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on 28 July, 1999 (Table 1). ~ Larval razorback sucker were received from the Ouray Hatchery by Utah Division of Wildlife personnel. Larval fish were placed in sealed plastic bags inside coolers and transported to the site. Before larval fish were released they were thermally acclimated at the site. During release the bags were cut open and fish were allowed to swim freely from the bag into the site. ~ All larval razorback sucker received in 1999 were stocked into The Stirrup site. during the river-floodplain connection period. Four groups of larval fish totaling 56,907 fish were stocked into The Stirrup between 18 May and 2 June 1999. The number of ~ larvae stocked during each trip was 7806, 17568, 7183 and 25350. Based on an inundation area of 7.8 ha the stocking density far these fish was 7,296 fish/ha (Table 1). In 2001, all larval razorback sucker were stocked in Baeser Bend. Because of lower spring flows, stocking occurred about ten days prior to river-floodplain connection in water remaining from the previous year. Baeser Bend received 58,240 total larval ~ razorback sucker. On 8 May 2001, 25,458 larval fish were stocked and on 11 May, 32,782 fish were stocked. Based on an inundation area of 15.5 ha at 364 m3/s the stocking density at this site was 3,757 fish/ha (Table 1). ~ Monitoring stocked fish To determine survival and growth, sampling was conducted at the end of the . growing season in late summer or early fall and in the following spring prior to river- floodplain connection. Fish were sampled with 6 mm mesh Tyke nets with a single 0.91 m x 15.2 m lead, 0.91 m x 1.82 m rectangular frame, 5 hoops and 3 funnels. Between ~ eleven and 21 fyke nets were used at each site during a sampling trip. Fyke nets were 7