9652

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9652
• Author: Jordan, D. S.
• Title: Report of Explorations in Colorado and Utah During the Summer of 1889, With An Account of the Fishes Found in Each of the River Basins Examined.
• USFW Year: 1889.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

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. PhMer mi-Ding above. The stream at Glenwood is broad _
X11 oflarge boulders so that it can not be easily seines
e , s?l£ers ?i' Tot?Innis) wire taken here. -it_ is said that..these suckers ia?`
for_Che warmth of the Hot Springs.
-er.Lakes in Eagle County, Colo.-Some 25 miles above Glenwood are
Lakes; noted for trout. Several specimens of these trout were procured
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a?per's Lake, in Garfield County, Colo.-This is a noted locality for trout fish.
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the mountains some 40 to 50 miles north of Glenwood. Several fine examples
t were procured from anglers.
IIe River.-This is a very clear, cold stream, flowing into Grand River-from
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well stocked with trout large numbers being taken with the fly.
d`' Bttfna"inhere our collections were made, the river is about 20 feet wide and 2 to
of
n.- -:`The bottom is rather smooth, but the water is too cold for seining. At
` besides trout, are found Cottus, Pantosteus, and 3gosia, the COMO being
abundant.
.Fork of Grand Raver.-The Roaring Fork rises in the mountains, above
IM the Grand from the south near Glenwood. It is very clear, but not
r 1 erature 67?). Its lower course is swift, its channel filled with boulders
(e great moraine through which it breaks its .way, It is abort 2 rods
ed # fbet deep. Seining is impossible. Suckers (C. datipdnnis) and blob
,The stream is said to be well stocked with trout.
•;-This is a small stream flowing into the Grand below Glenwood.
1,. from this stream were secured from a fisherman.
River, at Gunnison, Col.-The Gunnison is the chief tributary of the
it, from the south at Grand Junction. The Gunnison rises on the
Main Divide. Its upper course is largely quiet, flowing through
?attttes with willow-covered banks. Below Gunnison it cuts its way through
Canon, one of the deepest in Colorado. Above the canon the river is very
fall of trout, but one other species (dgosia) going with it. Below the canon
teP. warmer and less clear; trout are scarce and suckers and round-tails
` beeoije abandant. The river at Gunnison is swift, with gravelly or rocky bottom;
ewe 3 rods wide and 3 to 4 feet deep, lit the canon are many rapids and pools 6 to
4,164 deep:
;2bmiehi Creer:, ?ear Gunnison.-This is a clear stream about 6 feet wide and 3
to*.,- dee $o,vin„«
p, in mauy windings with little current and with grassy banks
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;small bushes. It is not so cold as the ricer (about 720); its bottom has
e deal of black muck. White ranunculus and other water-weeds abound and
M146tream much resembles a New England trout brook.
' he Eastern brook trout (Salrelinus fontinalis) was successfully introduced into
7?Ielii Creek about 1883. Both this and the native trout were abundant in the
aloes course of the stream, but at Gunnison the waters are crowded with Agosia
!?"i and have no other fish.
Rio Cimarron.-This stream flows into the Gunnison in the Black Caflou. In
tu? i?above Cimarron station (_2 miles above its month) itis a good trout stream.
At Cimarron the stream is clear and swift with a bottom of gravel and small boulders
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