At Strawberry Reservoir less means more

[Kent]

I have read several comments on here about an increase in the percentage of rainbows being caught at Strawberry. I have also experienced this myself. I had read that the management plan had recently been changed to plant fewer but larger rainbows, with the thought that more would survive being eaten by the cutthroats. I analyzed the data and found that the data supports what I had recalled reading:

Year 2004:
Rainbows planted - 965,192
Average length - 4.44 inches

Year 2005:
Rainbows planted - 978,608
Average length - 4.69 inches

Year 2006:
Rainbows planted - 679,055
Average length - 5.90 inches

Year 2007:
Rainbows planted - 691,533
Average length - 6.27

Year 2008:
Rainbows planted - 418,032
Average length - 8.19

Year 2009:
Rainbows planted - 528,222
Average length - 7.63

Year 2010:
Rainbows planted - 529,028
Average length - 8.22

Year 2011:
Rainbows planted - 410,926
Average length - 7.65


The attached PDF document provides data on all of the fish species planted during the above years.
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