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2007 CY Region Newsletter DRAFT.Pub Wyoming Game and Fish Department—Cody Region 2007 Volume 10 Big Horn Basin Angler News Inside this issue: 2008-09 Fishing Regulations- see many proposed changes Nibbles-Fish ID 2 The 2008-09 fishing regulations may look A formal hearing to gather public comment Cloud Peak Wilderness Lakes 3 much different to anglers if proposals are on these proposals will be held May 15 in adopted in July by the GF commission. Two Powell at the NWC Fagerberg lecture hall, Tagged Bighorn River Fish 4 committees consisting of fisheries biologist Room 70. The meeting hours are 7 to 9 Keeping Fish Out of Canals 4 from across the state examined our present pm. We appreciate and value your input so plan on attending this important meeting. Bighorn River Trout 5 way of handling fishing and baitfish regula- Chemical Treatment Protects Cuts 5 tions with the goal to protect the aquatic re- Renner Reservoir Regulations 6 source, simplify regulations and provide Golden Trout 6 more area wide management flexibility. Hogan Reservoir on the Rebound 6 Statewide and area specific regulations are proposed for change. The goal of most Mud and Minnows 7 changes is to standardize and reduce regula- North Fork Shoshone River 8 tions that anglers felt were getting hard to South Fork Shoshone River 8 keep track of. For a closer look at the specif- Fire and Fisheries... 9 ics of these proposals go to the G&F—Fish Deaver Reservoir –Regulations 9 Division Website beginning about May 1 New and Improved fishing access 10 (http: //gf.state.wy.us) and click on “What’s Aquatic Nuisance Species 11 New”. Big Horn Lake channel catfish Proper Live Release is Important 11 Big Fish Board 12 Bits and Pieces 12 Fisheries Management in the Cody Region The Cody fisheries crew consists of Steve Yekel, while Mark manages the Big Horn River and all the regional fisheries supervisor and fisheries bi- west slope tributaries of the Big Horn Mountains. ologists Jason Burckhardt and Mark Smith and Lew works basin wide and is the fish passage aquatic habitat biologist Lew Stahl. We manage guru for the Depart- the Big Horn Basin Fisheries with a team ap- ment. proach. Since the region has so many great fish- We manage these eries we have resources for you divided man- and we encourage agement re- you to call or stop sponsibilities by if you have ques- with Jason tions or concerns. covering most of the Ab- Our contact infor- saroka Front mation is on the drainages, back page of this Fisheries Biologist Mark Smith newsletter. Fisheries Supervisor Steve Yekel Fisheries Biologist Jason Burckhardt. Big Horn Basin Angler News Volume 10 Page 1 Wyoming Game and Fish Department “Some statewide Fish Identification and Area 2 In order to better manage our Cutthroat Trout recommended aquatic resources and conserve native sportfish the recom- regulations mended regulation changes for 2008-2009 require anglers to require anglers to identify their catch. Some of these fish live in the same loca- identify their NO WHITE TIPS tions as their close relatives RED OR ORANGE SLASH ON FINS catch.” and look identical to the unsus- pecting individual. Do you know Distinguished from rainbow trout and rainbow cut- the keys to identifying these throat hybrid (cuttbow) trout by black spotting that is species of fish? generally concentrated towards the tail; few or no Wyoming Natives Images courtesy: spots on head, red or orange slash under jaw; no Michelle LaGory & LuRay Parker white tips on fins. Rainbow Cutthroat Hybrid (Cuttbow) Trout Sauger BLACK SPOTS ON DORSAL FIN WHITE TIPS MAY HAVE RED OR ORANGE SLASH ON FINS Have a combination of rainbow and IRREGULAR DARK PATCHES cutthroat characteristics. They have more spots on the head than cutthroat, may or may not have red or Distinguished from Walleye by black spots on dorsal fin, orange slash on lower jaw and have the presence of irregular dark patches across their sides, and a wider head. white tips on fins. NOT CONSIDERED A CUTTHROAT UNDER RECOMMENDED REGULATION Walleye Rainbow Trout BLACK MEMBRANE BETWEEN SPINES ON DORSAL FINS WHITE TIPS WHITE FIN ON FINS MARGINS Distinguished from cutthroat trout by Distinguished from Sauger by white markings on lower more uniform black spots and more spots on the lobes of tail and anal fins and black membranes between head, absence of red or orange slash on lower jaw last two or three spines of dorsal fin. and presence of white tips on fins. Splake Brook Trout SQUARE TAIL FORKED TAIL While neither of these species are native, the creel limits differ and anglers fishing areas where both are present need to be able to distinguish them. Both brook trout and splake have light spots on a dark background. Some red or pink spots with blue halos concentrated on lower half of body. Lower fins and tail have striking white border offset by black. Angler can distin- guish brook trout by their almost square tail, whereas splake have a forked tail. Big Horn Basin Angler News Volume 10 Page 2 2007 Cloud Peak Wilderness Lakes-Mark Smith The Cloud Peak Wilderness Big Horn’s you know that brook encompasses a large portion of trout are prolific throughout the the southern Bighorn Moun- range. In high mountain lakes tains. Most of the wilderness such as those in the Cloud Peak lies above timberline and in- Wilderness, too many brook cludes hundreds of lakes and trout generally mean many streams. Fisheries on the east small thin fish. To reduce the slope of the Bighorn Mountains number of brook trout and in- are managed by the WGFD crease their size several lakes Sheridan Region while those on were stocked with lake trout in the west slope are managed by the 1990’s. Recent sampling the Cody Region. Major trail- has shown that the introduc- heads on the west slope include tions achieved those goals Brook trout are found throughout many lakes. West Tensleep Lake, Bucking wherever lake trout survived. Mule and Paintrock Lakes. If you are planning a fishing trip We manage approximately forty into the wilderness area it is a lakes on the west side of the good idea to do a little research wilderness for fishing. Species on the lakes you would like to available include Yellowstone fish. Nearly half of the lakes cutthroat, rainbow, brook, shown on a standard topog- golden and lake trout. raphic map of the west side of the Cloud Peak Wilderness do Most of the lakes in the Cloud not currently have fish in them. Peak Wilderness are not stocked and the fisheries are As a rule of thumb, lakes that maintained by natural reproduc- have brook trout will have the Yellowstone cutthroat can grow large in Cloud Peak tion. In even numbered years smallest fish but typically the Wilderness lakes. we stock fish into nine lakes by fastest action while those with helicopter. Currently we stock golden or cutthroat trout will five lakes with Yellowstone cut- have slower action but usually throat and four lakes with larger fish. golden trout. Stocked lakes typically lack inlets and outlets The Cloud Peak Wilderness and without stocking would not Lakes are generally ice free by maintain a fishery. the fourth of July and fish well thru September. If you have fished much in the Emerald Lake has great fishing for Yellowstone Cut- throat. Summary of Recent Cloud Peak Wilderness Lakes Surveys-Mark Smith Emerald Lake- Yellowstone ranged from 5 to 13 inches. cutthroat averaged 11.5 inches Lake Helen- Brook trout aver- and ranged from 7-16 inches. aged 8 inches and ranged from Mistymoon Lake- Brook trout 4 to 12 inches. Lake trout aver- averaged 8.5 inches and aged 15.5 inches and ranged ranged from 7 to 10 inches. from 7 to 21 inches. Lake Trout averaged 12.5 Gunboat Lake- Golden trout inches and ranged from 7 to 23 have become scarce in the lake inches. due to the absence of stocking Golden Lakes 1 & 2- Golden between 1994 and 2006. trout averaged 9 inches and Golden trout averaged 9 inches. Mistymoon Lake Big Horn Basin Angler News Volume 10 Page 3 Wyoming Game and Fish Department Bighorn River Tagged Fish-Mark Smith Anglers fishing the Lower Big- just write down the tag horn River and Big Horn Lake number and let the fish go with should look for tags near the the tag. dorsal fins of sauger, channel catfish and shovelnose stur- Report tagged fish to Mark geon. Smith at the Cody Regional Of- fice 1-800-654-1178 Much information can be learned from fish that are tagged and recaptured. One Tagged Big Horn Lake Channel Catfish of our interests is to deter- mine how fish move between “Look for Big Horn Lake and the Sho- shone and Bighorn Rivers. tags on If you capture a tagged fish sauger, and wish to release the fish, channel catfish and Tags may be yellow, blue, brown or Tagged shovelnose sturgeon green sturgeon“ Keeping Fish Out of Canals-Mark Smith In a perfect world, fish would River drainages. The ultimate In 2006 we found almost all fish avoid water diversions and goal of the project is to provide were entering the canal at night stay in the river where they information that will be useful in studies within the Shoshone belong. Unfortunately we in reducing the movement of drainage. However, in the more find fish trapped in even the fish into water diversions. turbid waters of the Nowood smallest of ditches and ca- more fish enter the canals dur- nals. Our methods for describing the ing the day.
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