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<br />~ <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />3. Correlate year class strength with long term turbidity, <br />temperature, and sediment data collected by the U.S. <br />Geological Survey <br />4. Learn what we can about the migration itself. Is it <br />triggered by water flow, temperature, turbidity, some other <br />factor, or a combination of factors? <br />5. Through observation, accumulate as much data as possible <br />concerning the welfare of this species <br />As a tool, I had planned to use ten sonic tags surgically inserted <br />into the abdominal cavity of the fish. This was to make it feasible <br />to follow individual fish to their favored habitat and spawning sites, <br />and to learn something of their migration. There was limited success <br />with two of the tagged fish. Four other tagged fish were lost immediately. <br />This technique was then abandoned. <br />Eventually, however, I was able to locate a site in Lily Park <br />about two miles above the confluence of the Little Snake River which <br /> <br />provided an opportunity for habitat description. It is a site which I <br /> <br />suspect is used for spawning. In three nights, August 6, 7 and 8, I <br />captured 13 squawfish, mostly mature. Unfortunately, we had apparently <br />missed the spawning. A fisherman told us that he had caught a <br />large squawfish with loose eggs about a week earlier. We found several <br />ripe males, but no ripe females. We did find suspected spent females. <br />I have mapped and described the physical characteristics of this site. <br />I have noted a tendency to find males in eddies and suspected females <br />to be in deeper pools. <br />The limited success of the two sonic tagged fish demonstrated that <br /> <br />the squawfish moves around a lot, but spe~dz mcst of ~ts time in <br /> <br />slower waters. <br />