09-25-2003, 03:14 PM
Southernman, sounds like you had a great trip! I didn't see any pictures of Brook Trout, did they elude you? They can be tuff some times! Anyway, to answer your question, both long and round willow bottome have Colorado River cutts in them. Dougherty Basin also has Colorado River Cutts. Those fish you caught were colorado's, not yellowstones. If there are yellowstones in Dougherty, then the DWR has some major problems. Dougherty is the Colorado River Cutthroat brood stock lake. They are a beautiful fish (as we can all see from your pictures!) Long Willow Bottom had Yellowstone cutts in it before the DWR poisoned it and restocked it with Colorado's. Round had a healthy pop. of stunted Brook Trout, which also got poisoned and restocked with CRC's.
Anyway, looks like you had a great trip. Keep the reports coming!
Here is a quote from the minutes of a RAC meeting in 2001:
"Dale (Hepworth) mentioned that they have been running two spawning traps (Manning Meadow, Bonneville cutthroat trout; and Dougherty Basin; Colorado River cutthroat trout) for Southern Utah native cutthroat trout. They operate these traps for 2-3 weeks in the spring, while the fish are running, and they hope to get 225,000 eggs..."
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Anyway, looks like you had a great trip. Keep the reports coming!
Here is a quote from the minutes of a RAC meeting in 2001:
"Dale (Hepworth) mentioned that they have been running two spawning traps (Manning Meadow, Bonneville cutthroat trout; and Dougherty Basin; Colorado River cutthroat trout) for Southern Utah native cutthroat trout. They operate these traps for 2-3 weeks in the spring, while the fish are running, and they hope to get 225,000 eggs..."
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