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-36- <br />from the mouth of Sage Creek. The only other tributary where brown were <br />taken was Sheep Creek in Utah. This fish at this location are a result of <br />stocking by the Utah Fish and Game Commission. <br />Rainbow Trout - (Salmo gairdneri irideus) <br />The rainbow is a fish of the uppermost end of the study area and above, <br />Only one specimen was taken in a gill net. This catch was made approximately <br />five miles above the Little Colorado Bridge, Station No. 2 of this report. <br />A number of rainbow were taken with a shocker in the upper end of Fontenelle <br />Creek. These fish, 4 to 6 inches in length, were the result of Game and Fish <br />Department stocking policy which specifies rainbow in this section of the <br />stream. Rainbow are also planted in the upper sections of Sheep Creek and <br />Carter Creek in Utah by the Utah Fish and Game Commission. <br />Squawfish - (Ptychocheilus lucius) <br />The squawfish is confined in the Green River below the town of Green River. <br />Information from gill nets indicates that its upstream penetration ends in <br />the vicinity of the Kinkaid Ranch, approximately five miles below town. <br />Eight of these fish were taken during gill netting operations. The largest <br />specimen measured 24 inches long and weighed 3 pounds 8 ounces. These fish <br />were not taken in any of the tributaries checked. <br />Information from a fisheries survey party in 1938 indicates that squaw- <br />fish were above the town of Green River at that time. <br />The largest fish in the photo below is a squawfish taken in a gill net <br />set below the Flaming Gorge Canyon. <br />:~. 1 __ <br />°`~ T+•~/ <br />±_R_ ~f ~, <br />.~ <br />r <br />~, <br />Bonytail, Channel Catfish, Squawfish, <br />and Big Mouth Sucker <br />