SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Department of Wildlife Resources is asking anglers across the state to harvest harmful fish species in two popular waterbodies.
When certain species of fish becomes too numerous in a body of water, they can reduce the food supply for other fish species, causing fish to grow slower and remain smaller.
“More anglers prefer to participate in catch-and-release fishing, which leaves more fish in the system and increases competition for limited resources,” DWR Sportfish Coordinator Trina Hedrick said Thursday.
According to Hedrick, when a lake or reservoir exceeds its maximum number of fish, an overabundance of skinny, smaller fish becomes evident…