otters in the GILA

[fatfootdoc]

So I was reading about the plan to reintroduce wild river otters back into the Gila river in the wilderness area. Our esteemed commissioner MH DUTCH SALMON had this to say" this should be very beneficial for the Gila as the River Otter will prey on the non native species such as bass and channel cat(that we all fish for in the GILA) and allow the native species to recover" Ok so since when do we train river otters what is a native fish and what is not? Those otters, when they are introduced, are going to view all fish species as FOOD!!!. Now isnt this the gila river that just had a large amount of its tributaries restricted for recovery of the Gila trout? What in the HE-- is going to stop those otters from multiplying and going where they want through the gila ecosystem? Leave it to our esteemed game and fish to finally get sustainable trout populations and then reintroduce the otter! Now dont get me wrong, Otters in the wild are one of the mosts awesome animals to watch, and I am glad they are reintroducing them. But my concern is what is going to happen when those morons realize that the otters are eating native and nonnative fish species? They will probably kill the otters and close the streams feeding in to the Gila again. I really think these ding dongs do crap like this just to make sure they have job security. Oh and the comment above from Dutch Salmon really does not surprise me, I would like to see the look on his face when he cant figure out whey the otters are eating the native fishes a well!! Ok, enough venting. I sure wish I ran the game and fish!! Then I would at least know how to reach the moron running the dept!! ag

[DesertBull]

Probably end up with a river full of carp. Nothing will eat those things.

[jamaro]

Yeah I saw that... it is pretty funny... Someone said that we can always feed them Silvery Minnows....

 

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