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o r-:.") N c.u (0 w Table I Recreational Use Related to Fishing Colorado River below Gr~by Dam 0 194tl <> 1949 a <' : Gran"by Dam :Lit.. MuddygGranby Dam :1it.. Muddy g -t,o Little : Creek to 0 to Lit Ue : Creek to .. gMuddy Creek:Kremmling gMuddy Creek 8lCrernrnling . 21..2 17..3 0 21..2 . .1703 . 0 .. " 0 0 .. 6~ '738 2 ~ 792~. " 6,9835 2,832 .. .. .. .. . .. 0 921 382* 834 346 . 0 .. 0 0 0 ~O7 .. 9'1h* 0 3.9386 .. 1$403 0 0 .. . 9,866 .. 4.9088 0 1l~055 0 4$581 0 .. 0 0 Year Reach of the River Dista.nce in River Miles ~Fishing Days Fisherman-Days g gNonfishing Dgys "Nonfisherman ll';'Days "-'- Totals * Computed on Basis of 1949 Proportionate Use 44" Harvest Data.. Even though the number of fishermen using the river is today many times greater th~n in the eighties and nineties -when recrea- tional use was in its infancY,9 those who understand the a.rt of trout fishing are still able to make good cat~hes" Creel census data collected by Conserva- tion Wardens of the ColorB.do Game and Fish Department indicate that from 1944 through 1948 fishermen using the Colorado River in the reach from Fraser River to the mouth of Blue River had an average success ratio of 0..63 fish per man-hour.. 45.. During the fishing seasons of 1948 and 1949 $ creel census studies were conducted by Fish :md Wildlife Service biologist.s in the reach from Granby Dam to the mouth of Little Muddy Creek.ll 21..2 river miles" In 1948,9 582 creel census contacts were made at random throughout this reach, repre- senting 8..6 per cent of the 6$738 man-days of fishing use estimated to have occurred during that season.. Based upon this sample,9 the success ratio for fishermen using this rea.ch of the river was 0,,48 fish per man-hoUTo It is estima.tedtha.t over 169080 trout were takenJ averaging 9 inches in length -15= , . "', ~. ',~ -. :: ~ -:'. '.~.:., ,:- .", . ".. .... ,.-..