WSP11215

• File Number: 8220.101.10
• Description: Colorado River-Water Projects-Glen Canyon Dam/Lake Powel-Glen Canyon Adaptive Management
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/2002
• Author: Webb-Melis-Valdez
• Title: Observation of Environmental Change in Grand Canyon Arizona
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Table 7. Anecdotal accounts of native and non-native fishes in the Colorado River in Grand Canyon.

Date

Expedition (Diarist) Notes

J.W. Powell No fishes noted.
F.S. Dellenbaugh No fishe~ noted.
R.B. St:.Jntoll Colorado pikeminnow (:aughl In CatarJct Canyon. none noted in Gr:lnJ Canyon.
G. FbveIJ No fisht"~ noted.

1869
1872
1890
1896
I~O~
I~II

J. Stone No fishes noted.

E. Kolb Caught I.:I.-In "salmon" (Colomdo rlJkemmno\\) dowmtream from Laql F<llls.

1912
1923

ReIlly (]QQ9. p. 393)
USGS

[923

Eddy (I YYY, p. 30:!1
C. Eddy

[1)27
IYJf1
1938
1940

Rt'illy \ 1999. p. 393)
N. Ne\'ill~
N. Nevill~
(B. Goldwater)
N. Nevills

1<>42

1942

N. Nevills
(0. Marsllln)

1942 Reilly (1999. p. 4191
1942-1948 N. Nevills
(G.M.nslonl
1947 N.NeviIJs
IY47 Reilly (1999, p. ..r2H)
194H N. Nevills
]948 N. Nevill:-.
<J. Duerr)
11,148 N.Nl'vLlb
(0. Marston)
]949 N. Nevills
IF. Wright}
194Y N. Nevills
cPT. Reilly)
1951 P.T. Reilly
(5. ReIlly)
1954 O.Marston
1955 P.T. Reilly
IY56 P.T. Reilly
1959 P.T. Reilly

krr)' Johmon dynamite" fi!.'h in the eddy downstream from thlO' Pilria RIffle.

No "ign of fi.~h in T<lpeals Crl't"k. Ko]b CJught a "bonyl<1l] ti~h" near Muh:J'.....,k Canyon. Despite regular fishing,
nn catfish were caught.

Flag,"laffre:-.iJem:-. dynamite fish below PJria Riffle after USGS trip depans.

No fishes noted.

Frank Dodge begim d)'namit1l1g fi~h at Lee's Ferry. Fishermen use river at Lee's Ferry.
No fishes noted.

"Large salnwn (Colomuo pikeminnow)" and catfi"h ahound in 5hmumo Creek.

Cattish appeared 10 be ~pawning in Tart"at.~ Creek.

Tht")' caught calfish ilt Shmumtl Creek. The trow in Tape:m Creek were 1()-14 In" and catfish were jumping in
the mouth of Hu\'a!.'u Creek.

Small fish nhserved in Ht"rmJl Creek. No fish were observed in ShinuITIo Creek <lbnve tht" wuterfall. but he
l'aught 15 channel c:Hfi~h, <I 2. lb. "humpbJcked
sucker:' anu 2 Ctl]orauo pikeminnow helnw the watcrfall. He c<lught 10 rainbow trout ill Tapeats Creek. Catfish
was oh"erved Vol. mile up-'tream in Oiamnno Creek. Ne<lr Gneiss Canyon Rflpld. they caught "2 fl
humpbJckeu suckers" wllh bare hand". The WJter W<lS "alIve with Ihh."
FT<lllk Dodge dynamited ti~h below Parin Riffle that "provided man)' a meal for Flagstaff citizen~."

Trout appeared tn gww I in. per ~'ear in Tnpems Creek

They c<lugln catfish <.It Lava Creek. Ntl trout were .seell in ShillunJo Creek. but 4 in. "suckers" and 2 111.
"mll1110W"," were ohserved 2.5 miles up Shll1umo Creek.. A dozen trout were caught in T3peats Creek.

High sediment Ct111centratlnns k.llleu many th;h in the CuhJrauo River at Lee's Ferry

They caughl II rainhow twutln TnpealS Creek..

Cnlnradu Plkeminnow 9 in. Inng cilught in Tapeats Creek With 6 r..J1nbtlw troul. C<ufish were ~een in HJ\'asu
Cret"k.

Carp and cattl~h were oh,t"rved under the waterfall near the mlluth of Shinumo Creek. Catfi",h were observed in
the mOUlh of HavaslI Creek.

No tl",hes noted.

Caught catfish at Ehe", Ch:J",111 :JI1J 12 in. lmut ill Tape.tb Creek.

II

Two ,'at fish were caught at Va~ey~ ParJdlse.

I

Rainhow trout caught in T:Jpeats Creek.

Observed 2-3 in. fi,h in NankoweJp Crcek and thuughtlhey were catti~h. ShinUl11n Creek had 8 Jl1 fi!.'h of an
unknown ",pecie.~ in it~ nltluth. They caught lmulll1 Tapeat~ Creek and saw 8 in. catfish in Diamond Creek
400ft from the Colorado Ri\'er. Bluegill and crappie ....ere 111 Separation Creek in the mouth.

They caught calti~h:1I Pre~ident Harding RJplu.

Found r:Jinbow troUI on a rock at mile 38.5. The.~(' mu~t ha\e cnme from the Colorado RIver.

28 OBSERVArlONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN GRAN~ CANYON