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were moved from this section to an area 2.1 miles downstream (4.9 miles downstream of Paiute Farms) where the water was considerably clearer, reservoir banks were gradual and the narrow canyon gave way to shallow bays and cobble/boulder points.- Netting efforts concentrated along the south shore. Thirteen of the 14 razorbacks captured in the San Juan arm were captured in this area in net sets within 0.2 miles of each other (T 41 S, R 13 E, Section 5, Lat. 37° 15' 35", Long. 110° 29' 50") One other razorback was captured approximately 2 miles downstream of the other capture locations (T 41 S, R 13 E, Section 7, Lat. 37° 13' 50",-long. 110° 31' 15"). Dirty Devil Arm Four razorbacks were captured along the northwest shore of Lake Powell 0.8 miles downstream of the mouth of the Dirty Devil arm. Two males were captured with electrofishing gear and one of each sex was captured in trammel nets. None showed signs of previous capture (no tags) and all were successfully transported to Ouray (Table 1). Netting commenced in the Dirty Devil arm of Lake Powell on April 8, 1990 and terminated during the evening of April il. A total of 294.4 net hours were expended in this vicinity. Upstream travel in the Dirty Devil arm was possible to the oxbow 2 miles upstream of the highway 95 bridge. Nets were set in the shallow, silty inflow area just downstream of the oxbow as well as directly in the oxbow. No razorback suckers were captured in this area and netting efforts were gradually shifted downstream. Little habitat similar to San Juan capture sites existed anywhere in the Dirty Devil arm and no razorbacks were captured there despite considerable effort. Electrofishing efforts covered the entire shoreline of the reservoir from the Hite boat ramp north and east to the highway 95 bridge (crossing the Colorado River arm), back west to the Dirty Devil, both shores of the 4.4 miles of accessible Dirty Devil arm and along one mile of the northwest shoreline of Lake Powell downstream of the Dirty Devil mouth. Razorback suckers were captured during the final .evening of sampling in and just southwest of a cove immediately south of Highway 95, 0.8 miles west of the mouth of the Dirty Devil arm a1on~ the northwest shore of the reservoir (T 33 S, R 14 E, lat. 370 5 oe~~, tonp. ~~0O 24' 35") . Fish were taken 5 to 20 feet from shore from 17 to 20 °C water 2 to 6 feet deep over rocky substrate consisting of a mixture of cobble, rubble and gravel in a silty matrix. Macrohabitat consisted of gently sloping shorelines near the cove mouth. The area of capture was well away from any inflow influence. Wave action over shallow water increased turbidity relative to mid reservoir areas.