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

LIST OF TABLES
Table Page
1. Mean catch rate (fish/hr) by area and boat-shore
for Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Jan. through Aug.,
1977 and 1976 ........................................... 6
2. Creel census summary by month and area for Flaming
Gorge Reservoir, Jan-Aug., 1977 ...• ..................... 8
3. Numbers of game fish by species checked during the
creel census on Flaming Gorge Reservoir, 1976 and
1977 with percentages in parentheses 9
4. Numbers of game fish checked by area during the creel
census on Flaming Gorge Reservoir, 1977, with percentage
composition in parentheses 11
5. Average size of rainbow trout harvested from Flaming
Gorge Reservoir, 1970 through 1977 ...................... 12
6. Summary of harvest information for rainbow trout, Flaming
Gorge Reservoir, 1963-1977 .............................. 13
7. Summary of trout stocking by species and agency for
Flaming Gorge Reservoir, 1977 ........................... 20
8. Catch per gill-net hour of fish captured in Flaming
Gorge Reservoir, 1966-1977 •.• ........................... 21
9. Summary of creel survey data, Flaming Gorge tailwaters,
1977 .................................................... 29

10. Mean length of a completed fishing trip (hr ), Flaming
Gorge tailwaters, 1977 .................................. 30
11. Harvest and percent composition of the creel, Flaming
Gorge tailwaters, 1977 .................................. 31
12. Total harvest and mean size of trout from the Flaming
Gorge tailwaters, 1977 .................................. 33
13. Estimated fishing pressure (fisherman-hours) by month
and type of fishing, Flaming Gorge tailwaters, 1977 ..... 34
14. Mean weighted creel rates (fish/fisherman-hr) from all
areas combined, by month and type of fishing, Flaming
Gorge tailwaters, 1977 .................................. 34
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