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fish increased from 3% in 1993, to 9% in 1994, and 14% in 1995, reflecting in some degree the-fact that each year there were more marked fish in the population. There were no recaptures of marked fish in 1996 and 1997, presumably because of the low catch. Table 4. Ratios of stocked and wild recaptured channel catfish to the total number of channel catfish captured in Kenney Reservoir. Year 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Stocked 3/97 10/108 4/28 0/12 0/14 Wild 1/10 0/5 1/2 0/2 0/0 Figure F-1 illustrates the increase in length measured during summer sampling of the stocked channel catfish from 1993 to 1997. Modal values increased 50 mm from 1993 to 1994, 75 mm from 1994 to 1995, 125 mm from 1995 to 1996, and 25 mm from 1996 to 1997. Measured mean length increased 18 mm from 1992 to 1993, 53 mm from 1993 to 1994, 94 mm from 1994 to 1995, 80 mm from 1995 to 1996, and 40 mm from 1996 to 1997 (Figure F-2). Measured mean weight increased 37 g from 1992 to 1993, 87 g from 1993 to 1994, 347 g from 1994 to 1995, 392 g from 1995 to 1996, and 439 g from 1996 to 1997 (Figure F-3). Habitat was described for the locations of gill and trammel net sets in 1993 to insure that all habitat types were being sampled. The channel catfish catch for the general reservoir location descriptor was: main lake (56), cove (27), and inlet (10). The channel catfish catch by substrate type was: bedrock (30), riprap (0), dirt + rock > 0.3 m (33), dirt + rock < 0.3 m (20), and dirt/mud (10). The catch by shoreline gradient was: steep (72) and shallow (21). Sampling was not done by habitat type after 1993 in order to concentrate effort in the upper half of the reservoir where the catch rates of channel catfish were highest. The inlet area, and particularly sample sites with flowing water, produced the highest catches of channel catfish. Many sample sites were sampled daily because they continued to produce channel catfish. Others have similarly found greater numbers of channel catfish in the inlet areas of reservoirs during summer. Hubert and O'Shea (1992) found channel catfish were more abundant in the upper portion of Crrayrocks Reservoir during early summer. Elrod (1974) found that summer catches of channel catfish averaged 10 times higher in the inlet area of Lake Sharpe than catches at other reservoir locations. Eleven fish species were caught in Kenney Reservoir with gill and trammel nets in 1993 and 1994 (Table C-1). Flanneimouth suckers and common carp were the most abundant species-with roundtail chub, black crappie, and channel catfish common. When trammel nets were placed judiciously in 1994 to avoid lazge entanglements of carp, carp dropped from 37% to 10% of the total catch (Table C-1). But at the same time flannelmouth suckers increased from 12% to 37% of the total catch (Table C-1). None of the 96,597 juvenile Colorado pikeminnows stocked in Kenney Reservoir in 1988-1990 were found during this study. These fish show in the catches from 1989 and 1990 (Table C-1). 11