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Drew Cushing, from Sports Fish Coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources in Utah. As many may or may not know, Whirling Disease was discovered in Strawberry Reservoir this last week. Found it a couple of years ago in the west fork of the Duchesne and there is a connection between there and Strawberry Reservoir so it's no surprise.
The good thing is the Division of Wildlife, over the past several years, has been managing Strawberry Reservoir to prepare it for this. We've managed it with bigger fish we've also been using a whirling disease resistant strain of rainbow trout in there so the effects of whirling disease shouldn't be seen in the fish that people eat. They're safe to catch, they're safe to eat.
We'd like people to think of whirling disease as an AIS (Aquatic Invasive Species). And as such, when you get done from one body of water fishing; clean, drain and dry your boat before you go to the next water. It will reduce the possibility that we have the spread of disease and other unwanted organisms from one body of water to the next.
