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<br />0001'37 <br /> <br />downstream from Juniper Canyon and Cross Mountain Canyon. <br /> <br />98b Upper Yampa Northern Pike: <br /> <br />1. Discontinue use of control reaches and make appropriate study design changes. <br />2. Continue trans locating northern pike into angler-accessible ponds. <br />3. Expand area that fish can be removed through electrofishing up to Steamboat Lake. <br />4. Increase the number of sampling passes to help show a depletive effect. <br />5. Do not stock northern pike into ponds that may reconnect to the river within the stocking <br />season. <br /> <br />118 Elkhead Escapement: <br /> <br />It is recommended that the sampling for next year (spring 2004) be conducted in the same <br />manner as 2003. No changes are anticipated to the sampling protocols with the exception of an <br />additional net set at the left side ofthe spillway. The current net locations, adjacent to the <br />spillway abutment and at the outlet are feasible locations for net placement. The conditions <br />within the spillway during runoff are not suitable for net placement and capture of fish. <br /> <br />119 Starvation Escapement: <br /> <br />The next evaluation draining of the spillway stilling basin should only be done in the event of a <br />significant spill. This will likely be associated with a wetter water year. A better evaluation of <br />escapement rates would be achieved during a year when Starvation Reservoir spills a higher <br />volume of water for a longer time period. <br /> <br />Continue to sample down stream sections of river and associated habitats to evaluate the <br />magnitude of resident populations of smallmouth bass and possibly walleye. <br /> <br />2003 Report Recommendations, <br />