to our streams. It will take a ton of time, but without introduced predators, we can restore native fish more successfully to their habitats, and maybe our grandkids can see what the West was like before we tried to make it just like the Mississippi drainage and the Appalachians.
With all the suckers and perch those muskies were eating well. Every year when they shut off the irrigation water at Panguitch lake theres thousands of big dead trout in the dry streambed.
Great video bro ! I’m with the others though, why aren’t they being eaten by animals ? Around here the raccoons would have a hay day ! I would think something would be munching them. Great footage. Very educational and informative ! Nice shirt 😎
I had seen your video about the last reservior draining and all the dead trout, very sad. Any explanation as to why both of these dams were drained in the first place? It's too bad people weren't given the chance to come and harvest and keep all they could catch prior to the gates being opened. What a waste!
surprised to see the muskie left. the state worked hard and spent a load of monies trying to find good brood stock to implement a stocking program. seems like they woulda tried to transplant a few.
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Was that drained deliberately by people? 'Crazy' doesn't even begin to describe the devastation it's caused. Yes, a lake can be re-stocked with fish, but it takes years for such a population to grow to such a size... and years for the lake ecology and the food web to recover enough to support it. As impressive as the sight of all those dead fish were, it would have been the tip of the iceberg: what we didn't see was all the other organisms in the food chain that must have been lost, too. Even once it's re-filled and restocked with fish, iy's going to be a long time before that lake will be so rich with life again...
@@bassntroutfishing nice man I’m from Southern Central Indiana i wish I had all those species of fish where I’m at love watching your videos -Steven John
Wow... That's really heartbreaking to see. What a sad, unfortunate waste. Also, it seems strange that there doesn't seem to be any signs of scavengers. I wonder why. No buzzards, or condors or bears or anything. Crazy. I hope you all get a pile of snow this winter. You obviously need it.
Given that he can walk around without passing out due to the smell, id say that the nights are probly cold enough that they arent spreading smell quickly. And there are just so many other fish around that the small ones (foxes, raccoons, and coyotes) are already full. But i would guess that for the next few months that whole area is going to be covered in vultures once they get on target.
Not going to lie it looks like that lake and creek had wayyyy to many suckers in it. Still sad but when it comes back it should be a really good trout lake and they wont have to stock muskies again
I lived in a place that has a power house on a branch of a creek. The power house was shut off while I was there and about 20 steel head were left high a dry flopping around. So my friend and I scrambled around and picked them up and ran them back to the river. All of them swam away.
They expect people to follow laws and regulations .Yet they can pull the plug on a lake like its nothing and kill thousands of fish with no attempt to relocate them and with no penalties thats very sad tbh.
Back east Tiger musky (sterile cross between northern pike & musky) are planted to consume over populated fish. Wonder if these were planted to consume some of the suckers? Were those suckers invasive?
I'm a little surprised that scavengers, bears/otters etc having cleaned up more... but I guess they all ate their fill and there was just that much left over, and their too old for anything to want what's left
Interesting Musky! Tiger Trout??? What's that? 🇨🇦🥓🍺 This die off is all over the world right now. 😞. Question? No bears there? Didn't even see a shithawk...
I learned some numbers from Kenya concerning all the large animals there. All dead and dieing. No water. Hundreds!!!!! We may be next.😞🇨🇦. And you never answered my question.
They drained for repairs right? It’s unfortunate, but they’ll stock it back up again. My wife and I went through the meadows there a couple of years ago and found a couple of giant muskies hiding under the banks in pools they were trapped in because of low water. Lots of dead muskies too. Crazy.
So the money you spend on a license goes to help fund these projects (raise a muskie ,transplant it,they will keep the sucker population in check!! Great idea boss let's do it!!) That's where your money goes. Nice new truck's though. Who's the real sucker here?
Muskie and Pike have attendency to jump out of a waterway that is too shallow. They'll flop a long ways in an attempt to make it to water. That's why you might find them a long way from water
I live near a river that has seasonly salmon runs and at the end when they die the smell is so putrid I can't stand it. I can't imagine how bad it smells out there.
The really ought to change regulations when things like this are happening. Then again it's not often the government does anything responsibly. Interesting to see, sad to contemplate.
Never thought musky were out west? Always thought they thrived near the Great Lakes. Are they introduced? In that case wouldn’t it be devastating on native fish?
Hm, in San Jose , Cali when we had our first major drought of my liftetime they let us take all the fish we could to eat and to plant elsewhere. Some dude even moved a few sturgeon to some ponds and a ton of trophy bass.
@@bassntroutfishing which are?? I mean if they gave people a month or two notice they could at least harvest the fish..now it's just gonna rot and be useless..
