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-37- <br />Carp - C rinus carpio) <br />Carp were taken by gill net and electric seine in the Green River in <br />the vicinity of the mouth of the Big Sandy River. These fish are apparently <br />widely distributed and reproducing in the upper Green. River drainage. Fish- <br />eries personnel at Pinedale have taken immature carp in the New Fork River, <br />and have had reports of mature carp being caught in the New Fork below the <br />town of Pinedale. <br />In 1938 fisheries personnel of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department work- <br />ing in the vicinity of the town of Green River stated that carp were present <br />in the area. There were numerous reports of carp being seen in the immediate <br />vicinity of the town of Green River during this study; however, gill net <br />sets failed to produce any. Carp were recovered by personnel of the Utah <br />Fish and Game at Hideout Forest Camp in Utah. <br />The photo below is a part of the catch from a gill net set at the mouth <br />of the Big Sandy River. They are from left to right: bonytail, two big <br />mouth suckers and a carp. <br />Channel Catfish - (Ictalurus punctatus) <br />Channel catfish populations are restricted to the lower section of the <br />Green River. All specimens taken were in the area helow the Flaming Gorge <br />Canyon. The fish were not exceptionally large, the largest of the two taken <br />was 12.3 inches long and weighed 8 ounces. <br />