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<br />18 <br /> <br />The average distance between the fish increased over that found <br /> <br />in the winter, especially among adults. <br /> <br /> Juveniles of both spec i es occupi ed the quiet areas near <br />shore when they were first stoc ked. Both species appeared <br />- <br />heal thy and well accl ima ted from the time of stock i ng and <br />throughout the summer. As g ro wt h occurred the juvenile rainbow <br />trout moved away from the near shore region and dispersed <br />throughout the r i ver . They were found in most areas except the <br /> <br />extremely fast rapids. The juvenile cutthroat trout were stocked <br /> <br />later and at a smaller size than the rainbow trout. The former <br /> <br />occupied the near shore region longer into the summer before mov- <br /> <br />ing to midstream, and remained more clumped in their distribu- <br /> <br />-t <br /> <br />tion. <br /> <br />Feeding <br /> <br />Feeding was commonly observed during both activities and <br /> <br />both seasons, although the number of food particles ingested over <br /> <br />~period of time in the winter appeared greatly reduced from that <br /> <br />of summer. <br /> <br />During the activity of stationary swimming, fish <br /> <br />would normally move either vertically or laterally from their <br /> <br />original posi tion to en9ul f a dri fti ng food i tern and then return <br />to the original position. During the activity of random swim- <br /> <br />ming, the fish did not maintain any permanent position, and food <br /> <br />was engulfed whenever encountered. <br /> <br />Adul t cutthroat trout were observed to make predatory at- <br /> <br />tempts on both species immediately after stocking. No successful <br /> <br />captures were observed, and the frequency of these attempts de- <br />