9313

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9313
• Author: Burdick, B. D., J. Flair, M. Lloyd and B. Scheer.
• Title: Native and Nonnative Fish Use of Two Gravel-Pit Ponds Connected to the Upper Colorado River at 29-5/8 Road Near Grand Junction, Colorado.
• USFW Year: 1997.
• USFW - Doc Type: Project number CAP-6-GP,
• Copyright Material: NO

Table 3. Catch statistics for fishes collected by electrofishing, trap nets, and trammel nets from Gardner
and Hotspot ponds adjacent to the Colorado River near Grand Junction, Colorado, during post-runoff,
July 1996.
POST-RUNOFF (7/16 - 7/24/96)
Native
flannelmouth sucker
bluehead sucker
roundtail chub
Colorado squawfish
Nonnative
black bullhead
common carp
largemouth bass
white sucker
black crappie
bluegill
smallmouth bass
northern pike
walleye
channel catfish
green sunfish
TOTAL
Gardner Pond Hotspot Pond
Percentage Percentage
0 0 0 -- 2 0 2 2.02
0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 --
0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 --
0 2 2 1.46 0 0 0 --
20 0 20 14.60 27 0 27 27.27
2 26 28 20.44 3 15 18 18.18
8 9 17 12.41 12 7 19 19.19
21 6 27 19.71 12 9 21 21.21
11 22 33 24.09 2 5 7 7.07
1 1 2 1.46 0 1 1 1.01
0 0 0 •- 0 1 1 1.01
0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 --
0 1 1 0.73 0 0 0 --
0 1 1 0.73 0 0 0 --
6 0 6 4.38 3 0 3 3.03
-- 137 100.0 -- -- 99 100.0
Gardner Pond: % Native: 1.46 Hotspot Pond: % Native: 2.02
% Nonnative: 98.54 % Nonnative: 97.98