Flaming Gorge

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So if you catch 4 rainbows that means you have your trout and can not catch more kokanees.  But you can catch 12 more pup lakers?

That is correct.  Also, with the 12 pup lake trout you can possess two limits.

7. Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Sweetwater County.
 • The creel limit on trout (excluding lake trout) shall be four (4) per day or in possession.
 • The creel limit on lake trout shall be twelve (12) per day, twenty-four (24) in possession. No more than one (1) lake trout in possession shall exceed twenty-eight (28) inches.

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From the WGFD:
What can kokanee anglers do to help manage this
valuable sport fish? No studies have been
conducted examining hooking mortality
(estimating how many fish die after the fish are
released) by anglers, but most likely hooking
mortality is high for kokanee. The reason for the
high mortality rate is due to the basic anatomy of
the fish. Unlike lake trout, kokanee do not have
the ability to release air from their air bladders
when caught from deep water. The deeper the
kokanee are (especially during the summer) the
more difficult it will be for kokanee to swim back
down to the depth necessary for them to survive
after they are released. If kokanee cannot return
to suitable water depths and are stranded in warm,
less oxygenated water, they become stressed and
die. In order to reduce hooking mortality of
released kokanee, please keep all the fish you
catch and once your daily limit is reached stop
fishing for kokanee and target lake trout, rainbow
trout, brown trout or smallmouth bass. During
late summer, one of the common methods to fish
for kokanee is finding a school of adult fish and
jig for them. Anglers not only fowl hook many
fish by doing this, but they also tend to release
more fish. It is hard to estimate how many
kokanee are lost each year to hooking mortality,
but fewer fish lost to hooking mortality will
equate to more fish on the spawning grounds in
the fall and increased recruitment of kokanee the
following spring. The old saying “limit your
catch and limit your kill” best describes the action
Flaming Gorge kokanee anglers need to take to
help manage their kokanee fishery.