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30 Northern pike Fisheries for northern pike were deemed moderate overall by one respondent In Utah, the species population was considered to have excellent potential for supporting a moderate fishery in the Green River but was rated inconsequential at present A small, local fishery for northern pike was identified in the Green River near Jensen. In Colorado, northern pike were considered by one respondent to support a moderate fishery in the upper Yampa and in off-channel impoundments in both the Yampa and White rivers. Another respondent considered the northern pike fishery in the Yampa to be large, but nonexistent in the Gunnison, Colorado, White, and Green rivers within Colorado. Centrarchids For largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and green sunfish, riverine fisheries for these species in Colorado and Utah were considered inconsequential in the Green, Colorado, Dolores, Gunnison, and White rivers. One respondent listed the smallmouth bass fishery in the Yampa River as inconsequential while another listed this fishery as moderate. In standing water habitats, however, from small off-channel, gravel pit ponds to moderately- sized Elkhead Reservoir in Colorado to large impoundments like Lake Powell and Flaming Gorge, one or more of these species were considered to support moderate to large fisheries. This was considered so in New Mexico also. Bluegill and crappie fisheries were considered inconsequential in all cases except in Rio Blanco Lake near the White River in Colorado. Walleye and Striped bass Fisheries for these two species were considered large or substantial only in Lake Powell, and for striped bass:in Lakes Mojave and Mead Walleye in the Green River was considered inconsequential. Bullhead species In Colorado, fisheries for black bullhead were considered inconsequential in the Dolores, Yampa, and Little Snake rivers; and moderate in the Gunnison, Colorado, White, and Green rivers. In New Mexico, the yellow bullhead fishery was considered large. Trout species Fisheries for salmonid species are relevant when they exist in impoundments or their tailwaters that occur within the historic range of native warmwater species, or in river reaches above this historic range, but may also be affected by reservoir operations. As such, respondents considered large to world class brown and rainbow trout fisheries existed in the tailwaters below Flaming Gorge Reservoir on the Green River, Navajo Reservoir on the San Juan River, Ruedi Reservoir on the Fryingpan River (upper Colorado mainstem), below the