Native Resident Fish Persisted After Inundation, 1939 Walleye Illegally

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Native Resident Fish Persisted After Inundation, 1939 Walleye Illegally

Native resident fish persisted after inundation, 1939 . Kokanee, redband trout, white sturgeon Walleye illegally introduced in 1950’s, . Spawn below Little Falls Dam; . Spawning run protected in 1980’s , continues Smallmouth and largemouth bass . Present for numerous years . Smallmouth population has drastically expanded since late 1990’s Fisheries . Walleye are second highest targeted fish, after rainbow trout . Smallmouth not harvested Holly McLellan, Colville Confederated Tribes Resident Fish Division Surveys document increase in walleye and decrease in native fish abundance Native fish populations affected . Sanpoil: wild kokanee and redband trout populations depressed . Columbia River white sturgeon recruitment failure . Other native fish populations declined Predation one of the major problems . Hatchery mitigation fisheries; Spokane River reduced stocking . Sanpoil River: WE & SMB consumed (kokanee: 61% fry; 32% juvenile and 43% juvenile RBT) (Stroud et al. 2010) Lab and field studies found walleye to consume larval and juvenile sturgeon (Garner 2006, McLellan and Howell 2010) Holly McLellan, Colville Confederated Tribes Resident Fish Division Colville Tribe implemented non-native predator reduction in Sanpoil River in 2011-12 Co-manager Harvest Management . Changed: Sanpoil Arm: April – Jan 30, 8 fish bag limit, no size restrictions . Not changed: Roosevelt, open year round, 8 fish bag limit; only one over 22 inches . Not changed: Spokane River closed to harvest during walleye spawning (Apr-May) Support of local co-managers to reduce non-native predators Little support from WA State Fish & Wildlife Commission and/or high-level state management Holly McLellan, Colville Confederated Tribes Resident Fish Division .

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