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==[http://www.azgfd.gov/h_f/fish_brown_trout.shtml Brown Trout]==
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*More piscivorous than rainbow trout
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*[https://ojs.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/wnan/article/download/28197/26660 Native fish often have a difficult time persisting with large populations of brown trout.] 
  
 
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*[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=FISHERY Lees Ferry Rainbow Trout Fishery Page]  
 
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*[https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/nature/trout-reduction.htm Bright Angel Creek Trout Reduction Project]
  
 
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Revision as of 10:07, 20 October 2016


Brown Trout

Desired Future Condition for the Lees Ferry Trout Fishery

A high quality trout fishery in GCNRA, as further described in the Recreation DFC that does not adversely affect the native aquatic community in GCNP.
• Minimize emigration of non-native fish from the Lees Ferry reach in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to downstream locations.
• Minimize emigration of non-native warm water fish to the mainstem Colorado River.

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Rainbow Trout
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Brown Trout

Updates

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BrownTroutLeesFerry2.jpg

Brown trout numbers during AZGFD monitoring in the Lees Ferry reach. AZGFD identifies that the increase in brown trout numbers may be related to the recent fall HFEs.


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Trout piscivory in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon: Effects of turbidity, temperature, and fish prey availability

Information and Links

Questions

  • Why are brown trout increasing in the Lees Ferry reach?
  • When do brown trout spawn in Lees Ferry?
  • Could delaying a fall HFE be effective in disrupting the brown trout spawn?

Presentations and Papers

2016

2013

2011

Other Stuff