7375

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7375
• Author: Wengert, M. W.
• Title: Flaming Gorge Reservoir Fisheries Management Investigations Six Year Completion Report ‎(1977-1983)‎.
• USFW Year: 1985.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

Table 21. Annual harvest estimate (pounds) of sport fish, by species and percent return to the creel
from Flaming Gorge Reservoir (1978 through 1982).
1978 1979
Total % Return Total % Return
Pounds % of of Pounds Pounds % of of Pounds
Species Harvested Harvest Stocked Harvest Harvest Stocked
Rainbow Trout 108,367 66.60 72.36% 80,715 47.58 47.26%
Brown Trout 21,191 13.02 112.01% 14,799 8.72 68.79%
Lake Trout 32,061 19.70 72,650 42.83
Cutthroat Trout 483 0.30 271 0.16
Kokanee Salmon 15 0.01 108 0.06
Smallmouth Bass
i 558 0.34 701 0.41
`i Other Sport Fish 46* 0.03 399* 0.24
TOTAL. 162,722 100.00 169,644 100.00
1980
Total
Pounds % of
Harvest Harvest
67,470 49.06
9,685 7.04
58,343 42.42
492 0.36
534 0.39
994 0.72
7* 0.01
137,525 100.00
% Return
of Pounds
Stocked
39.70%
40.74%
1.90%