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1993 Kenney Res. Channel Catfish Study Report Page 4 shoreline was sampled by electrofishing except for the inlet area. Hoop nets were placed in areas with flowing water to spread scent -from the bait. These areas were located in the inlet area of the White River within the reservoir basin. Mackerel flavored cat food, carp chunks, and raw shrimp were used as bait. Two hoop nets of each size (for a total of four nets) were used .for sampling. Trotlines were used briefly in an effort to add to the catch of catfish. Two trotlines were placed on the bottom in various locations around the reservoir, including the inlet area. Hooks were baited with shrimp. All channel catfish captured in the reservoir were weighed, measured to total length (TL), recorded, marked, and returned to the reservoir. The stocked catfish (those marked with an adipose fin clip) were marked when recaptured with a pectoral spine clip if shorter than 10 inches TL (254 mm). The other pectoral spine and lastly the dorsal spine were to be removed upon successive recaptures. Spinal clips will not adversely effect channel catfish growth or survival (Holland 1987). Those fish longer than 10 inches TL received an individually numbered Floy tag. Catfish that were not from the 3,000 fish plant; i.e., wild fish, were marked with an individually numbered Fioy tag if longer than 10 inches TL. Otherwise they received spine clips as described fob marked fish. Data on all Floy tagged catfish are presented in Appendix B. B. River sampling The White River ~Tas divided into upper and lower reaches for sampling. Each sampling reach was five miles long. The upper reach began just below Taylor Draw Dam and continued downstream for five miles (RM 104-99). The lower reach was selected as RM 79-74 because of the location of an access point at RM 75.6. However, due to good navigability the actual length of river in the lower reach electrofished was from RM 81-72. -Two sampling methods were used on the river -- electrofishing and baited hoop nets. Electrofishing was conducted using an 18 foot jet powered, flat bottomed boat with a three person crew. The electrofishing equipment consisted of a 5,000 watt portable generator, a Coffelt WP 15 voltage pulsator, two spherical anodes, and 50 feet (in eight and nine foot sections) of trailing steel cable cathode. Hoop nets were two 2.5 feet diameter x 12 feet long and two 3.5 feet diameter x 15 feet long nets with two throats each. The electrofishing procedure was to move slowly downstream along one bank of the river in a sampling reach. When one side of the river was completed, the other bank was sampled starting again from