7324

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7324
• Author: Schmidt, B., et al.
• Title: Flaming Gorge Reservoir and Green River Post-Impoundment Investigations Annual Performance Report 1977.
• USFW Year: 1978.
• USFW - Doc Type: Publication No. 78-4,
• Copyright Material: NO

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cutthroat trout (Salmo clarki var.) comprized only 2.8% and Yellow-
stone cutthroat trout (Salmo clarki lewisi) and brown trout (Salmo
trutta) were relatively unimportant. The largest single component of
the harvest was catchable-sized trout planted during 1977 even though
few were caught in Brown's Park. In the upper portion of the river
the catchable trout were clearly the mainstay of the fishery. The
unmarked/unexamined category of rainbow trout includes fish which
were not examined with the ultraviolet light and therefore some marked
fish were not detected. Thus, fingerling-stocked trout probably con-
tributed slightly more to the creel than indicated in the table. Cut-
throat and brown trout were captured most frequently in Brown's Park,
where a -small amount of natural reproduction has been found. The
majority of Snake River cutthroat trout have been planted in the
lower section of the river in past years.
Total harvest as weight was 8,81o kg (19,423 lb) (Table 12).
Rainbow trout had the smallest mean size, but were most abundant.
Snake River cutthroat trout were larger than the rainbows, probably
because very few recently planted fish were caught. Yellowstone cut-
throat trout and brown trout had the largest mean size and weight, but
were least abundant in the creel. These fish have not been stocked
for many years, so most of the catch.was of older individuals. There'
were a few naturally spawned brown trout caught in Brown's Park, however.
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