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completely unidentifiable. Corixidae were the most common other item consumed by bass with or without fish prey in their stomachs. Green sunfish consumed mostly Corixidae and Chironomidae. Black crappie consumed mostly zooplankton (Daphnia and Bosmina spp.), and Corixidae. In 1988, 17 of the 22 largemouth bass sampled (77%) had consumed fish prey. Thirty-five prey fish were observed in the 17 bass stomachs. These included 5 red shiners, 1 fathead minnow, 1 sand shiner (Notropis stramineus), 1 Gila sp., 2 unidentifiable cyprinids, and 25 other unidentifiable fish. Other frequent items found in bass stomachs included eorixidae and Chironomidae. Only 1 green sunfish out of 63 (1.6%) had consumed fish prey (red shiner). Common prey items in green sunfish stomachs included Corixidae, Chironomidae, and Copepoda. Other less common food items included Ephemeroptera, Tipulidae, eoleoptera, and terrestrial insects. One of the 4 bluegill had consumed fish prey (unidentifiable species). Other food items included in bluegill stomachs included terrestrial insects, Corixidae, and Chironomidae. Other fish species sampled in standardized seine hauls were also identified (Larval Fish Laboratory, eolorado State University, personal communication). In 1987, fish species collected in order of abundance included fathead minnows (67%), red shiner (21%), Gila sp. (7%), sand shiner (3%), bluehead sucker (Catostomus discobolus) (<1%), flanne1mouth sucker (<1%), carp (Cyprinis carpio) (<1%), speckled dace (<1%), and ColQrado squawfish (<1%). In 1988, fish species collected in order of abundance included fathead minnows (75%), red shiner (17%), sand shiner (6%), Gila sp. (<1%), carp (<1%), bluehead sucker (<1%), white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) (<1%), flannelmouth sucker (<1%), speckled dace (<1%), and Colorado squawfish (<1%). All gamefish species collected comprised less.than 0.5% of the total seine fish samples in both years. Channel catfish collected in seine samples ranged from 40-80 mm total length. Black bullhead ranged from 30-160 mm total length, but 71% of the bullheads sampled were 30-50 rom in length. Seven of the 14 channel catfish collected had empty stomachs. The remaining channel catfish had consumed terrestrial insects, Ephemeroptera, Trichoptera, and Chironomidae. Only 8 of the 68 black bullheads (12%) had consumed fish prey, but all 8 fish ingested 22