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stocked in 1999 continued through the spring of 2001. Their average size following the ~ second growing season (fall 2000) was 410 mm and 863 grams (Figure 13). Average growth rates for the second growing season were 0.5 mm/day and 2.6 grams/day (Figure 14). In spring 2001, average fish size was similar to fall 2000 average size at 412 mm and 932 grams (Figure 13). At Baeser Bend it is important to distinguish between both groups of age-1 razorback sucker that were stocked in 1999 (Table 1). The first group was stocked in April and numbered 1,985 fish. A second group of 204 fish were stocked in July (Table 1). These were the fish returned and raised at the hatchery to monitor mortality from ~ stocking stress. Fish stocked in July had their right pelvic fin clipped to distinguish them from fish stocked in April. Growth monitoring for both groups of fish continued until the summer of 2000. Average growth rates of razorback sucker stocked in April 1999 were slightly higher in Baeser Bend than in The Stirrup and Above Brennan. In Baeser Bend, ~ razorback sucker grew from an average length of 111 mm at stocking to 341 mm in September (Figure 15). Weight gains averaged 442 grams (15.5 g at stocking to 457 g) or about 100 grams more than weight gains in The Stirrup and Above Brennan. Growth ~ rates for razorbacks stocked in April averaged 1.4 mm/day and 2.7 grams/day (Figure 16). Razorback sucker that were stocked in July grew at the Ouray National Fish 1 Hatchery from an average length of 115 mm in April to 180 mm in July (Ouray National Fish Hatchery 1999). In September, their average length was 286 mm (Figure 15). ~ Fish stocked in July averaged 46 grams of weight gain (15.5 in April to 61 grams in 15