DWR Fish Stocking

[Bduck]

Just read in the Utah Fish Information that Strawberry Reservoir has stocked 2 separate Kokanee batches on 5 Jan 2009. First batch quantity 220,313- average length is 1.09". Second batch quantity 142,125- average length 1.15". And let there be KOKES!

[Kokehead]

That's a good thing and a bad thing. planting that size just means more feed for the carp (cutthroat) in that water.

[Bduck]

Unfortunately when they are that many, DWR is making sure some kind of survival rate.

[SuperD]

Are the Kokes there any bit stunted? We have some lakes out here that get planted too heavily plus some natural reproduction and the result is a lot of small fish.

[Digi-Troller]

The kokanee in Strawberry are not stunted at all. First, its a large and fertile reservoir with plenty of feed. Second, a good portion of those fingerling kokes are eaten by the reservoirs abundant trophy cutthroat. Strawberry is often underated as a kokanee fishery because its a bit more difficult than flaming gorge to find consistent success. But, having spent my first 6 downrigging years chasing kokes on Strawberry I can say with out a doubt that the kokanee in strawberry are big, healthy, and abundant. But, with that said, its still only #2 in Utah becuase of Flaming Gorge.

[SuperD]

D-T, tell me a little bit about the cutthroat at Strawberry. Is it the most popular target at Strawberry? How are they fished for in the lake?