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<br />~ <br /> <br />"? ',~,":: <br />',I. _ '-' 4 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />water. <br /> <br />These waters in elude most of the Encampment River, North <br /> <br />Fork of the Encampment River and West Fork of the, Encampment River. <br /> <br />The remaining 49 miles of fishable stream is composed of the smaller <br /> <br />tributaries of the Encampment River. <br /> <br />Many of these tributaries are marginal <br /> <br />fishing strean'1S due to sn1all stream size, the small size of fish present, <br /> <br />and the dense streamside cover. <br /> <br />The Encampment River drainage supports good self-sustaining populations <br /> <br />of brown and brook trout which has not been stocked in recent years. The <br /> <br />fishery habitat in these streams vary from poor to excellent because of <br /> <br />the physical characteristics of the drainage and the short growing season <br /> <br />exhibited by high mountain streams. <br /> <br />Excellent spawning and feeding habitat exists in the lower portions <br /> <br />because of the desirable pool, riffle ratio, additional stream bank cover <br /> <br />and abundant food sou rces. <br /> <br />Fishery habitat at higher elevations is limited <br /> <br />by the poor pool-riffle ratio resulting fron1 the sleep gradient, smaller <br /> <br />strean1S and less bank cover. <br /> <br />The short growing season III the area also <br /> <br />limits the fishery value. <br /> <br />The Division of Wildlife conducted stream surveys on the Encampment <br /> <br />River, the West Fork of the Encampment, West Fork Creek and the South <br /> <br />Fork of Hog Park Creek in August of 1976. <br /> <br />Over 300 brown and brook <br /> <br />trout were captured ranging in size from two to ten inches indicating good <br /> <br />reproduction. <br /> <br />Although no large fish were caught, brown trout estimated to <br /> <br />weigh f our to five pounds were observed in the Main river and two pound <br /> <br />brown were observed in the West Fork. Based on the survey, these streams <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />contain 185 pounds of trout per ac reo <br /> <br />,In, <br />