11-11-2023, 03:44 PM
https://wgfd.wyo.gov/Regional-Offices/Gr...n-open-hou
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Green River region will host a public open house in Evanston to discuss the Flaming Gorge fishery. Another open house hosted in Green River in early October was well attended, with over 50 members of the public receiving an update on the fishery at Flaming Gorge. This open house is a second opportunity for anglers to see the Flaming Gorge fishery presentation and talk to the fisheries biologist about Flaming Gorge. The meeting will be held at the Beeman-Cashin building at 35 10th St. in Evanston, WY, on Nov. 15 at 6 p.m.
Over the past few years, numerous research projects have been completed on kokanee salmon and lake trout, including an eight-month-long creel survey and population estimate of lake trout under 28 inches. Both projects were completed in cooperation with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
A recently completed population estimate suggests there are approximately 143,000 lake trout under 28 inches in Flaming Gorge, over three times higher than estimates completed in the 1980s. There is also concern regarding the number of young kokanee these small predators consume. Diet analysis work by the University of Wyoming shows that kokanee comprise approximately 25% of pup diet annually. Managers are concerned that these high consumption rates of juvenile kokanee by small lake trout are the main reason anglers are catching fewer kokanee. The same can be said for rainbow trout in the reservoir.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Green River region will host a public open house in Evanston to discuss the Flaming Gorge fishery. Another open house hosted in Green River in early October was well attended, with over 50 members of the public receiving an update on the fishery at Flaming Gorge. This open house is a second opportunity for anglers to see the Flaming Gorge fishery presentation and talk to the fisheries biologist about Flaming Gorge. The meeting will be held at the Beeman-Cashin building at 35 10th St. in Evanston, WY, on Nov. 15 at 6 p.m.
Over the past few years, numerous research projects have been completed on kokanee salmon and lake trout, including an eight-month-long creel survey and population estimate of lake trout under 28 inches. Both projects were completed in cooperation with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
A recently completed population estimate suggests there are approximately 143,000 lake trout under 28 inches in Flaming Gorge, over three times higher than estimates completed in the 1980s. There is also concern regarding the number of young kokanee these small predators consume. Diet analysis work by the University of Wyoming shows that kokanee comprise approximately 25% of pup diet annually. Managers are concerned that these high consumption rates of juvenile kokanee by small lake trout are the main reason anglers are catching fewer kokanee. The same can be said for rainbow trout in the reservoir.